16 Facts About Russ Diamond

Russell H Diamond was born on July 26,1963 and is an American politician and businessman from Pennsylvania.

Between 2004 and 2014, Russ Diamond launched six failed campaigns for elected office:.

In 2014, Russ Diamond successfully ran for the 102nd district to replace Representative RoseMarie Swanger, who spent four terms in the state House after being backed by Russ Diamond's organization.

The campaign was contentious; Russ Diamond's supporters filed legal challenges against the campaigns of Joe Eisenhauer and Wanda Bechtold, who sought the Republican nomination, and successfully got their names removed from the primary ballot.

Russ Diamond won the general election with 45 percent of the vote, defeating Democrat Jake Long, independent Robert McAteer, and write-in candidate Bechtold.

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Russ Diamond opposed public-health measures to prevent the spread of the virus.

Russ Diamond opposed Governor Tom Wolf's statewide mandate requiring the wearing of face coverings in indoor public places, opposed Wolf's closure of non-essential businesses, and called on Wolf to fire Dr Rachel Levine, the Pennsylvania secretary of health.

Russ Diamond spoke at anti-shutdown rallies at the State Capitol and sponsored a resolution seeking to reverse Wolf's closure of nonessential businesses; the resolution passed the Pennsylvania General Assembly, but the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that it had no effect.

In May 2020, Russ Diamond bragged on social media about shopping without a face covering.

Russ Diamond made his call even after litigation brought by Trump's campaign were dismissed due to lack of evidence.

Russ Diamond joined eight other Republican state representatives, led by Daryl Metcalfe, who filed a lawsuit asking a Pennsylvania court to invalidate the state's final vote count; this claim was based on debunked conspiracy theories and claims that had already been rejected by state and federal courts in earlier litigation.

In 2019 and 2020, Russ Diamond proposed amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution that would eliminate statewide elections for state appellate judges would no longer be elected in statewide elections, but would be instead by elected by districts.

Russ Diamond unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor in 2022.

Court documents state that one woman claimed Russ Diamond "pushed her in the face seven times and scratched her under an eye" and "threatened to kill her if she disconnected the cable".

In fall 2015, Russ Diamond was cited for public drunkenness in Annville Township.

In June 2022, Russ Diamond was diagnosed with "treatable" prostate cancer.