{"id":98149,"date":"2026-01-27T19:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/98149\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T19:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:26:13","slug":"erie-county-republican-makes-pitch-for-vacant-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/98149\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie County Republican makes pitch for vacant senate seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dan-Gagliardo-e1769539058554.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" class=\"wp-image-0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Erie County Republican makes pitch for vacant state senate seat<\/p>\n<p>Erie County Republican makes pitch for vacant state senate seat<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/author\/david-lombardo\/\" title=\"Posts by David Lombardo\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Lombardo<\/a>Published On: January 27th, 2026Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/category\/pressroom\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Capitol Pressroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jan. 27, 2026 \u2013 Amherst Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gagliardoforsenate.com\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPl5JVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFmUndGS3R2d0pscnVZdkNUc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhVVvatDec63-Uzh_h1efT17M8Zcsg0eQO9QTBd5ftiHtFAavQ0yacEnzaaP_aem_5pqTrR0COcza5BbK2I8Qbw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Gagliardo<\/a> talks about his campaign for a vacant special election in Erie County, why he stopped being a Democrat and addresses some of the issues being discussed in Albany.<\/p>\n<p>Listen On<\/p>\n<p> .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 30 !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body 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