http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_5cands.6223468jan14,0,6858213.story"Bucks County Republicans are wooing a Marine Corps Reserve colonel whose son was killed in Iraq last year to challenge freshman Democratic congressman and Iraq war veteran Patrick Murphy...In Bucks, Republicans have their eye on Thomas Manion, a 53-year-old pharmaceutical executive whose son, Travis, was killed in a sniper attack in April near Fallujah. The matchup would pit a strong supporter of the war -- in Manion -- against one of Congress's most high-profile advocates of a troop withdrawal -- in Murphy, the only House lawmaker to have served in Iraq.
...Perhaps the biggest recruiting effort in Pennsylvania among both state and national Republican leaders is taking place in Hazleton, where the party is hoping to persuade Mayor Lou Barletta to challenge 12-term incumbent Democrat Paul Kanjorski. Barletta, who gained a national spotlight in 2006 when he sought to crack down on illegal immigrants in Hazleton, has made multiple visits to Washington to meet with party leaders, most recently in December, when he sought assurances that they would invest heavily in the race. He said Friday that he was satisfied with their pledge but was still undecided about a run.
... Democrats have had serious discussions with at least a half dozen potential challengers in the 6th District -- where Republican Jim Gerlach has held the seat for three terms -- only to watch as each one decline to run... In recent weeks the party has renewed its efforts to recruit attorney Christopher Casey, Sen. Bob Casey's brother."
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