[naviga:h3]Ivanka Trump touts business tax cuts[/naviga:h3]

PITTSBURGH — A visit by President Donald Trump’s daughter makes it the third time a senior administration official has dropped in on the political hot spot of 2018’s first congressional election.

Ivanka Trump and Small Business Administration Administrator Linda McMahon met Tuesday in Mount Lebanon with business owners and Republican state lawmakers where she touted tax-cutting legislation her father signed.

Sitting beside her was state Rep. Rick Saccone, the Republican running in March 13’s special election to fill the seat left vacant by Republican Tim Murphy’s resignation.

Saccone is facing Democrat Conor Lamb, a former federal prosecutor.

Vice President Mike Pence visited earlier this month to help Saccone, and Trump himself is returning next week after visiting last month. Millions of dollars are flowing into the race, mostly to support Saccone.

[naviga:h3]GOP field grows for lieutenant gov.[/naviga:h3]

HARRISBURG — A county commissioner from southwestern Pennsylvania is the newest Republican to join the field vying to become the state’s next lieutenant governor.

Washington County Commissioner Diana Irey Vaughan, 55, said Tuesday that she’ll seek the nomination.

Five Democrats have lined up to contest the re-election bid of Lt. Gov. Mike Stack in the party’s primary.

Other Republicans running include Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Gale and the party-endorsed Jeffrey Bartos, a real estate investor from suburban Philadelphia.