HARRISBURG -- Bill Ogden is a body builder, a proud father, an Army veteran and a staunch Republican.

William Anderson is a body-shop owner, a doting grandson, a reformed drug dealer and a Young Democrat.

Mr. Ogden, of Crafton, and Mr. Anderson, of Homewood, have little in common, but both found a place in PA CleanSweep, a grassroots group formed last summer to oust incumbent state senators and House members.

CleanSweep founder Russ Diamond, who is running for governor, resigned yesterday after prolonged in-fighting on the board of directors. Still, the group's momentum will continue, Mr. Diamond assured Mr. Ogden, Mr. Anderson, and 33 other CleanSweep candidates who gathered yesterday for a rally at the Capitol.

In all, 109 CleanSweep candidates are running in the May primary.

They are Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and independents who were incensed enough by last year's legislative pay raises to run for office themselves.

They are accountants and steelworkers, homemakers and youth sports coaches, grandsons and grandmothers, karate instructors and coffee-shop owners.

Their views on abortion, tax reform, government spending and terms limits are as diverse as their backgrounds.

But they've all agreed on one thing -- government needs to be in the hands of hardworking Pennsylvanians, not greedy career politicians.

"We're tired of people who've been in government and abusing power for 15, 20 years," Mr. Ogden said after the rally. "We want to end abuses of power."

The group is fueled largely by anger over hefty raises legislators approved themselves last summer and subsequently repealed.

"The culture of arrogance and greed is still alive and well in these hallowed halls," Mr. Diamond said. "The time has come for the people to take back their commonwealth, their constitution and their future."

Outrage over the raises is one of the few requirements for running as a CleanSweep candidate.

"We have a unified message so party affiliation doesn't matter," Mr. Diamond said.

Mr. Diamond, the founder, doesn't even expect CleanSweep candidates to back his gubernatorial candidacy.

Those like Mr. Anderson don't plan to, either.

Mr. Anderson, 33, is a lifelong Democrat, a former Kerry-for-president campaign volunteer, and grandson of the first black woman on the party's national committee.

He'll back incumbent Ed Rendell in the election, even though the governor was a pay-raise supporter.

"We have more problems in Pennsylvania than just the pay-raise," Mr. Anderson said. "Our kids have more access to guns and drugs than to education, computers, healthcare and jobs."

He does feel some loyalty to Mr. Diamond, who helped get him on the May primary ballot where he will challenge 23-year House member Joseph Preston Jr.

"I'll give him some support because he has helped all of us out so much," Mr. Anderson said, but Mr. Rendell will get his vote on Election Day.