Rothfus to Seek Rematch with Altmire
Former Congressional Candidate Keith Rothfus will seek a rematch against Rep. Jason Altmire, but first he’ll need to retire his nearly $200K in 2010 campaign debt.
May 23, 2011
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Former Congressional Candidate Keith Rothfus will seek a rematch against Rep. Jason Altmire, but first he’ll need to retire his nearly $200K in 2010 campaign debt.
Shira Toeplitz of Roll Call compiled this list of the top ten congressmen with the biggest impact in the process, and rightly lists Shuster among them.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court named senior judge Stephen McEwen as the chair of the Legislative Reapportionment Committee. Though all four caucus leaders had kind words for McEwen, his selection demonstrates the strong political realities of the process.
The National Journal has named Rep. Mark Critz (D-12) one of the ten Democrats most endangered by redistricting.
Lackawanna Commissioner Corey O’Brien has all but ruled out a congressional run in 2012, citing his desire to continue his work in the County and to stay near his family.
It looks like Sheila Dow-Ford is ready to give Tim Holden another primary challenge from the left. “There’s always the possibility of taking another run. Why not?” she said. “I’m looking, and I’m watching.”
Dan Hirschorn of Politico reports that it is now very likely that incumbent Democrats Mark Critz and Jason Altmire will be forced to run against each other in a Democratic primary next year because of redistricting. Many experts in the state believed that this would happen early on because of how the population of Pennsylvania is moving forward east as reported by PoliticsPa earlier this morning.
PoliticsPA gives you the run down on what local newspapers throughout Pennsylvania are saying about the upcoming redistricting process.
The speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is pushing for a bill to start the lengthy process need to reduce the size of the 203-member chamber by about 25 percent.
At first glance, it may seem that the GOP would be doing Democrat Tim Holden a favor if they follow through with plans to add Lackawanna County to his district. But with Holden’s blue-dog vulnerability in a Democratic primary, it might be more of a mixed bag.
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