Government watchdog Gene Stilp, best known for his activism against the 2005 legislative pay raise, announced his candidacy for Congress in the newly-drawn 11th congressional district Monday. Updated with Barletta campaign response.
The Harrisburg Patriot News’ Robert Vickers is out this morning with a brutal look at just how some Pa. Republican operatives and politicos view Rick Santorum’s presidential bid. Here’s a hint: not nicely.
Good morning politicos, and welcome to the buzz. Central Pa. Republicans met in Harrisburg on Saturday to listen to statewide candidates and select who they think should get the state committee endorsement. Check out our coverage of all the primaries, including U.S. Senate, Attorney General, Auditor and Treasurer.
Rick Santorum took aim at Mitt Romney during his first debate as a primary front runner. PoliticsPA reports from Manchester, NH.
If there were any doubts that Rick Santorum has made it big, they’re gone now. Clad in Santorum’s (now) trademark sweater vest, Saturday Night Live star Andy Samberg delivered the opening monologue for SNL this weekend.
John Maher won the support of the GOP state committee’s central caucus members by a comfortable margin on Saturday. The final tally was 41 for Maher, 32 for former Pa. Community Bankers CEO Frank Pinto, and 24 for Chester County Treasurer Ann Duke.
Cumberland County District Attorney Dave Freed got by with a little help from his friends at Saturday’s meeting of the central caucus of Republican state committee. Freed won 77 votes in the straw poll, compared to 19 for Pa. Senator John Rafferty.
Tim Burns, the Washington County businessman who ran for congress against Mark Critz in 2010, won a bellwether straw poll at the Saturday meeting of the Pa. Republican state committee’s central caucus.
In an open letter Friday, Bob Brady’s primary challenger zinged the Congressman and Philadelphia Democratic Committee Chairman for his support of the Republican-drawn congressional map.
With only a day before the first regional caucus straw poll and just a few weeks before the GOP state committee endorsement meeting, the Republican race for Auditor General has mostly gone under the radar. Pa. Rep. John Maher (R-Allegheny) is officially in the running. The lawmaker says he wrote the book on government auditing.
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