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Old 10-18-2008, 02:11 PM
 
Location: North Carolina
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Hey Guys - I just saw this on my AT&T home page as a news headline

Was he your local senator?

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A longtime Pennsylvania state senator has died after his Cadillac collided head-on with a truck.

Legislative leaders say Sen. James Rhoades died Saturday. He and his wife, Mary, were taken to a hospital after the crash Friday.

Senate aides say Mary Rhoades' injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. The accident is being investigated.

The 66-year-old Republican had served for seven terms and was chairman of the Education Committee. He was campaigning for an eighth term.

A Senate Republican spokesman says the party would have to get a court's permission to remove Rhoades' name from the ballot and replace him.

He started in the Senate in 1981 and represents northeastern Pennsylvania's coal country.
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Old 10-18-2008, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Sunshine N'Blue Skies
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I had heard he was in the accident, but I didn't know he died..........
Very sad to hear this news......
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Old 10-18-2008, 04:34 PM
 
Location: Colorado
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He was my local senator when I lived in Pennsylvania. I met him once and had his daughter as a subsitute teacher while I was at Pottsville High. They're nice people -- this is a shame.
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