Chief of Staff Champ Holman said that Pennsylvania State Senator Rhoades is dead at 66.. His wife Mary remains hospitalized ... The POCONO RECORD reporting that the Pennsylvania Republican Party would have to get a court's permission to remove Rhoades' name from the ballot and replace him with another candidate.. He was facing Democrat PJ Symons in this year's Senate election..

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