It’s two civil servants with Irish names and deep Allegheny County roots. Former County Council President Rich Fitzgerald and Controller Mark Patrick Flaherty are bitter rivals and have turned most public debates into political fist-fights.
A number of candidates have lined up to replace outgoing Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller. Cindy Bass leads the pack, with challengers including Verna Tyler and Howard Treatman in close pursuit.
Erie County voters will settle three council primaries tomorrow, including two challenges to sitting incumbents.
If ever a four-way election was anyone’s guess, this is it. Four men vie to replace retiring Councilman Frank DiCicco
Kenyatta Johnson is the front-runner with institutional support, but Barbara Capozzi has the campaign cash and ground game to make this race a fight.
In a year, Linda Thompson has gone from powerhouse to albatross. And that’s great news for the incumbents the Mayor would love to see beaten: Susan Brown Wilson and Brad Koplinski.
This 7th district rematch pits former councilman Dan Savage, with the support of the traditional political class in Philly (ward leaders and unions), against incumbent Maria Quinones-Sanchez and the rising Hispanic political community.
A bevy of 1am robocalls has an incumbent commissioner calling for an investigation of the the local Republican committee. It’s just another day in Cumberland County GOP politics.
PoliticsPA begins its Primary 2011 coverage; Governor Corbett’s surgery means Jim Cawley is in charge for a day; phony robocalls stir up Cumberland County GOP primary; Huck’s present to Our Rick; and a backlog of campaign finance reports clogs the Dept of State.
In his Sunday column, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and nationally syndicated radio host Michael Smerconish reviews the Republican dominance of 30+ years of Keystone State attorney general elections and wonders if former Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy can crack the code.
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