Joe Hoeffel wants to talk to you about abortion. If you’re a likely voter in the May 18 Democratic primary for governor, especially from southeastern Pennsylvania, Hoeffel really wants you to listen.That’s because Hoeffel – who spent 24 years as a county commissioner, congressman or in some other public post – is casting himself as the lone Democratic defender of “socially liberal and fiscally responsible” policies.

















Hoeffel is spelled with two Fs.