Specter Advisory Committee Now at 261 Members — All 67 counties represented

By ARLEN SPECTER FOR SENATE

Harrisburg – With 47 new additions today, Senator Arlen Specter’s Advisory Committee reached an important milestone – members from each of the state’s 67 counties.

Formed to assist in his campaign for the 2010 Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate, Specter’s Advisory Committee includes rank and file Democratic leaders from across the state.

“I make it a point to regularly visit all 67 counties, so I am especially proud that my Advisory Committee now has members from every county in the Commonwealth,” said Specter. “It shows the depth and breadth of support for the work I do in the state, and for my campaign.”

In endorsing Specter, Lebanon County Commissioner Jo Ellen Litz recalled the Senator’s nationally broadcast confrontation with opponents of health care reform in her county, “As Senator Specter came to Lebanon and stood up to fight for health care reform, I am standing up for him today,” she said.

Included among the 47 new Advisory Committee members (attached) are: one state representative, nine County Commissioners or County officeholders, five Mayors or Mayors-elect, eight local elected officials, 16 Democratic Party Chairs and officials, two College Democrat leaders and six local party leaders.

The full Advisory Committee list can be found at Specter2010.com.

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New Additions to Specter Advisory Committee – 11/10/09

1.   State Representative Florindo Fabrizio – Erie County
2.   Greene County Commissioner David Coder
3.   Lebanon County Commissioner Jo Ellen Litz
4.   Lehigh County Commissioner Bill Leiner, Jr.
5.   Luzerne County Commissioner Maryanne Petrilla
6.   McKean County Commissioner and Democratic County Chair Judith Church
7.   Mercer County Commissioner Brian Beader
8.   Former Luzerne County Commissioner Tom Makowski
9.   Lackawanna County Recorder of Deeds Evie McNulty
10.   Sullivan County Treasurer Kathy Robbins
11.   Laflin Mayor Dorothy Yazurlo – Luzerne County
12.   Sharon Mayor Robert Lucas – Mercer County
13.   Uniontown Mayor Ed Fike – Fayette County
14.   Jefferson Mayor-Elect Jim Sanders – York County
15.   Former Scranton Mayor James McNulty – Lackawanna County
16.   Churchill Borough Council President Thomas Caulfield – Allegheny County
17.   Clymer Township Supervisor P. William Plummer – Tioga County
18.   Mont Alto Borough Council Beverly Spicer – Franklin County
19.   Newton Hamilton Borough Council President Carl Sunderland – Mifflin County
20.   Norwood Borough Council President Joseph Butler – Delaware County
21.   Wall Borough Council President Tom Wratcher – Allegheny County
22.   Wilkins Township Supervisor Joe Costa – Allegheny County
23.   Wilmerding Borough Council President Steve Shurgot – Allegheny County
24.   Beaver County Democratic Chairman Dr. Mike Sisk
25.   Cambria County Democratic Chairwoman Helen Whitford
26.   Lehigh County Democratic Second Vice Chair Courtney Robinson
27.   Adams County Democratic Secretary Marcia Wilson
28.   Lehigh County Democratic Treasurer Celeste Dee
29.   Monroe County Democratic Secretary Dorothy Lewis
30.   Wayne County Democratic Treasurer Annetta De Young
31.   Former Lancaster County Democratic Chairman Rodger Dourte
32.   Former Lehigh County Vice Chair Patricia Smith-Mendser
33.   State Committeeman Carmine Bellini – Allegheny County
34.   State Committeeman Jerry Strubinger – Carbon County
35.   State Committeewoman Bonnie Overholtzer – Franklin County
36.   State Committeeman Paul Maher – Luzerne County
37.   State Committeewoman Jane Waitkus – Luzerne County
38.   State Committeeman David Fritz – Montgomery County
39.   State Committeewoman Margaret Ferrari – Northumberland County
40.   Messiah College Democrats President Matthew Southard – Cumberland County
41.   Millersville University College Democrats President Ryan Barrick – Lancaster County
42.   Cumberland County Democratic Committeeman Darrell Colwell
43.   Elk County Democratic Committeeman Tom Kronenwetter
44.   Pike County Democratic Committeeman Mike Meachem
45.   Eastern Regional Democratic Organization Chair Angela Gialloretto – Allegheny County
46.   Harrisburg Democratic City Committee Chair Shaun O’Toole – Dauphin County
47.   Sunbury Area Democrats Member Rodger Babnow – Northumberland County

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November 10, 2009 at 12:12 pm

--pa2010.com Staff