Maybe he will and maybe he won’t.
Despite reports published earlier today, Hazleton mayor Lou Barletta is still undecided on whether or not to run for Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, currently occupied by Democrat Paul Kanjorski.
“Lou Barletta has at no time told me that he has made the decision to run for Congress,” said Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Robert A. Gleason Jr. in a press release.
“He is a wonderful mayor and I would love to see him run in the 11th Congressional District,” Gleason added.
Barletta has been the subject of intense Republican pressure to challenge the 12-term incumbent Kanjorski in the November election. In a 2002 election, Kanjorski defeated Barletta for the same seat by 13 percentage points.
Barletta’s political profile has been raised over the past year during his public battles against illegal immigration in Hazleton, including a visit to Monroe County last year for an illegal immigration forum.
Barletta will have to decide if he wants to run before Feb. 12, the deadline to file nominating petitions.
Maybe he will and maybe he won’t. 
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