On March 11, a group of 134 conferees from nine Pennsylvania counties will select the Republican nominee in the special election to replace deceased Democratic Rep. Rep. Jack Murtha, D. The conferees are to be selected by local GOP leaders.

The process of selecting the nominee is intended to be open enough that Republicans in southwestern Pennsylvania don’t end up with another Dede Scozzafava on their hands, as PA2010 reports. Bill Russell, the 2008 nominee who took 42 percent against Murtha, already appears concerned that the local party bosses will favor his GOP opponent, businessman Tim Burns, who can self-fund the race. From PA2010:

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