Russ Diamond
Russ Diamond
Russell H. "Russ" Diamondis an entrepreneur, political activist, and politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. He attempted to secure ballot access as an Independent candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2006. He ran for Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor as a Republican in 2010. In 2014, he was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, for the 102nd District...
biggest few leadership problem
Leadership controlling it all is the biggest problem we have in Harrisburg. That makes (for) very few Pennsylvanians being represented there.
bring heroes proud tired
Pennsylvania is tired of villains. We need heroes. I'm proud to bring you some of those heroes today.
dedicated dignity hallowed integrity people return saving tired truly
Pennsylvania is tired of villains. We need heroes. These people are truly my heroes. They are dedicated to saving my Commonwealth. We need to return honor, dignity and integrity to these hallowed halls.
watch
We have to watch out for anointed successors. That's what got us here in the first place.
middle potential
We're in the middle of vetting potential candidates.
competition cream rises sour tired
When there?s competition, the cream rises to the top. Pennsylvania is tired of the same old sour milk.
historic people
The will of the people will make 2006 a historic year.
against believe candidate chance deserves eventually introduce present races reduced strong themselves voters
There are some races where we will introduce more than one candidate. In these races, we believe each candidate deserves a chance to present themselves to the voters in their district. Each race against an incumbent, however, will eventually need to be reduced to one strong candidate before the primary.
candidates county electoral fair government local offer offices people school serious served voters
We have people who have served in local and county offices and school boards. They are serious candidates and will offer voters an alternative. We are going to take back our government fair and square. Through the electoral process.
beauty freedom
Part of the beauty of freedom is that freedom is chaotic.
break cause general giving instead knock money putting send sugar tax truth
Instead of just giving us a tax break and putting the money back into the General Fund, we've got to go knock on their door, tell them what our cause is. And the truth is, we don't send them to Harrisburg to be sugar daddies.
challenger election general incumbent primary
I'll only be disappointed if an incumbent doesn't have a primary challenger or a general election challenger.
candidates challenge fear group people star
I know when we started soliciting candidates to challenge incumbents that people had this fear that we would end up with a group of people right out of the Cantina from Star Wars.
couple might narrow
In Westmoreland and Fayette counties, we'll have a lot of candidates. In a couple of races, we might have to choose. We're going to narrow that down.