Regola withdraws from Senate race

[RamboLiberal]

Republican state Sen. Robert Regola III today dropped his bid for re-election.

Mr. Regola, who was acquitted last month of perjury and gun charges in the suicide of a 14-year-old neighbor, said media coverage of his case was one reason he aborted his campaign.

"Despite my acquittal, it is easy to see that the voters can have doubts about my character, given what the media unfairly wrote about me," he said in a statement that his campaign staff distributed via e-mail.

Mr. Regola, 46, of Hempfield, also said he expected "a negative campaign." He said he thought it better to quit the race than put his family through a difficult campaign.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08224/903493-100.stm

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Bye, bye, Ahole!

[livetohike]

1. Good riddance!

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[sandrakae]

2. Ditto

[MrMickeysMom]

3. Given what the media unfairly wrote about him?

HA!

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