Sestak says Specter’s support is ‘crumbling’

Democrat Joe Sestak sought Thursday to paint recent polling data as proof that Senator Arlen Specter cannot win reelection, saying that “after 30 years, the people of Pennsylvania know Arlen Specter and have reached a verdict on Arlen Specter.”

His comments came, the most direct electability argument he’s made to date, in response to a Franklin & Marshall College poll released Wednesday, which showed

Joyce Murtha endorses Critz

In the race to succeed Congressman John Murtha (D-12), Joyce Murtha has decided who she’d like to see follow her late husband.

Murtha has endorsed Mark Critz, a longtime aide to her husband who was most recently his district director. Combined with the endorsement of wealthy businessman Mark Pasquerilla, her backing indicates that John Murtha’s staunchest allies appear to be lining up behind Critz, who p“After…

Joe Sestak Responds to Senator Specter’s Crumbling Support

By SESTAK FOR SENATE

MEDIA, PA – U.S. Senate candidate Congressman Joe Sestak released the following statement today following results of a Franklin & Marshall College Poll showing that only 25% of Pennsylvanians believe incumbent Senator Arlen Specter deserves re-election:

“We all know how challenging this year’s election will be, and we all know the importance of having a Democrat representing Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate. After 30 years, the people of Pennsylvania know Arlen…

Mrs. Joyce Murtha endorses Critz and become honorary chair of campaign committee

By CRITZ FOR CONGRESS

The Critz for Congress campaign is pleased to announce that Mrs. Joyce Murtha has endorsed Mark Critz’s candidacy to fill her husband’s vacated seat.

“After reviewing all the candidates running for this seat, it is clear to me that the most qualified and knowledgeable candidate in the field is Mark Critz,” Mrs. Murtha said. “Over the past decade, Jack grew to rely on Mark’s expertise and knowledge of the district, both…

LEFTOVERS: More on Specter’s voting fib, Clark for Lentz, Irey’s with Burns

Democrat Joe Sestak’s Senate campaign on Wednesday at last began to push back against Senator Arlen Specter’s frequent claim that he voted more with Democrats than Republicans while in the GOP, accusing him of “flat-out perjury.”

Specter has often made the false claim, which his defenders say is meant to imply that he voted more often with Democrats on major social issues—a qualifier he often omits. The Sestak campaign has avoided pointing it our directly,…

Sestak sheds another staffer

Add one more the list of staffers who have recently left Democrat Joe Sestak’s Senate campaign.

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The pa2010.com Webcast: Nationalize or localize?

Welcome to Part 3 of the first pa2010.com Webcast, in which we discuss whether congressional elections should be nationalized or localized on the campaign trail.

In our first episode, hosted by pa2010.com editor Dan Hirschhorn, we were joined, from left to right, by former Philadelphia Democratic Party chairman David Glancey; Democratic 7th District candidate Bryan Lentz; Steven Welch, a Republican who was running in the 6th District but withdrew from the race a few days…

The brewing battle in the 8th (Updated)

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TV journalist Larry Kane said this week that the race in the 8th District will be “one of the greatest congressional congressional races in the nation”—and that it will end with a

For GOP, nomination process in the 12th could quell conservative revolt

When a small group of Republican Party insiders met to pick a candidate for a special election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District last year, their choice of a pro-choice, pro-gay marriage state lawmaker ignited a conservative uproar that eventually led to

BURNS CAMPAIGN NAMES LOU GALLIKER AND DIANA IREY CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRS

By TIM BURNS FOR CONGRESS

Eighty Four, PA – Pennsylvania 12th Congressional Candidate Tim Burns announced today that Johnstown businessman Louis Gallagher, third generation owner of The Galliker’s Dairy Company, and Washington County Commissioner Diana Irey have joined the campaign as Co-Chairs.

“With staggering job losses, out of control spending, mounting budget deficits and massive debt, America needs new leadership and a new direction.  Tim Burns grew up in Johnstown, was educated here and is…