Gerlach on Possible Pennsylvania Senate Bid: 'Don't Rule Anything Out'

Gerlach on Possible Pennsylvania Senate Bid: ‘Don’t Rule Anything Out’

By Roll Call Staff

Posted April 29, 2009 at 12:23pm

Pennsylvania Rep. Jim Gerlach says he’s being encouraged to consider running in the Republican Senate primary.

Gerlach has been preparing for a possible gubernatorial bid in 2010.

But now that Sen. Arlen Specter has become a party-switcher, Gerlach said his phone lines have been burning up with inquiries about his interest in running instead for the Republican nomination for Specter’s seat.

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