[...] Former Philly TV Anchor Dawn Stensland may still run for Congress as independent… [...]

I think it’s a disgrace that Meehan needs only 1,000 signatures out of over 200,000 registered Republicans.
But Dawn would need 4,200 signatures when there are less than 60,000 voters in the districts that are not Dem or Rep.
Can any Dems and Reps sign her petitions?

The law needs to be changed to stop disenfranchising third party candidates.

dawn may collect signatures from any regisitered voter
she can get dems, gopers, greens, indepedents etc to sign
they are due in August
I do agree with you that the election laws of PA need a drastic overhaul

I am curious as to why Stensland would want to run in the 7th anyway. Why not run as a Republican or Independent in the district where she actually lives? She has no connection to Delaware County. She has never lived here. She has not been active in any civic or community organizations in Delco. I know her husband lived in Delco as a child but he left decades ago and decided not to come back to Delco when his professional career brought him back to the area. Moreover, she has never said WHY she wants to run for Congress and WHY it is in the 7th District. Until she does so, we have to assume that this whole story is exactly what it seems on the surface – nothing but a revenge scenario because Pat Meehan prosecuted her husband.

Stensland should confer with her former Fox29 colleague Jeff Cole. That would indeed be an interesting conversation…

There are several underlying themes in this issue. Her husband was interested in running for the seat back in 2006 if Weldon were to have retired which is not much of a leap since he is from the district. However with his convition a future run was removed from the table. With Dawn the issue gets greyer. She has been involved with much of the underlying conservative movement for many years which would explain a latent interest in running for congress. However the fact that Meehan was the one who not only prosecuted her husband, but also pulled a pre-approved deal out from under Larry Mendte at the last minute has to cast some doubts as to whether Dawn is looking to play spoiler to a certain degree.

Patricia-
She’s still registered (as of Jan 25th voter file) in Philly and PA-2.

Hey, if she can damage Meehan, that’s a good thing.

Lawrence-
Can Dems or Republicans that already signed Primary petitions for Lentz, Conner, Touey, or Meehan still sign for Dawn for the General election?
Can they circulate petitions?

Now, I am sure that the signers and circulators would need to be registered in the 7th, even if Dawn isn’t.

Is it true you are challenging the unendorsed candidates in Bucks County, Larry?

I never saw you as a party guy…

It would be wonderful to have a third Conservative option in the seventh district. I hope Dawn runs.

As for her not living in the District, The Daily News reported that she is looking for a house in Delaware County. She has sad she wants to move their for the school district.

Why the Seventh? Because its an open seat and she probably A) know that Meehan is a RINO and B) that he is not an honorable man.

I do think time is running out. But if she runs it would be exciting. She would get 7-10 percent of the vote just because she is a woman. Another 7-10 if she is a true pro-life conservative. She probably gets another 5 or 6 percent on the celebrity. Entering the race with over 20 percent of the vote makes it interesting.

Has there been any polling on her as a third party candidate?

Dawn , hope you run I wish you would have run in the Primary . You are truly one of the Nicest people I have ever met in my life . I would love to have you represent me

If she’s registered as a Republican she can’t run as an independent in PA. She would have had to change her registration by November. If she was considering running as a Republican in the primary, that means she is registered R, prohibiting her from running as an independent or third party candidate.

Mike-
She is registered as an Independent.

The Problem here is this proposed campaign is all about ego, Dawn’s and Larry’s both. Stick to newcasting. I do not see her winning if she runs, this seems to be media peoples latest penchant, running for congress, but their careers don’t me they would make good public servants.

This former teleprompter reader has simply ZERO credibility. Please go away and stay out of politics.

BB You are a J A C K A S S

Mule Train, forward, yee ha!