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TexasTowelie

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Sun Apr 2, 2017, 06:44 AM Apr 2017

Republican candidate for Philly DA sees opening after Democrat incumbent's indictment

Philadelphia has long been a Democratic stronghold, but Republican candidate for district attorney Beth Grossman says that could change following the recent indictment of the city's top prosecutor on corruption charges.

Grossman announced her campaign a year ago, long before Democrat Seth Williams, the current Philadelphia district attorney, was charged with multiple counts of bribery and extortion on March 21.

Grossman, 49, is a former assistant prosecutor in Williams' office, where she worked from 1993 until 2015. She left, Grossman said, because of concerns over corruption.

“I didn’t like what I saw going on,” she said in an interview on Thursday.

Read more: http://www.metro.us/philadelphia/republican-candidate-for-philly-da-sees-opening-after-democrat-incumbent-s-indictment/zsJqcD---BU0nRyumIfvf2/

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