Jim Gerlach (R)

Suburban Philadelphia, including parts of Berks, Chester and Montgomery counties

Glenn Thompson (R)

A vast amount of central Pennsylvania, made up of all or part of 17 counties

Jason Altmire (D)

The suburbs of Pittsburgh; Beaver, Lawrence and Mercer counties

Kathy Dahlkemper (D)

Northwest Pennsylvania, including Erie, Meadville, Sharon and Butler

Chaka Fattah (D)

West Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, Cheltenham Township

A down-ballot moment

Even though we don’t cover down-ballot races at pa2010.com, we have to give props to the good-government group Committee of Seventy for their new list of featured state House races in the Philly area.

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GOP gains in Bucks

Bucks County, where a hotly-contested race for Congress has been brewing since the beginning of the year, has a bit of Republican news to cheer about (the usual disclosure, I’m working for Republican candidate Mike Fitzpatrick in this race).

Critz evokes Murtha in new ad

Despite sometimes being called a “legacy candidate,” Democrat Mark Critz has in recent weeks mostly been distancing himself from that legacy, the late Congressman John Murtha. But now he’s embracing Murtha on TV.

Critz’s latest ad for the 12th District special election features his time as Murtha’s district director, when, the ad says, Critz helped Murtha “bring in thousands of new jobs.”

See the ad below.

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Angel investors are not Wall Street bankers

Angel investors and entrepreneurs are not Wall Street bankers. This distinction is obvious to you and me, but apparently not to Washington. The new Senate financial reform bill, which is likely to be voted on by the full chamber this week, lumps the two together as one group. If allowed to pass in its current form, this bill will destroy the way in which our society helps entrepreneurs turn their crazy innovative ideas into viable…

Clinton County pols back Onorato

Five Clinton County elected officials endorsed Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato on Friday, with Lock Haven Mayor Rick Vilello calling the Democrat the “only candidate with the experience to back up his ideas.”

“Lock Haven has followed the lead of Allegheny County in a lot of areas,” Vilello said in a statement. “Whether it was developing brownfields to create new jobs or expanding on community revitalization, it worked for Allegheny County, it worked for Lock…