Archive for February, 2010
Johnson’s raised more than $110K for Lt. Gov. race
Republican Steven Johnson raised almost $110,000 in 2009, according to campaign finance data, a solid amount for a Lieutenant Governor candidate staking his campaign on outsider credentials. Since then, Johnson has launched a populist
Full StoryAichele drops Lt. Gov. bid
Chester County Commissioner Carol Aichele said Sunday that she was ending her bid for Lieutenant Governor, taking a southeast candidate out of the picture just days before the state Republican Party meets to make a formal endorsement next weekend.
Aichele made her announcement in an e-mail to supporters late Sunday night. It came shortly after the completion of the GOP’s regional caucus straw votes, and was largely an acknowledgment that her sub-par showing in those…
Full StoryWho won, who lost and who broke even at DemFest
With Democratic State Committee votes counted and endorsements given—or not given—it’s time to score where the candidates are with just 14 weeks until primary day.
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Despite strong close by Watkins, Cawley finishes atop Lt. Gov. straw polls
With the GOP’s regional caucus straw votes completed, Bucks County Commissioner Jim Cawley appears to be going into next weekend’s Republican State Committee meeting as the odds-on-favorite to win the party’s endorsement for Lieutenant Governor.
Caucuses in northeast Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley region both met Saturday to cast their votes, which are not binding but serve as a barometer of where the statewide party will lean when it meets in Harrisburg to make a…
Full StorySpecter endorsed by state Democratic Party (Video)
LANCASTER—Nine months after leaving the Republican Party, Senator Arlen Specter won the formal backing of Pennsylvania Democrats Saturday, when he garnered more than three-quarters of the votes cast by state committee members gathered here for their endorsement meeting.
The endorsement amounted to an enormous organizational victory for Specter, who tirelessly courted the rank-and-file of his new party. Though his primary opponent, Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7), was never expected to win the endorsement, there was enough…
Full StoryWagner wins majority of party votes, but no endorsement
LANCASTER—Auditor General Jack Wagner demonstrated the depth of his party support here Saturday, winning a majority of Democratic State Committee votes and more than twice the number of his chief gubernatorial rival, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato. But Wagner failed to reach the two-thirds threshold needed for an endorsement, yielding an open primary in which the state party as a whole will not back a candidate in the five-way race.
Still, it was a striking…
Full StoryAnthony Williams’ big day
LANCASTER—State Senator Anthony Williams (D-Philadelphia) almost seemed to come out of nowhere.
Just two weeks after chatter about a potential gubernatorial run kicked up, and despite not even declaring his candidacy, Williams was a surprise winner at the Democratic State Committee meeting here. He had overwhelming support from within Philadelphia, and found pockets of support elsewhere—even without his name on a printed ballots. He survived to second-ballot voting, Full Story
Saidel easily wins Lt. Gov. endorsement (Video)
LANCASTER—It didn’t even need to go to a roll-call vote.
After campaigning for Lieutenant Governor for more than a year, former Philadelphia City Controller Jonathan Saidel easily won the state Democratic Party’s endorsement here Saturday, needing only a simple voice-vote to do so. Former Commonwealth Court Judge Doris Smith-Ribner is also running, but a candidacy that has struggled to get off the ground now seems even more unlikely to have a strong showing in the…
Full StoryA low-key afternoon for Hoeffel, Doherty (Updated)
LANCASTER—Joe Hoeffel was out of sight by the time he was knocked off the first ballot. Chris Doherty had already left, and didn’t even bother with the vote.
After the Democratic State Committee met here Saturday to
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