Four years ago, Republican George W. Bush shocked local political observers by winning the presidential race in heavily Democratic Cambria County.

This year, a Johnstown city councilwoman has been tapped to try to engineer a repeat performance for the GOP.

Ann Wilson will serve as Cambria County chair of the John McCain campaign. And she’s sure to be busy, since Pennsylvania is viewed as a key battleground state in McCain’s race against Democrat Barack Obama.

Wilson’s mission is to “act as a representative for the McCain campaign,” she said.

“I’ll make sure I get John McCain’s message to the people of Cambria County.”  read more »