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GOP candidate in 3rd District was a Dem until this year
A businessman seeking the Republican nomination to run against freshman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3) was a registered Democrat until earlier this year, according to voting records.
Paul Huber, who is one of a few GOPers looking to take on Dahlkemper—and has been the most active in speaking out against her votes in Congress—was registered as a Democrat from 1975-2008, including during last year’s presidential primary and general elections, according to Crawford County records. He registered as a Republican before the primary election earlier this year.
In a statement, Huber said liberals in Congress had prompted his evolution from conservative Democrat to Republican.
“I had always considered myself a Reagan Democrat—believing in limited government, greater personal freedom, and a strong national defense,” Huber said. “I became a Republican because I could no longer stand by as liberals in Congress like Kathy Dahlkemper supported higher taxes, more spending, and more regulations that are killing jobs in Northwest Pennsylvania. I’m a lifelong businessman, not a career politician, and I believe we need to pursue common-sense conservative policies that will create jobs and grow the economy, get government spending under control, and reform health care without nationalizing it.”
Whether disclosure of his past party registration will make a splash in the next year’s primary remains unclear. Insurance agent Steven Fisher, who is also running for the GOP nomination, was not immediately available for comment Monday afternoon. Elaine Surma, a senior agent in the state attorney general’s office, is also moving toward a run.
November 24, 2009 at 5:45 am
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Greg K., PA
Nov 23rd, 2009
More conservative than a Blue Dog? This isn’t the South, I’m surprised he hadn’t re-registered in ‘94. Or he is a Blue Dog but did the math on his election chances.
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flynnbw
Nov 25th, 2009
This is very interesting. Crawford County has been a Republican bastion since the Civil War — to the extent that if you’re an attorney, you have to register Republican to get work.
I guess he’s never really been involved in local politics before, so his party registration was something of an afterthought.
Lori
Apr 14th, 2010
A Democratic turned Republican with heart and soul??? — or a wolf in sheep’s clothing? We don’t need another “from money” — good ‘ol boy political leader!
Petrolia Pete
Apr 15th, 2010
Interestingly Paul Huber had been a Democrat since the mid 70’s (30+years), and the “Jobs Here Jobs Now” candidate permananently Laid off a large number of his employees in Meadville, while maintaining plants in Poland and China….Hmmmm
Lori
Apr 19th, 2010
CLAYTON GRABB — NOT FROM MONEY, NOT BUYING HIS WAY TO DC — TRUE TO HIS VALUES IN HIS OWN BACK YARD, IN YOUR BACK YARD, AND WILL BE IN DC! A US NAVY MAN…………WE NEED TO CLEAR THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE ATTORNIES AND $$, AND GET SOME ‘YOU AND ME KINDA GUYS’ IN THERE!!
chuck
Apr 27th, 2010
Sounds like copying from another candidate almost word for word
and I believe we need to pursue common-sense conservative policies that will create jobs and grow the economy, get government spending under control, and reform health care without nationalizing it.”
Statement out of the Mercer county paper The Democrat party has left me , I did not leave the democrat party. How can you be a Republican conservative with that statement