Rep. Patty Kim
Several familiar names around the Harrisburg area plan to make a run for a PA House seat, as the deadline passed to submit nomination petitions for the May primary.
The race for the redrawn 103rd House district may prove to be especially hot, as it attracted five candidates in all.
On the Democratic side, incumbent Patty Kim will go up against a former mayor of Harrisburg, Linda Thompson, as well as Camp Hill resident Heather McDonald, in the May 17 primary.
The Republican primary is also competitive, as former Harrisburg mayoral and City Council candidate Jennie Jenkins-Dallas will face off against David Buell of Camp Hill, a former Cumberland County prothonotary.
The 103rd district has been significantly redrawn to now include about half of Harrisburg and the west shore communities of Camp Hill, Lemoyne, Wormleysburg and East Pennsboro Township. It currently includes all of Harrisburg and several communities to the east of the city.
The 104th district also has a new look, comprising the eastern part of Harrisburg and several adjoining east shore towns. In that race, Harrisburg council member Dave Madsen will compete against Shaela Ellis, a Swatara Township commissioner, and two-term Steelton council member Keontay Hodge for the Democratic nomination. No candidates filed to run for the Republican nomination.
Two Democrats are running in the primary for the new 105th House district: long-time activist Eric Epstein of Lower Paxton Township and Susquehanna Township Commissioner Justin Fleming. No Republican filed to run in the race, a seat now held by a Republican, Rep. Andrew Lewis.
For the 106th House district, Republican incumbent Tom Mehaffie is running unopposed for his party’s nomination. He seems poised to serve another two-year term, as no Democrats chose to run for the seat.
The winners of the primaries will go on to represent their parties in the Nov. 8 general election.
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