Pa. Delegation’s take on the looming shutdown

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April 7, 2011 at 12:49 pm | Comments (5)

PA-08 race gets nasty as both sides trade fraud allegations in the closing hours

pThe candidates running to represent Pennsylvania’s 8supth/sup Congressional District are trading a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44492.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.politico.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F1110%2F44492.html','allegations')" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"allegations/a of voter fraud in the closing hours of a closely contested race. A decision by the Bucks County Board of Elections could mean that we might have to wait to learn the results of the race between incumbent Democrat Patrick Murphy and challenger Mike Fitzpatrick./p
pAt issue are at least 8,000 absentee ballots. On Friday, the Republican-controlled elections board voted to sequester the ballots until they can investigate the allegations. If the election is as close as it was in 2006 – Murphy beat Fitzpatrick by 1518 votes – and the a href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/forecasts/house/pennsylvania/8" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://elections.nytimes.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Felections.nytimes.com%2F2010%2Fforecasts%2Fhouse%2Fpennsylvania%2F8','polls')" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">polls showing a close race are accurate, then those ballots could swing the election.

The Allentown Morning Call pMurphy and the Democratic Party counter that Republicans are engaging in illegal voter suppression and fraud. The day before the Bucks County Board of Elections meeting, Murphy put out a a href="http://www.patrickmurphyforcongress.com/release_details.asp?id=127" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.patrickmurphyforcongress.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.patrickmurphyforcongress.com%2Frelease_details.asp%3Fid%3D127','press+release')" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">press release accusing the Fitzpatrick campaign of instructing voters to forge the signatures of students away at college on absentee ballots. The Murphy campaign is also alleging voter suppression because six times as many ballots from Democrats as Republicans have been rejected in Bucks County.

On Monday, Murphy fired the latest salvo, issuing another

November 1, 2010 at 10:34 pm | Comments (3)

Lycoming College in Williamsport Poll: Carney, Marino still tied while many undecideds linger. Is the Tea Party holding sway?

pLycoming College in Williamsport released a a href="http://www.lycoming.edu/news/documents/LycomingCollegePollPressReleaseOct262010.pdf" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.lycoming.edu']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lycoming.edu%2Fnews%2Fdocuments%2FLycomingCollegePollPressReleaseOct262010.pdf','poll')" target="_blank"poll/a Tuesday showing Carney leading Marino 45-39, but that is within +/- 5.7 percent margin of error. The poll results are based on a telephone survey of 296 likely voters conducted Oct. 17-21 by Lycoming students./p
pa href="http://www.pa2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/marino.jpg" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F04%2Fmarino.jpg','marino')">Marino is winning Republicans by a margin of 64.4 to 20.8 percent while Carney pulls support from 75.3 percent of Democrats with 16.0 favoring the Republican. Carney is winning self identified independents 49.3 to 38.7 percent. Probably more significantly, 40.3 percent of respondents self-identified as Tea Party supporters and those voters break for Marino 76.8 to 14.7 percent.

“While this race has not been a heavy focal point for Tea Party activity,” said Dr. Jonathan…

October 27, 2010 at 9:37 am | Comments (13)

New Trivedi ad hits Gerlach for not ‘listening’

Democrat Manan Trivedi has released a new TV ad in the 6th District slamming incumbent Republican Jim Gerlach for not ‘listening’ to his constituents.

The 30 second ad started airing Tuesday night. In the ad, Trivedi attacks the fourth term incumbent for his vote against the H.R. 4213 ( Full Story

October 24, 2010 at 11:41 pm | Comments (14)

After starting TV blitz, Holden banks half-a-million

His TV advertising campaign well under way, Congressman Tim Holden (D-17) entered the home stretch before Election Day with a little more than half-a-million bucks still at his disposal, according to campaign finance data.

Holden raised about $206,000 during the third quarter of the year, according to his

October 7, 2010 at 3:30 pm | Comments (10)

Meehan up four points in new poll

Republican Pat Meehan is holding a narrow four-point lead over Democrat Bryan Lentz just weeks before Election Day, in the latest indication that the 7th Congressional District remains fiercely competitive.

In a Monmouth University poll released Thursday, Meehan garners 49 percent of likely voters, compared to 45 percent for Lentz. Just seven percent of voters are undecided or prefer another candidate. The survey was the first public poll taken of the open-seat race in suburban…

October 7, 2010 at 3:10 pm | Comments (45)

Biden raising cash for Carney

Vice President Joe Biden is returning to his hometown next week to raise money for one of Pennsylvania’s most embattled House Democrats.

Biden will be in Scranton Monday to headline a fundraiser for Congressman Chris Carney (D-10). A Carney campaign spokesman

October 7, 2010 at 8:00 am | Comments (0)

Kelly up 13 points in new poll

Republican Mike Kelly has opened up a 13-point lead in his bid to unseat Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3), according to a new poll.

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October 6, 2010 at 11:15 am | Comments (14)

GOPers back Murphy’s reelection bid

Two Bucks County Republicans have endorsed Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8), giving the embattled Democrat some badly-needed bipartisan cred as he faces a potentially perilous rematch against former Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick.

Former Riegelsville Borough Mayor Tood Myers and current Nockamixon Township Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Nancy Janyszeski both threw their support behind Murphy in statements Wednesday. Their endorsements came as most polls show Fitzpatrick holding a lead against Murphy, who unseated him after one term in…

October 6, 2010 at 11:12 am | Comments (81)