John Pippy is now, officially, a former Senator. He announced his retirement Saturday night 14 minutes after Gov. Corbett signed the state budget. Pippy appears poised to take the reins of the PA Coal Association, but his sudden departure threatens to complicate an already confusing campaign.
With much legislative work done for the summer and no major bills before the House or Senate, candidates and defending incumbents can focus their full efforts on winning in November. We see six competitive and exciting races. So tell us readers, which is number one?
The results are in: 209 of our politically savvy readers voted in the latest PoliticsPA poll asking whether PA legislators would pass the state budget on time. An impressive 71 percent of people correctly predicted that the budget would indeed be signed into law by the Saturday night deadline
With 15 minutes to spare, Gov. Corbett signed the $27.7B budget into law. The budget includes cuts to health and human service agencies, status quo education funding but with other potential revenue sources such as business tax credits.
Raja won a heated (and, at times, nasty) Republican primary in the race to replace retiring state Sen. John Pippy, a Republican who had represented the 37th district since 2003. But after his surprise upset victory, Raja now faces a new challenge: a new challenger.
It looks like lawmakers are going to make it. The GOP-dominated House passed a $27.7 billion state budget, to the dismay of many minority Democrats who are dissatisfied with flat-lined education funding, social service spending cuts, and a massive business tax break.
Former state Rep, U.S. Senate hopeful and 2010 Gubernatorial candidate Sam Rohrer has found a new job: President of The Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network, a project of Let Freedom Ring, Inc., a 501(c)(4).
We’ve come a long way from Saturday’s GOP state committee in Hershey. After PoliticsPA broke the story of Majority Leader Mike Turzai’s Voter ID comments, they’ve made the rounds on cable news – and finally arrived Wednesday night on The Colbert Report. Watch the segment here.
During last night’s Hardball, Chris Matthews called Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman Jim Burn the best Obama surrogate he’s had on the show after his keen comments on Mike Tuzari, Voter ID and Mitt Romney.
Sen. Bob Casey maintains a solid lead over Republican rival Tom Smith 49 to 32 percent, according to the latest from Quinnipiac. Meanwhile Gov. Tom Corbett’s approval rating continues its negative trend.
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