Kanjorski has 25 times more campaign cash than primary foe

Lackawanna County Commissioner Corey O’Brien has been called pO’Brien, a Democrat, raised about $114,000 during the first quarter of 2010, and has raised about $320,000 to date. But he has also spent heavily, and finished the period with just under $47,000 in cash on hand, according to a href="http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00466920/461528/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://query.nictusa.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nictusa.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fdcdev%2Fforms%2FC00466920%2F461528%2F','his+campaign+finance+report')" target="_blank"his campaign finance report/a./p
pCongressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11), meanwhile, raised about $258,000 during the quarter, spent lightly, and a href="http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00180505/461671/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://query.nictusa.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nictusa.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fdcdev%2Fforms%2FC00180505%2F461671%2F','finished+March+with+more+than+%241.1+million+in+the+bank.')" target="_blank">finished March with more than $1.1 million in the bank.

All told, Kanjorski has about 25 times the campaign cash that O’Brien has in the northeastern Pennsylvania district.

O’Brien made waves by …

Tax day made easier for millions of Americans

With Vice President Joe Biden visiting the Lehigh Valley this week—and Tax Day on Thursday—Pennsylvania families and small businesses are starting to receive encouraging economic news. The latest numbers show President Obama’s policies are starting to work—and middle class Pennsylvanians will have more money in their pockets this season as a result of the largest middle-class tax cut in history.

The most recent federal jobs report showed that the economy added 162,000 jobs in March—the …

Meehan fundraising edge stays steady; legal costs still loom for Lentz

Republican Pat Meehan continues to be better-funded than Democrat Bryan Lentz in one of the country’s most competitive House races.

Meehan, a former U.S. Attorney, raised about $342,000 during the first quarter of the year, and finished March with about $875,000 in cash on hand, according to …

Huber, Kelly loan their campaigns the big bucks

Writing yourself big checks seems to be all the rage in the 3rd Congressional District this year.

Republican Mike Kelly got into the act last quarter, kicking in $165,000 toward his own campaign, according to …

Murphy outraises Fitzpatrick, has about $1.3 in the bank

Former congressman Mike Fitzpatrick put up some impressive fundraising numbers in the first quarter of this year, but current Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8) raised more.

Murphy raked in about $586,000 from January through March, according to a campaign insider. His quarterly campaign finance report had not yet been published online early Thursday afternoon, but the campaign insider said Murphy has now raised more than $2 million for the cycle, and finished the period with about …

Holden has $836K; Argall’s got $105K

Six months ahead of what could be a bruising reelection fight, Congressman Tim Holden (D-17) is closing in on $1 million in the bank, pOne of only two House Democrats in Pennsylvania who voted against the newly-enacted health care law, Holden raised about $283,000 during the first three months of the year. He spent about $120,000, and finished March with about $836,000 on hand./p
pHolden is likely to face state Senator Dave Argall (R-Schuylkill) in the general election, assuming Argall can get through a crowded primary in the central Pennsylvania district. Argall finished the quarter with about $105,000 in campaign cash, according to a href="http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00473702/461472/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://query.nictusa.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nictusa.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fdcdev%2Fforms%2FC00473702%2F461472%2F','his+campaign+finance+report')" target="_blank"his campaign finance report/a./p
pAmong other Republicans running in the 17th Congressional District, a href="http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00476275/458215/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://query.nictusa.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nictusa.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fdcdev%2Fforms%2FC00476275%2F458215%2F','Allen+Griffith+finished+the+quarter+with+about+%2410%2C000+in+the+bank')" target="_blank">Allen Griffith finished the quarter with about $10,000 in the bank, and Frank Ryan has $34,000 on hand, according to …

Gerlach raised over half-a-million in three months

Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-6) has rapidly replenished his campaign coffers since calling off his run for governor, raising more than half-a-million bucks in the first three months of 2010, according to …

Specter says he has $9M on hand

Senator Arlen Specter’s campaign again brought in less campaign cash than Republican Pat Toomey last quarter, but finished March with a healthy $9 million in the bank, his campaign said Thursday.

Quarterly campaign finance reports had yet to be published online Thursday, but Toomey’s campaign has said he …

Six Elected Officials Endorse Malcolm Derk for Congress

By DERK FOR CONGRESS

SELINSGROVE, PA – Today, Commissioner Malcolm Derk announced the endorsement of one State Representative and five former and current County Commissioners in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District.

State Representative Adam Harris (R-82), Snyder County Commissioner Joe Kantz, Union County Commissioner Preston Boop, Tioga County Commissioners Erick Coolidge and Mark Hamilton, and former Montour County Commissioner Harold Hurst announced today that they have endorsed the candidacy of Snyder County Commissioner Malcolm Derk for …

Poll sees Sestak still trailing big

A day after a Rasmussen poll found pThe poll released Wednesday by the GOP firm Susquehanna Polling & Research found Sestak trailing Specter by a much larger 14-point margin in the looming May 18 primary, 42 percent to 28 percent. But 26 percent of Democrats are still undecided, and Specter’s support has stayed flat in the poll while Sestak has jumped more than 12 points since October./p
pTypically, long term incumbents with support in the low forty percent range are thought to be vulnerable,” Susquehanna pollster James Lee wrote in the poll memo, “which means Sestak still has an opportunity to pull off an upset if he is able to raise enough money to communicate a message. ”/p
pSestak is expected to have about $5 million to spend on TV ads, but has yet to hit the airwaves. a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/04/exclusive-specter-airing-tv-ads-wednesday/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fexclusive-specter-airing-tv-ads-wednesday%2F','Specter+just+began+airing+commercials')" target="_blank"Specter just began airing commercials/a./p
pRepublican Pat Toomey leads Specter in a potential general election matchup, 48 percent to 38 percent, according to the poll./p
pThe survey of 400 Democrats had a margin of error of 4.9 percent. For the general election sample of 700 voters, the sampling error was 3.7 percent./p
pa href="http://www.pa2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/29914043-April-2010-Susquehanna-Research-Poll.pdf" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F04%2F29914043-April-2010-Susquehanna-Research-Poll.pdf','Click+here+to+see+the+poll.')" target="_blank">Click here to see the poll.