Republican Lou Barletta, the mayor of Hazelton, Pa., is getting close to announcing a third attempt to oust Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, according to a Republican source who has been following the impending campaign. That announcement could come by the end of the week, the source said.

Barletta gave Kanjorski a close fight in 2008, and though he ended up losing 52 percent to 48 percent; two years earlier, Kanjorski won by a margin of 56 percent to 42 percent.

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