ANNVILLE - New Franklin and Marshall College polling data reveals overwhelming support among Pennsylvanians for the reform plank highlighting Republican Lieutenant Governor candidate Russ Diamond's campaign platform.

Diamond is the only candidate running for any statewide office who has endorsed a constitutional convention and has written a legitimate, workable plan detailing how such a convention would work. His legislation is currently in the General Assembly as SB340 and HB1929 with Republicans as prime sponsors and has garnered bipartisan support in both the Senate and the House.

"The evidence is stunningly clear," said Diamond. "Add these results to all the other public calls for a convention issued over the last three months and we simply cannot deny that this is the answer to Pennsylvania's crisis of confidence. Nor should we deny citizens the opportunity to alter or reform their government. This is one of our most fundamental rights."

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HARRISBURG - Republican Lieutenant Governor candidate Russ Diamond's platform for reforming state government was validated by yesterday's edition of "Politically Uncorrected," a twice-monthly column authored by Dr. G. Terry Madonna and Dr. Michael Young.

In their column, the pair cite a December Quinnipiac Poll indicating that "only one in four voters approve of the job the state legislature is doing" and point to a constitutional convention as "probably [the] most important" step in resolving the state's crisis in confidence.

"I'm thrilled to learn that Pennsylvania's top political analysts have endorsed a constitutional convention to reform our Commonwealth's broken legislative system," said Diamond. "History has proven that governments falter and fail when citizen confidence in them is shattered. Three quarters of Pennsylvanians disapprove of the job the General Assembly is doing. It's time to repair our system and restore public confidence."

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