The Pennsylvania Republican Party has stepped into the monthslong dispute between two groups over control of the Butler County Republican Committee by recognizing Gary Vanasdale as committee chairman.

Lawrence Tabas, state GOP chairman, said, in a letter dated Wednesday, Aug. 24, he adopted the findings and recommendation of the party’s credentials committee by acknowledging Vanasdale as the duly elected chairman of the BCRC and recognizing him as a member of the state Republican Party.

The committee’s findings and recommendation came from an Aug. 18 hearing held with members of both groups. The committee submitted its findings and recommendation in a report to Tabas the day of the hearing.

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