Poll: Toomey up 7 points

Republican Pat Toomey is leading Democrat Joe Sestak by seven points in Pennsylvania’s competitive Senate race, according to a new poll.

The Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday showed Toomey garnering 50 percent of likely voters, compared to 43 percent for Sestak. It was one of the first polls in which Toomey hit the 50-percent mark. Only seven percent of likely voters are still undecided six weeks before Election Day.

The poll echoed most other public…

Kelly up six points in 3rd District

Riding a wave of dissatisfaction with incumbents, Republican Mike Kelly is holding a six-point lead against Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3) six weeks before Election Day, according to a new poll.

The Franklin & Marshall College survey released Wednesday showed Kelly, a Butler car dealer, winning 44 percent of likely voters, compared to 38 percent for Dahlkemper. Eighteen percent of likely voters are still undecided in the northwest Pennsylvania district. Kelly’s lead is slightly smaller when…

Sierra Club: Fitzpatrick Supports Job Growth…in China

By MURPHY FOR CONGRESS

(Bristol, PA) – Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8th District) got a significant boost on the campaign trail with an endorsement from the Sierra Club, one of the nation’s largest environmental organizations.

The Sierra Club had endorsed Murphy’s opponent, former Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick, when the two first faced off back in the 2006 election.

“Mike Fitzpatrick is all for creating jobs – in China,” said Robin Mann, President of Sierra Club.…

Lentz Wins Third Debate Displaying Strong Grasp of Domestic and Foreign Policy

By LENTZ FOR CONGRESS

Springfield, PA – Representative Bryan Lentz, the Democratic nominee for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, easily won the third debate of the campaign on Tuesday night at the Suburban Jewish Community Center in Havertown, showing strong command of issues facing our county and Pennsylvania. His far right wing opponent Pat Meehan on the other hand struggled to offer coherent statements and repeatedly contradicted himself in answering questions.
Lentz showed…

Lentz & Meehan agree on Israel—not much else

HAVERTOWN—It was a relatively tame display of two candidates expressing their solidarity with and support for Israel and its its security. But as the focus shifted to economic policy, the debate between Democrat Bryan Lentz and Pat Meehan turned heated.

By the time the hour was up Tuesday night, the two 7th District rivals had laid out starkly contrasting visions. And with Lentz aggressively looking to keep Meehan on the defensive for much of the…

Lentz Continues Deceptive Tactics in 3rd Debate

By MEEHAN FOR CONGRESS

DREXEL HILL, PA – In the third debate this campaign season, Bryan Lentz, Pat Meehan’s opponent, continued to deceive voters about Pat Meehan’s positions on critical issues.

“Bryan Lentz has made deception his number one campaign strategy as he has chosen to deliberately mislead voters time and again about Pat’s views on tax cuts, Medicare and Social Security,” said Meehan for Congress Campaign Manager Bryan Kendro. “For a candidate who spoke…

LEFTOVERS: Specter and Sestak, Brown for Toomey, Club for Rothfus

As everyone knows, pA pool reporter caught up with Specter at Philadelphia International Airport, where the lame-duck senator was meeting Obama. The reporter asked how he thinks Sestak is doing, a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42473.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.politico.com']);return…

Corbett enters home stretch with big cash advantage

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett entered the final seven weeks before Election Day sporting a big cash advantage against his Democratic rival, a financial edge he built in large part by avoiding a competitive primary.

Corbett had more than $7.6 million in the bank as of Sept. 13, according to state campaign finance data filed Tuesday. Democrat Dan Onorato had less than half that amount: $3.3 million.

Combined with polls that show Corbett enjoying leads…

While His Constituents Get Pay Cuts, Gerlach takes Pay Raises Again and Again and Again

By TRIVEDI FOR CONGRESS

ELVERSON, Pa. – While average Americans are still feeling the pain of the worst recession since the Great Depression, and so many in the 6th Congressional District are having their pay cut, Congressman Jim Gerlach does not have to worry about his own financial situation. That’s because the congressman has been taking a series of pay raises during his time in office. Knowing that we need to begin to pay down…

Sestak skipping Chamber debate

The first Senate debate of the general election is now off the schedule.

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