Since Todd Platts announced his retirement, several prospective candidates for his seat have emerged. Sources indicate York County Commissioner Chris Reilly’s entrance into the race is imminent.
Republican John Featherman has once again set his sights on public office, but this time around he’s aiming a little higher.
In a decision that caught even top party insiders by surprise, Rep. Todd Platts (R-York) will announce Tuesday afternoon that he will not seek another term.
Rep. Mark Critz won another labor endorsement Tuesday afternoon: the Laborers District Council of Western Pennsylvania. It’s a solid pickup for Critz, who must battle fellow Democrat Rep. Jason Altmire in a primary this April.
In Pennsylvania, a trio of Democrats — Reps. Jason Altmire, Mike Doyle and Robert Brady — helped rally support from Democratic state legislators to pass a GOP-drafted congressional remap even though it shored up more than a half-dozen vulnerable Republicans and guaranteed that at least one Democrat would lose a seat. Altmire wrote a letter to statehouse members to “respectfully ask for your support of the new map as drawn.”
Democrats from Delaware County to DC are watching and waiting to see if the former Congressman will challenge Pat Meehan this year, as a few other possible candidates wait in the wings.
Congressman Mark Critz followed the example of his former boss, the late Congressman John Murtha, and announced the early endorsement of the United Mine Workers of America in the newly reconfigured 12th Congressional District on Friday.
The fiscal conservative group Club for Growth has rolled out two new ads as it continues its television buy against Rep. Tim Murphy. They appear to be part of the C4G’s original ad buy, announced in early January.
Bucks County attorney Kathryn Boockvar, who last year sought a judgeship on the Pa. Commonwealth Court, has officially announced her bid for Congress against Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick.
Reps. Lou Barletta and Charlie Dent were in Harrisburg on Saturday, getting to know the central Pa Republican committee members who they now call constituents.
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