THE PEDESTRIAN WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL.
NO WORD ON THE VICTIM'S
CONDITION.
ALSO TONIGHT THE REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN TIM MURPHY UNDER
FIRE SAYS HIS CURRENT TERM IN
D.C. WILL BE HIS LAST.
JOHN DELANO BROKE THAT STORY
ON KDKA TV NEWS AT 6:00.
TONIGHT HE HAS AN EARLY LOOK AT
WHO COULD TAKE MURPHY'S PLACE.
Reporter: AFTER REPORTS THAT
CONGRESSMAN TIM MURPHY, A
STRONG PRO-LIFE REPUBLICAN HAD
ENCOURAGED HIS MISTRESS TO HAVE
AN ABORTION IN AN EXTRAMARITAL
AFFAIR, PRESSURE MOUNTED ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY FOR THE CONGRESSMAN
TO RESIGN OR AT LEAST ANNOUNCE
HE WOULD NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION
NEXT YEAR.
TUESDAY EVENING HE MADE HIS
DECISION.
CONGRESSMAN MOR TEE SAYS HE
WILL NOT RESIGN OFFICE
IMMEDIATELY, BUT INSTEAD SERVE
OUT THE REMAINDER OF HIS TERM
AS A REPRESENTATIVE IN
CONGRESS.
IN A STATEMENT MURPHY ADDED
THAT, QUOTE, I PLAN TO SPEND MY
REMAINING MONTHS IN OFFICE
CONTINUING MY WORK AS THE
NATIONAL LEADER ON MENTAL
HEALTH CARE REFORM AS WELL AS
ISSUES AFFECTING WORKING
FAMILIES IN SOUTHWESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.
IT WAS A SUDDEN REVERSAL FOR A
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN WHO HAD
WON RE-ELECTION TWICE WITHOUT
OPPOSITION.
BUT IT CAME AFTER HE MET WITH
THE HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN
AMIDST BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC
CALLS THAT HE STEP STEP ASIDE.
IN A STATEMENT MURPHY NOTED,
QUOTE, IN THE COMING WEEKSLY
TAKE PERSONAL TIME TO SEEK HELP
AS MY FAMILY AND I CONTINUE TO
WORK THROUGH OUR PERSONAL
DIFFICULTIES AND SEEK HEALING.
WITH MURPHY'S RETIREMENT, BOTH
PARTIES ARE LIKELY TO COMPETE
VIGOROUSLY FOR THE OPEN SEAT,
ALTHOUGH THE 18th DISTRICT IN
ALLEGHENY, WASHINGTON AND
WESTMORELAND COUNTIES WAS DRAWN
TO ELECT REPUBLICANS, IT HAS A
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY.
EARLY SPECULATION ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE INCLUDES THE
THREE CANDIDATES.
ENED ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE,
MIKE CROSSE AND BOB SOLOMON.
BUT THIS LIST OF POTENTIAL
CANDIDATES IS EXPECTED TO
CHANGE AS MURPHY BECOME AS LAME
DUCK MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
WHILE MURPHY INTENDS TO SERVE
OUT THE REMAINING 15 MONTHS OF
HIS TERM, IT WILL NO DOUBT BE
AWKWARD, BUT WITH THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT, POLITICAL EYES AT
LEAST WILL TURN TO WHO MIGHT BE
A SUCCESSOR AND THAT WILL BE A
