Bud Shuster

Another GOP candidate announces for Shuster's seat SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - Another Franklin County Republican entered the race for retired U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster's seat Tuesday, as the party prepares to choose its nominee next week. Stephen Luhrs, past president of The Beistle Co. in Shippensburg, Pa., said Tuesday he will seek the nomination to the 9th Congressional District seat Shuster vacated Jan. 31. Luhrs, 49, said in a statement that he is interested in creating jobs and ensuring the economic vitality of Pennsylvania.

Authority receives $450,000 By STACEY DANZUSO / Staff Writer, Chambersburg WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bear Valley Joint Authority in Franklin County, Pa., will receive $450,000 in federal money to upgrade local water facilities in the Broad Run area, U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., said Tuesday in a release. "This funding will be used to construct and upgrade a variety of local water projects along the Broad Run area," said Shuster, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - More than $1.44 million has been awarded to Franklin County Head Start Inc. to help fund its operations for another year, U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., announced Thursday. The funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will cover costs for personnel, travel expenses, supplies and administrative costs, Shuster said in a prepared release. It amounts to 80 percent of the program's budget, with the other 20 percent coming from various sources at the state level.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - For the eighth time in his career, U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster captured both nominations for the U.S. House of Representatives. On Wednesday, Shuster's Washington office said the 13-term Republican won the Democratic nomination with 60 percent of the write-in votes. Like the previous times he won both nominations, there was no name on the Democratic primary ballot. Shuster did, however, have competition for the nomination from Paul Politis, a Fulton County businessman.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - When Democratic congressional candidate Paul Politis was preparing last week for a Monday news conference, he didn't expect his campaign might be helped by a federal grand jury in Boston. On Thursday incumbent Bud Shuster's former chief of staff was indicted on federal corruption charges stemming from a probe into possible influence peddling. "I don't want to beat Ann Eppard into the ground because she hasn't been convicted of anything," Politis said Monday.

Politis planning write-in bid CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Paul Politis won't be on the Democratic ballot in the May 19 primary, but still hopes to win the nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., in November. The McConnellsburg, Pa., businessman Friday withdrew his nominating petitions after challenges were raised to about 270 of the 1,174 signatures. On Monday he said his decision not to defend his campaign in Commonwealth Court was in part a matter of money. "I withdrew because of what I felt was an impossible situation that I was placed in by a high-powered, carefully orchestrated, big-money effort to get me off the ballot," Politis said.

McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A Fulton County businessman has announced he will challenge U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., in the Democratic primary. Paul Politis, 49, of McConnellsburg announced his candidacy Wednesday for the 9th District seat. "Bud Shuster uses his power and influence to primarily benefit himself and his big campaign contributors at the neglect and expense of the everyday people who gave him their trust by putting him in office," Politis said. A spokesman for Shuster, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, did not immediately return a telephone message seeking comment.