Last week the headlines were all about Pennsylvania native son Senator Rick Santorum after he finished second in the Iowa caucus by eight votes. Tonight, the headlines turned back to front runner Governor Mitt Romney when he made history by becoming the first non-incumbent Republican presidential candidate to win Iowa and New Hampshire.
“That’s the second best alternative,” he said of replacing Biden. “A better alternative is to make Hillary the [presidential] nominee. As long as we’re talking about dumping, let’s go to the core problem.”
Mark Critz announced his new campaign manager and team of consultants for his forthcoming primary battle with Jason Altmire.
Pittsburgh political and labor leaders endorsed Pat Murphy in his campaign for Pa. Attorney General: Rich Fitzgerald, Mike Doyle, the Pittsburgh Laborers and more. Updated with more western Pa. endorsements for Murphy and Dan McCaffery.
About 50 Pa. volunteers have traveled to New Hampshire and South Carolina to help with a campaign that has, at times, struggled to keep up with the candidate’s growing popularity.
Republican Senate candidate Marc Scaringi released a statement last week praising his former boss Rick Santorum on his strong finish in the Iowa caucuses. In the same statement, he also praised Rep. Ron Paul on his Iowa success. Noticeably absent from the statement was praise of the winner of the caucus, Mitt Romney.
Political operatives Brad Koplinski, Eric Nagy and Dan Hartman have managed their share of campaigns across Pennsylvania. Now they’re launching Penn Blue Strategies, which will work with Democratic campaigns, non-profits, and other groups.
Gene Stilp is running for congress and Ralph Kaiser isn’t. Dante Santoni is retiring from the Pa. House and Chelsa Wagner isn’t. Mitt Romney is going to do well in New Hampshire and Rick Santorum isn’t.
Rep. Jason Altmire released a list of more than 70 Democratic officials who support his candidacy. Like Mark Critz’s earlier list, it draws heavily from areas Altmire currently represents.
Ralph Kaiser, a former state Rep. who currently heads government relations at WQED, told PoliticsPA he will not challenge Rep. Tim Murphy.
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