A member of the Mars School Board will run for the 12th District seat in the state House of Representatives for a second time.

Republican Gordon Marburger, 59, of Adams Township announced Monday that he will again seek the legislative seat currently occupied by state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, a Cranberry Township Republican.

Marburger ran against Metcalfe in 2014.

Metcalfe has served in Harrisburg since 1999. Marburger said he feels Metcalfe is not representing the 12th District well.

“I just feel he’s dealing with issues that don’t really involve the 12th District,” Marburger said.

He said he felt that the current state budget impasse — in which Gov. Tom Wolf and the GOP-controlled Legislature cannot come up with the state spending plan, which was due at the end of June — is a major problem, and one that current legislators are not solving.

Marburger said he feels he could do a good job of dealing with the impasses, saying that he can work with both Republicans and Democrats.

“Unlike the incumbent, I will find solutions to problems without giving up my conservative principles,” Marburger said.

The last time Marburger ran, he failed to turn in a statement of financial interest with the state Ethics Commission. After his campaign was challenged by two district residents, the state Supreme Court in May 2014 removed his name from the ballot.

Following that, Marburger decided to run a write-in campaign.

Metcalfe won 3,271 votes compared to 2,731 write-in votes — 54 percent to 45 percent.

In the fall of 2014, Metcalfe beat out Democrat Lisa Zucco to retain his seat.