PA Dems OK McNeill as Brennan Ballot Replacement

Former Whitehall Township Commissioner Dan McNeill will be the new Democratic nominee for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 133^rd District.

The Pennsylvania Democratic Party Executive Committee on Monday approved McNeill, who was recommended by party committee members within the legislative district, The Express-Times reported.

Brennan, a three-term legislator from Fountain Hill, after being two weeks ago.

McNeill received 15 of 40 votes placed by Democratic committee members from within the legislative district on Sunday night – the most out of a field of eight candidates, the newspaper reported.

McNeill will be opposed Catasauqua acupuncturist Dave Molony, the Republican nominee, in the General Election.

The 133rd state House district includes nearly half of the city of Bethlehem, Fountain Hill, Catasauqua, Coplay, Hanover Township in Lehigh County and parts of Allentown and Salisbury and Whitehall townships.