November 7, 2007
Hazleton, PENNSYLVANIA: Mayor who targeted illegal aliens coasts to third term

The Sentinel

HAZLETON, Pennsylvania -- Mayor Lou Barletta, a Republican who gained national prominence by targeting illegal immigrants living in this small city, easily won re-election Tuesday to a third term.

He defeated a Libertarian candidate, John Medashefski, a coffee shop owner who had argued the city should drop its costly effort to push through a law targeting illegal immigrants.

Unofficial returns showed Barletta winning with 3,530 votes, or 90 percent, to Medashefski's 405 votes, or 10 percent.

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Posted by tyne at November 7, 2007
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