It’s officially a three-man contest in the 7th Congressional District.
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pa2010: Schneller to stay on ballot
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PhillyClout: Sestak admits error on earmark request
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak reached out to PhillyClout this afternoon to clarify his explanation from earlier this week about a $350,000 federal spending “earmark” that has been seized on by his Republican opponent in the race for the U.S. Senate, former U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey.
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The Washington Post’s Broder sizes up the Pa. gov race
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010Because the history of this office is weighty in terms of national politics, with figures including Rendell, Tom Ridge, Dick Thornburgh, Milton Shapp, Bob Casey and Bill Scranton all playing prominent roles in their parties, the outcome may be more important than the highly publicized fight for Arlen Specter’s Senate seat.
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Pennsylvania Avenue: Kaine, Rendell to make big speech in Philly next week
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010A DNC official said Kaine will “make the sharpest contrast that he has made to date on the direction the country would go if Republicans had their way.”
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PolitiFact: Sestak’s new ad ‘mostly true’
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010We think that Sestak’s use of the clip was fair politics, because the clip accurately reflects what Toomey said on the show. And Toomey’s book does provide evidence that he’d love to see zero corporate taxation implemented, which justifies the ad’s use of the word “thinks.”
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PoliticsPA: Onorato touts severance tax, calls Corbett gas industry shill
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Corbett’s campaign fired back that Onorato is simply supporting the kind of tax-and-spend policies favored by Governor Rendell.
Tags: Dan Onorato for Governor, Dan Onorato Marcellus Shale tax, Tom Corbett for governor, Tom Corbett Marcellus Shale tax
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pa2010: Lentz donated to Santorum in 2000
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Lentz, a two-term state Representative, was briefly a Santorum supporter himself—at least financially.
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PoliticsPA: DNC Chair Kaine to raise money for Trivedi
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Also attending will be U.S. Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), the DNC’s vice-chair, who is helping lead Trivedi’s meeting with the South Asian American Leadership Council, which is part of the fundraiser on Thursday.
Tags: Jim Gerlach for congress, Manan Trivedi for congress
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PoliticsPA: Onorato believes he’s down 5 or 6 points
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010“It’s close,” he said during a press conference in the Capitol to promote his plan to levy a severance tax on the natural gas industry. “It’s definitely within single-digits.”
Tags: Dan Onorato for Governor, Tom Corbett for governor
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PoliticsPA: New DSCC ad hits Toomey on derivatives, Social Security (VIDEO)
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010A new ad that begins airing Wednesday from the DSCC portrays Pat Toomey as a champion of Wall Street, not the middle class, and raises the specter of what Democrat’s say is the Republican Senate nominee’s plan to privatize Wall Street.
Tags: Joe Sestak for Senate, Pat Toomey for Senate, Pat Toomey Wall Street
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By Commonwealth Foundation - Dan Onorato's Natural Gas Tax
[...] Candidate Dan Onorato held a press conference yesterday announcing he supports a tax on natural gas extraction in Pennsylvania ...
By PoliticsPA’s Morning Buzz: 9/2 Edition | Politics PA
[...] PoliticsPA: DSCC releases new ad attacking Pat Toomey for his ties to Wall Street and his plans for social ...
By Wyoming Valley Moderate
Interesting that Barletta was given an award by Rendell for fiscal responsibilty and that he was voted best mayor in ...
By Christine Brothers
A candidate who is profife has my vote. Secondly, as a teacher, I will consider a candiate who will ...