PA-9 candidate Art Halvorson released his campaign’s first television ad, addressing Rep. Bill Shuster’s (R-Briar) legacy and his campaign against Halvorson.
“Since Bill Shuster can’t run on his own record,” Halvorson begins, directly addressing the viewer, “I guess he feels the need to level false attacks on others. Now, you can hear from me about what I actually stand for.”
Halvorson declares himself a “common sense conservative,” over shots of he and his wife. He narrates that he wants to stop the country’s debt from growing and restore a stable economy.
“I’m Art Halvorson and I approve this message, because after 40 years of Shuster family rule, Republicans deserve a new authentic conservative voice in Congress.”
In the press release sent out along with the ad, Halvorson’s campaign stated that he wanted “to set the record straight” after Shuster’s latest attack ads. The most recently released outright accused Halvorson of not being conservative. Previously, Shuster’s campaign released a cartoonish ad calling out Halvorson about accepting farm subsidies while campaigning against them.
“Mr. Shuster’s attacks simply show how far he is willing to go to keep his power – even trying to put me in league with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. It’s simply absurd,” Halvorson said. “I want people to know the truth about where I stand and why my opponent feels the need to intentionally deceive the voters of the 9th District.”
The two, along with fellow Republican opponent Travis Schooley, participated in a debate last Thursday. The next one will be at Penn State Altoona this Friday, May 2, at 6 PM.
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Okay! I understand now. Apologies friends, I’m from Vancouver BC (which is why I was partially confused, our red/blue colours represent the reverse ideologies) and searching for US Congressional races and analysis for my coursework and came across this site. Thanks for all of the information, as well as your varied perspectives 🙂 Cheers!
Not from Pa: No, red is associated with conservatism, blue with the liberal. PA is vastly conservative but like many states, our biggest population centers tend to be liberal, as in, “of course more and bigger government is better because we want more ‘free’ goodies for everyone – especially the non-producers – at the expense of the producers and of course I should have whatever I really want and if I don’t have it, it must be someone else’s fault and we just need more laws to get people to act right.” Our sitting congressman, Shuster, may vote conservatively at times but only as a political maneuver to keep his power. He’s proven beyond ALL doubt during this primary that he has zero regard for the truth, no honor, and no backbone. He’s lying about his challenger through his advertising, but shaking his hand, smiling respectfully and thanking him for his military service at the recent debate. This would be called hypocrisy.
Blue is conservative, yes? And red would liberal?
The only reason PA seems to be blue to folks from other states is because of the two pockets of filth we have on either side of the state that hold over half the population. Pennsylvania is geographically the deepest shade of red you can get. Because of the freeloaders in Philly and Pittsburgh we will most likely always go Democrat in the Presidential elections.
That particular part of PeeYay is pretty conservative, and this is a Republican primary where it is important to woo the far right base. Whatever Shuster claims, it is a primary race between tea party guys and a pork barrel Republican.
As an outside observer, I must ask: is declaring oneself to be a “conservative”/”more conservative”/etc not a self-harming move to make in a campaign for public office? I thought Pennsylvania was a state that was strongly in favour of the Democratic Party? I would think that admitting to being a conservative of any sort would be political suicide, or am I wrong? Thanks and cheers.