by Steve Reinbrecht
State Rep. Tom Caltagirone has represented most of Reading
in Harrisburg since Nixon was in office.
He’s not often challenged, but Mallory Scott, the brother of
Reading Mayor Wally Scott, has filed to run against him in the primary April 26.
Caltagirone has been elected to the 127th District, which
also includes Kenhorst, every other year since 1971.
On March 1, Caltagirone filed an objection to Mallory Scott’s
nominating petition in Commonwealth Court.
Scott needs 300 valid signatures to get on the ballot. He submitted 427 signatures, according to William Andring,
Caltagirone’s attorney.
Caltagirone is challenging 238 of them, Andring said.
"It [the nominating petition] is loaded with bad
signatures."
These sorts of challenges are typical in many elections,
Andring said.
The city is strongly Democratic. Nobody has challenged Caltagirone in a primary or general
election since 2004.
In 2004, Caltagirone beat Green Party candidate Stefan
Kosikowski 13,300 to 1,300 in the general election.
He beat Republican Francis Acosta 7,000 to 2,400 in the 2002
general election. Acosta later was elected president of City Council. He
started a federal jail sentence earlier this month for his part in a bribery
scheme.
Caltagirone beat Republican Ann B. Chapin 9,300 to 3,100 in
the 2000 general election.
The seat may be unopposed in November general election. The one Republican candidate, Evelyn Morrison, dropped out in February.
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