The Pennsylvania Capitol is shown Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Harrisburg, Pa. Lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the main Pennsylvania state budget bill on Friday, July 8, 2022, more than a week after it was due — a plan fattened by federal stimulus cash and unusually robust state tax collections. Associated Press

Matt Rourke

The Republican Party of Pennsylvania is expected to address two factions identifying themselves as the Butler County Republican Committee in a Friday meeting.

The factions — led by Gary Vanasdale and Bill Halle — both consider themselves the legitimate Republican committee in the county. The state committee is likely to rule on the issue.

“We have a meeting with the state this weekend,” Vanasdale said. “We’ll see if they’re going to endorse or not.”

The county’s Republican committee has seen a period of infighting and confusion since a group that included Halle — president of an incorporated faction of the Butler County Republican Committee — ousted the established chairman, Al Lindsay, after the May election.