Doylestown resident Tom Manion, long rumored to be considering a run for U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy’s 8th Congressional seat, has scheduled a press conference Tuesday to discuss his political plans for 2008.

Manion, 53, is the father of Marine 1st Lt. Travis Manion, who was killed in April by sniper fire during his second tour in Iraq.

The elder Manion, who is a colonel in the Marine reserves, was in Washington, D.C., last month meeting with Republican Party officials exploring the possibility of challenging Murphy, a first-term Democrat who is the only Iraq war veteran in Congress and who has already raised more than $1 million for his re-election bid.

Murphy defeated Republican Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick by just over 1,000 votes in 2006.
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