Candidate for Fayette Pa. House seat assaulted amid warnings about election-related threats and
violence
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/election2022/2022/10/31/democrat-richard-ringer-candidate-for-pa-house-seat-assaulted-election/stories/202210310087
A candidate running for a state House seat called 911 Monday morning after being assaulted at his Fayette County home in what would be the third time in two weeks he has had to call police to his residence.
Democrat Richard Ringer said he was bloodied and knocked unconscious by an attacker in his back yard around 5 a.m.
“A guy was standing with his back to me. I went and bear-hugged him, wrestled, ended up on the ground,” said Mr. Ringer, 69, who is running in a contested race for the open 51st House District seat against Republican Charity Grimm Krupa. “He was larger than I am and he pinned me down on my left side. ... He hit me 10 to 12 times in the head, in the face and by the eye and he knocked me out.”
A call placed to the state police trooper who responded to a call to Mr. Ringer’s home was not returned on Monday afternoon. Mr. Ringer said his hands were bloodied and his faced bruised from the attack.
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