Russ Diamond for Lieutenant GovernorRuss Diamond for Lieutenant Governor
The ONLY Lieutenant Governor candidate endorsed by the national Republican Liberty Caucus
Founder & Chairman - PACleanSweep, 2005-2009 | Golden Dot Award - George Washington University, 2005 | Citizen of the Year - Philadelphia Inquirer, 2006
Public Service Achievement Award - Common Cause/PA, 2006 | Communicator of the Year - International Association of Business Communicators (Harrisburg), 2006
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Dedicated to reforming state government through a limited constitutional convention, eliminating property taxes once
and for all, and defending Pennsylvanians from federal intrusion by enforcing the 10th Amendment from Harrisburg.


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I believe it is high time we permanently eliminate property taxes in Pennsylvania and allow citizens to own their homes outright without having to pay rent to the government.

It can be done. All we need is the collective will to do it.

For the reasons why I believe this is so and a fresh approach on how to do it, click here.
Latest Campaign News
04.19.2010
National Republican Liberty Caucus Endorses Diamond

Russ Diamond has earned the endorsement of the National Board of the Republican Liberty Caucus in the race for Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor. The RLC voted to endorse Diamond for his commitment to champion less government dependency and more individual liberty.

"I'm honored to accept this particular endorsement," Diamond said. "All the efforts I've undertaken politically over the years - from fighting the pay raise to authoring legislation for a limited citizens' constitutional convention to seeking ways to permanently eliminate property taxes to standing up for the Tenth Amendment - revolve around protecting our rights and ensuring liberty."

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01.28.2010
72 Percent of Pennsylvanians Support Diamond's
Main Campaign Plank

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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01.13.2010
Madonna & Young Validate Diamond's Reform Platform

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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Question: What do the York Daily Record, the Scranton Times-Tribune, the Bucks County Courier Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Centre Daily Times, the Uniontown Herald-Standard, the Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice, the Pocono Record, the Towanda Daily Review, the Beaver County Times, the West Chester Daily Local News, the Pottstown Mercury, the Pottsville Republican-Herald, the Delaware County Daily Times, the Harrisburg Patriot-News, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, the Philadelphia Daily News, the Lansdale Reporter, the DuBois Courier-Express, the Greenville Record-Argus, the Shamokin News-Item, the Lebanon Daily News, the Hazleton Standard Speaker, Lancaster's Sunday News, the Philadelphia Daily News' John Baer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Brian O'Neill, former Harrisburg Patriot-News editorial page editor Dale Davenport, the Allentown Morning Call's Bill White, Tri-County (Elk/Jefferson/Clearfield) Courier-Express publisher Denny Bonavita, the Commonwealth Foundation's Matt Brouillette, Democracy Rising PA's Tim Potts, Common Cause/PA's Barry Kauffman, the League of Women Voters' Olivia Thorne, the Lincoln Institute's Lowman Henry, Dr. G. Terry Madonna, Dr. Michael Young, Ed Rendell (yes, even him!) and Russ Diamond all have in common? Click here to find out!

Russ Diamond announces the 2006 PACleanSweep slate of legislative candidates in the Capitol Rotunda.

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