Comments on: In the 19th District, a primary challenge for Platts http://www.pa2012.com/2009/12/in-the-19th-district-a-primary-challenge-for-platts/ Your destination for PA's Big 2012 Election Races Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Todd Platts Gets a Primary Challenger | PoliticsPAhttp://www.pa2012.com/2009/12/in-the-19th-district-a-primary-challenge-for-platts/comment-page-1/#comment-31096 Todd Platts Gets a Primary Challenger | PoliticsPA Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:45:24 +0000 http://www.pa2010.com/?p=5272#comment-31096 [...] year Mike Smeltzer, Director of the Manufacturer’s Association of South Central Pennsylvania, challenged Platts in a primary. The congressman garnered 70 percent of the vote in that election, [...] [...] year Mike Smeltzer, Director of the Manufacturer’s Association of South Central Pennsylvania, challenged Platts in a primary. The congressman garnered 70 percent of the vote in that election, [...]

]]> By: BSHhttp://www.pa2012.com/2009/12/in-the-19th-district-a-primary-challenge-for-platts/comment-page-1/#comment-18676 BSH Wed, 12 May 2010 02:41:30 +0000 http://www.pa2010.com/?p=5272#comment-18676 “Our community needs an independent, effective voice in Washington – someone who will provide leadership in addressing these challenging times. We need a new direction that focuses on job creation, limiting government spending and restricting the federal government’s involvement and power in our lives.”If that's what Smeltzer really thinks, he should withdraw from the race. “Our community needs an independent, effective voice in Washington – someone who will provide leadership in addressing these challenging times. We need a new direction that focuses on job creation, limiting government spending and restricting the federal government’s involvement and power in our lives.”

If that’s what Smeltzer really thinks, he should withdraw from the race.

]]> By: doodhttp://www.pa2012.com/2009/12/in-the-19th-district-a-primary-challenge-for-platts/comment-page-1/#comment-8670 dood Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:52:00 +0000 http://www.pa2010.com/?p=5272#comment-8670 Is Smeltzer a constituionalist or war-mongering neocon? (like Platts) Is Smeltzer a constituionalist or war-mongering neocon? (like Platts)

]]> By: KGhttp://www.pa2012.com/2009/12/in-the-19th-district-a-primary-challenge-for-platts/comment-page-1/#comment-7196 KG Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:28:17 +0000 http://www.pa2010.com/?p=5272#comment-7196 "what appears to be the Commonwealth’s only primary contest involving an incumbent member of Congress."<a href='http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/earlyreturns/archive/2009/05/26/dem-opponent-for-murtha.aspx/' rel="nofollow">Ryan Buchianneri</a> vs. John Murtha in the 12th, and <a>Corey O'Brien</a> in the 11th? “what appears to be the Commonwealth’s only primary contest involving an incumbent member of Congress.”

Ryan Buchianneri vs. John Murtha in the 12th, and Corey O’Brien in the 11th?

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