Lechter received enough write-in votes in the April primary to have her name placed on the Nov. 4 ballot. She will face Democrat Tim Briggs.
Vowing to run a positive, issue-based campaign, Lechter called on Briggs to join with her in signing a clean campaign pledge, according to reporter Margaret Gibbons of The Times-Herald in Norristown.
"The national campaigns have dominated the airwaves and it has been filled with too much negativity," Lechter told Gibbons. "The people of the 149th District deserve a healthy exchange of ideas based solely on the issues that affect them and their families."
Lechter's campaign kickoff came just hours after the Montgomery County Board of Elections had certified the results of the April elections, Gibbons says.
More from Gibbons:
Lechter, a 65-year-old lawyer, needed 300 write-in votes to get her name on the November ballot but ended up with a surprising 1,076 votes, according to the final official tallies.
Briggs, a lawyer from Upper Merion who worked as campaign manager and campaign treasurer for numerous other Democrats including Joseph M. Hoeffel, ran uncontested in his party's nomination. He earned 9,897 votes.
The 149th District includes Upper Merion, Bridgeport, West Conshohocken and a part of Lower Merion.
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