Sam’s Step Down From AFP Fuels Senate Run Speculation

In an email blast to friends and supporters, former State Rep. Sam Rohrer announced that he will be stepping down as Pennsylvania director for Americans for Prosperity and that he will outline his  “next step in promoting constitutional principles and courageous leadership” later this month.

Those who know him think that means he will be throwing his hat in the Republican primary ring to be the party’s pick to take on incumbent Democrat Little Bobby Casey in the U.S. Senate race a year from now.

Rohrer ran an insurgent challenge to party-endorsed Tom Corbett in the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary. Corbett got a bit of a scare but still won as he would the general election.

Rohrer represented the 128th District in the Pennsylvania House from 1993 to 2010 and was the respected Republican chairman of the House Finance Committee. He did not seek re-election to concentrate on the run for the governor’s office.

Rohrer’s email is:

Dear Friend,

Although, I have greatly enjoyed working with thousands of grassroots leaders from across the state as Pennsylvania State Director for Americans for Prosperity, the time has come for me to step aside from my role with AFP.  After much deliberation, prayer, and discussions with family and friends, my decision has become clear.

Later this month, I will outline my next step in promoting constitutional principles and courageous leadership. It’s a road – like others we’ve traveled before- that will be difficult and with an uncertain destination. Living in this critical time in our nation’s history, I am convinced that we as Americans must rediscover that truth is the bedrock of freedom and that now is the time to rebuild that foundation together.

I hope you’ll join me in this new endeavor.
Yours for Liberty,
Sam

P.S.  Would you please help us increase our email list in the next two weeks?  Please forward to us the names and email addresses of those who you think would appreciate receiving direct communication from us concerning our plans. If they are not interested in future emails, they can easily unsubscribe at any time.


The link to be put on his list can be found here.

For the record, he would make a great senator.

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