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Ziccarelli hopes to challenge Peck for Westmoreland County DA Peck seeking 7th term as District Attorney Share Updated: 10:00 AM EST Feb 13, 2021 Peck seeking 7th term as District Attorney Share Updated: 10:00 AM EST Feb 13, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ZICARELLI, WHO HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF PECK. WESTMORELAND BUREAU REPORTER JIM MADALINSKY WITH MORE ON THE RACE JIM: FOUR YEARS AGO WESTMORELAND , COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN PECK WAS ELECTED TO HIS SIXTH TERM. HE RAN UNOPPOSED. THAT WON’T BE THE CASE THIS YEAR AS A NEW CHALLENGER HAS EMERGED CALLING FOR MAJOR CHANGES TO THE OFFICE. JOHN PECK HAS SPENT NEARLY 40 YEARS WORKING INSIDE THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. HE WAS APPOINTED DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN 1994 AND HAS HELD THE POSITION EVER SINCE. >> IT’S EASY TO SAY I’M TOUGH ON CRIME IT’S EASY TO SAY I’M , AGAINST CRIME, BUT IT’S ANOTHER THING TO TURN THOSE WORDS INTO ACTION AND APPEAR ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COURT BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE , JUSTICE IS REALLY DONE. JIM: NICOLE ZICCARELLI SEES THE ROLE OF THE OFFICE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. THE NEW KENSINGTON BASED LAWYER IS A FORMER INTERN IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. ZICCARELLI IS COMING OFF A NARROW LOSS TO STATE SENATOR JIM BREWSTER FOLLOWING MULTIPLE COURT BATTLES. >> OUR CURRENT DISTRICT ATTORN TOOK OFFICE IN 1994 AND I COMMEND HIM FOR HIS SERVICE BU WE ARE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DISTRICT THAN WE WERE, A DIFFERENT COUNTY AND WE WERE IN 1994. JIM: ZICCARELLI SAYS SHE WANTS THE ROLE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO INVOLVE MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. >> WE HAVE TO BE FRONT AND CENTER. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT PROSECUTI CASES, IT’S ABOUT BEING IN THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATING FOR WHAT BELIEVE TO BE TRUE, WHICH IS THE RULE OF LAW AND BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. JIM: PECK BELIEVES HE’S DONE HIS BEST WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE COURTROOM, PROSECUTING THE HIGHEST PROFILE CASES IN THE COUNTY FROM THE GREENSBURG SIX IN THE JENNIFER DAUGHERTY MURDER IN 2010 TO A CONVICTION OF RAHMAEL HOLT JUST LAST YEAR FOR THE MURDER OF NEW KENSINGTON POLICE OFFICER BRIAN SHAW. >> I THINK THE PEOPLE EXPECT T DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT THEM IN THE COURTROOMS. THAT’S WHERE WE GET THE JOB DONE. IT’S ONLY THERE WHERE WE GET THE JOB DONE. JIM: AS OF RIGHT NOW, NO OTH