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Leopold begins early run for county exec race

Talk about not wasting any time.

More than three years before the primary for county executive, Del. John Leopold is already campaigning hard to win the Republican nod. Last week alone, Mr. Leopold was spotted waving signs bearing his name along Route 2, Waugh Chapel Road and Forest Drive - a good distance from his Pasadena home.

"In politics, there's only late -...