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Callahan, Lentz on first ‘Red to Blue’ list
Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan and state Representative Bryan Lentz (D-Delaware) are reportedly among the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s first round of “Red to Blue” candidates, a list highlighting the party’s highest-priority House challengers and open-seat candidates in the country.
Callahan, a White House recruit, is challenging Congressman Charlie Dent (R-15) in the Lehigh Valley. Lentz is seeking to hold the seat being vacated by Democrat Joe Sestak, and is the Democrats’ presumptive nominee to take on the Republican candidate, former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan.
Roll Call reports that Callahan and Lentz are among the first 13 candidates the DCCC will add to the Red to Blue program on Wednesday.
March 10, 2010 at 9:28 am
Tags: Bryan Lentz, Charlie Dent, John Callahan, PA-15, PA-7, Pat Meehan
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dirt
Mar 10th, 2010
YES, John Callahan is a seriously strong candidate.
David Diano
Mar 10th, 2010
Lentz certainly demonstrated to them he’s a hard worker with his record setting 5,200 petition signatures.
Stosh P.
Mar 10th, 2010
What a surprise, Lentz who is receiving money from Nancy Pelosi is named to the DCCC list. Just what we neeed, another Pelosi lapdog in Congress.
BC
Mar 10th, 2010
Where can you find data on petitions collected?
Don
Mar 10th, 2010
Harrisburg
BC
Mar 10th, 2010
link?
KG
Mar 10th, 2010
Why is PA-7 on the Red-to-Blue list if it is not presently red? Does anyone know the DSCC policy there?
Don
Mar 10th, 2010
Car
Don
Mar 10th, 2010
It is an open seat that they want to protect.
David Diano
Mar 10th, 2010
Also, the district has majority Republican registration. So, that adds to its redness.
P. O'Neill
Mar 10th, 2010
Surprising that Lentz actually stayed in the race in the face of Meehan’s candidacy and the potential for Sestak to take the fail safe option and file for the 7th. Lentz launched his bid with the expectation that he would face Welch or Williams, Part II. Briefly considered just going back to practicing law in Phila. last summer. Who would blame him considering all that happened.
JPru
Mar 10th, 2010
We don’t need more of the same. Both the Democrat and Republican sides are weak because both parties are more of the same. Only Independent Candidate Jake Towne knows the issues and explains them in an understandable way on his website, TowneForCongress.com. He’s the only candidate tackling the issues and offering real solutions. I’d like to hear what Callahan and Dent have to say but they don’t even answer Towne’s debate challenge.
Don
Mar 10th, 2010
P. O’Neill Gee you sound like your an insider?
Yeah, right! Lentz was originally set to take on Weldon so I don’t think he is afraid of Meheen. Williams and Welch would have been easier but Bryan is ready to serve the people of the 7th in DC.
flynnbw
Mar 11th, 2010
Agree with him or not – you have to admit that Bryan Lentz has balls. He isn’t afraid of Pat Meehan and he’s not going to back down come hell or high water.
David Diano
Mar 11th, 2010
If Lentz had matching funds, he might have taken on Sestak in 2008. I know he was asked.
I was one of the ones who asked him. It was clear from his reaction that I wasn’t the first.
dood
Mar 11th, 2010
Jake Towne is the man!!! Forget these other party hack clowns!!
Angel
Mar 11th, 2010
Lentz is a tough fighter, no surprise he hasn’t pulled out. He is nobody’s lapdog. After all he was a paratrooper in the Army Rangers. Jumping out of airplanes takes guts