{"id":58795,"date":"2017-12-31T00:31:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T05:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=58795"},"modified":"2017-12-31T00:31:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T05:31:31","slug":"lehigh-county-executive-tom-muller-endorses-mark-pinsley-state-senate-pa-16th-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=58795","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh County Executive Tom Muller Endorses Mark Pinsley for State Senate PA 16th District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ALLENTOWN, PA\u2014 State Senate candidate Mark Pinsley has received the endorsement of Tom Muller, Lehigh County Executive, for his race against Pat Browne for the PA State Senate District 16 seat.<\/p>\n<p>While Tom Muller may be leaving the Lehigh County Executive\u2019s office in a few days, he will remain an active member of the Lehigh County community. Pinsley\u2019s endorsement is one of the first from the County Executive for the 2018 election year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark\u2019s accomplishments in business, his activism and experience serving his community are impressive and the more I got to know him, the more I liked him. He has the best interests of Lehigh County residents and our business community at heart. He will be a tireless State Senator. Mark truly understands what the people of his district care about, their struggles and will be an outspoken fighter for this community in Harrisburg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A successful entrepreneur, Pinsley started his first business at age 22. He also served in the Army Reserves for 6 years where he worked on helicopters as an aircraft structural repairer. He is a graduate of Northeastern University and an MBA graduate of the Kelley School of Business at the University of Indiana. Mark lives in South Whitehall Township with his wife Nina and their two children. He is the first Democrat elected to the South Whitehall Board of Commissioners in over 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information Provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nHillary Kleinz<br \/>\nPBS39<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">***In effort to share the Lehigh Valley&#8217;s events and happenings with out bias we will accept political press releases and positive opinion pieces. 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