Last week, campaign finance reports were revealed for Pennsylvania’s army of political candidates. Now, reporters and campaign opponents have had time to comb through the hundreds of line-item expenditures and receipts. Will any surprises be revealed? Also, details from the Senate candidates’ reports were not published last week. Expect follow-up on how Pat Toomey, Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak are spending their money (and where they’re getting it from). There will be plenty to dig from, too. The race for the Pa. Senate seat will be one of the most expensive in the country.
T-minus three weeks until the state’s next election, featuring a Supreme Court battle between Democrat Jack Panella and Republican Joan Orie Melvin. The race has received scant coverage thus far, and don’t expect papers to suddenly treat the campaign as front-page material during the home stretch. But for state political junkies, it still might be a useful barometer. Are Republicans on the rebound, or is the Democrats’ 1.2 million voter-registration edge still too much to overcome? PoliticsPA will investigate.
No, the General Assembly hasn’t compromised on table games legislation yet (and doesn’t seem in a particular rush for a solution either). But instead of relapsing into budget impasse malaise, focus your attention on a new policy issue for the Keystone State: transportation. The Turnpike Commission is resubmitting an application to toll Interstate 80, the keystone of a transportation and infrastructure funding bill signed by the governor in 2007. The first version was rejected, and another setback might crush the plan for good. Not that opponents of the I-80 tolls, including Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper and Republican Congressman Glenn Thompson, would mind.
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