{"id":146885,"date":"2025-12-26T22:13:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146885"},"modified":"2025-12-27T15:14:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T20:14:41","slug":"residents-call-for-fair-transparent-candidate-selection-process-in-22nd-district-special-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146885","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed | Residents Call for Fair, Transparent Candidate Selection Process in 22nd District Special Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2014 December 26, 2025 \u2014 Local residents across Pennsylvania\u2019s 22nd District are calling for a fair and transparent candidate selection process ahead of the upcoming special election for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Residents say voters deserve basic clarity on how candidates are chosen, who is making the decision, and what standards are being used\u2014especially in a special election, where timelines are compressed and public confidence is essential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is about strengthening trust in the process,\u201d a resident spokesperson said. \u201cRegardless of party, the community should be able to understand how a nominee is selected and how residents can be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Residents plan to release additional information and specific transparency recommendations in a follow-up statement in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nDr. Kelley R Kenney<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2014 December 26, 2025 \u2014 Local residents across Pennsylvania\u2019s 22nd District are calling for a fair and transparent candidate selection process ahead of the upcoming special election for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Residents say voters deserve basic clarity on how candidates are chosen, who is making the decision, and what standards are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146885\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Op-Ed | Residents Call for Fair, Transparent Candidate Selection Process in 22nd District Special Election<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HARRISBURG-copy.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}