Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) filed a petition to disqualify Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia after she did not recuse herself from the county’s board of elections by Wednesday afternoon, as the congressman requested.

Fitzpatrick, who is in a tight race against Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, initially wrote to Ellis-Marseglia on Tuesday requesting she step away from election proceedings.

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