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Barletta Officially Enters the Senate Race

Congressman Lou Barletta (R-Luzerne) officially announced he is entering the race to challenge Senator Bob Casey next year.  

Barletta launched his website and a video announcement early this morning.  

“After talking to Mary Grace and our family, many people across Pennsylvania, and saying a few prayers, I have decided to run for the United States Senate,” Barletta says in the video.  

Barletta told GOP leaders he would be entering the race at the end of July, but had not made a public announcement. 

The Pennsylvania Democratic Party responded to the announcement, going immediately on the offensive.  

“Pennsylvania’s families and seniors need a Senator they can count on to fight for them. An ethically challenged congressman like Lou Barletta can only be counted on to fight for himself. The commonwealth deserves better than Congressman Lou Barletta,” Democratic party spokesman Max Steele said in a statement.  

Barletta’s website had launched for a few hours late last night before being put back behind a wall until the announcement this morning.  

Barletta joins state Reps. Rick Saccone (R-Allegheny) and Jim Christiana (R-Beaver), Borough Councilmen Andrew Shektor and fellow businessmen Paul Addis, Jeff Bartos, and Bobby Lawrence in the race.

You can watch Barletta’s video below.

BARLETTA_Announcement_1_7 from Brabender Cox on Vimeo.

24 Responses

  1. Down with the Casey regime. He has long forgotten his nepa roots. Take a stroll through Scranton/Wilkes Barre and see what he has done for his hometown area let alone the same for the rest of the state. You have lived off your fathers legacy enough. MOVE OVER

  2. Lou has nothing to lose, trump will give him a job after his devastating defeat, that is if trump is still around in 2019

    1. If he was a woman there would be 35 replies to this about how it’s sexist to talk about someone’s looks..

  3. Who is this senator Casey? I’ve never heard of him, never seen him in the state before, and can’t find a single accomplishment from him. Does he really exist?

    1. So Rick Saccone is still in it in your mind? That guy sure is a force to be reckoned with lol

  4. Sweet Lou is gonna win the primary and will probably get spanked in the general thanks to his good pal, Donald J. Trump. With sagging polls and continued toxicity, Lou will lose. However, that doesn’t mean Casey can sit on his laurels. He really needs to be more visible even though he hit the ground running earlier this year. PA doesn’t NOT need another Trumpie.

    1. PLEASE STOP WITH THE KERNS COMMENTS LOL Arlen Spector has a better shot at getting back to the Senate than Kerns. Hell, Nick you have a better shot.

        1. Eye roll. You and only you. I doubt that guy’s mother knows he’s running.

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