Dem House candidate settles years-long $55K debt fight with former mother-in-law weeks before election

Bob Brooks, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, settled a longstanding financial disagreement with his former mother-in-law earlier this month.According to court filings, Brooks and Carol Wiley, the mother of his former wife, Jennifer Brooks, have settled a dispute surrounding a $55,500 debt he incurred in 2004.The judgment finalizes the family dispute that entered the public eye amid one of the most competitive congressional races in the country as