Ron Boltz of Pine Grove and Carolyn Bonkoski of Orwigsburg are running for two of the three seats available for Republican State Committee.

Boltz is currently a county committee person and a Pine Grove School Board member, while Carolyn is a county committee person and district leader in the Schuylkill County Republican Committee.The Boltz/Bonkoski team is running to bring reform to the current State Committee "endorsement" process, which they believe gives unfair advantages to incumbents and party favorites before voters get to make their choice in the primary election. In their view, this limits competition and keeps good potential candidates from participating in the election process, resulting in limited voter choices.