Lackawanna County Commissioner Corey O’Brien announced over the weekend that he will run against longtime Rep. Paul Kanjorski in the Democratic primary.

“I’m running for Congress to replace the old-style politics with new-style leadership, by promoting job growth, encouraging health care reform, holding myself to a higher ethical standard and working to strengthen our children’s educational opportunities,— O’Brien said in a news release.

Kanjorski won re-election over a popular local mayor with 52 percent of the vote in 2008. President Barack Obama carried the district by 15 points.