Pike camp looks to solidify ChesCo support

Democrat Doug Pike’s congressional campaign is reaching out to party insiders in Chester County in a bid to hammer down more support ahead of the party’s nominating convention next month.

In a memo sent to party committee members this week, the campaign seeks to return to the narrative of inevitability that dominated the early months of Pike’s candidacy, before the former Inquirer writer got a primary challenge from Reading doctor Manan Trivedi. The memo, released …

January 26, 2010 at 3:00 pm | Comments (3)

Trivedi rolls out jobs plan

Democrat Manan Trivedi unveiled a job creation plan Monday, seeking to bring the issue front-and-center in his 6th District primary against Doug Pike and Brian Gordon.

The plan, which his campaign noted was the first released on the subject by a candidate in the race, the Reading physician and Iraq War veteran calls for investments in small business, infrastructure and, most of all, schools and education. The campaign said Trivedi also outlined the plan in …

January 25, 2010 at 7:41 pm | Comments (8)

Three state reps, others endorse Trivedi

Resuming …

January 13, 2010 at 1:43 pm | Comments (1)

Trivedi: ‘Nothing changes’

A day after Jim Gerlach …

January 8, 2010 at 10:50 am | Comments (6)

Playing from behind, Gordon begins to staff up

Brian Gordon doesn’t have a moment to spare.

The Lower Merion Township Commissioner …

January 7, 2010 at 10:30 am | Comments (0)

Gordon: ‘I’m running to win’

The Democratic primary in the 6th Congressional District is officially a three-way contest, now that Lower Merion Township Commissioner Brian Gordon has decided to jump into the increasingly contentious fight between Doug Pike and Manan Trivedi.

A couple weeks after pa2010.com first reported Gordon’s …

December 26, 2009 at 4:51 pm | Comments (8)

EXCLUSIVE: Lower Merion commish might join 6th District Dem primary

Democratic insiders across the 6th Congressional District have increasingly been seeing next year’s primary as a pLower Merion Township Commissioner Brian Gordon confirmed Thursday that he is seriously considering a run and will make a final decision within a week. In an interview with empa2010.com/em, Gordon said he was moving “quickly because I know time is of the essence here.”/p
pA person who has spoken with him about the race said Gordon will almost definitely run./p
p“I looked at the field of candidate, and they seem like very good people, very nice guys,” Gordon said. “But they did not strike me as very compelling or very likely to prevail [in the general election] next year./p
p“I have the best ideas and I can best articulate them to the voters of the 6th Congressional District,” Gordon added./p
pThe political hurdles of getting into the race at this point would be significant. Pike and Trivedi have been jockeying for supporters across the district for months now in a contest that has a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2009/12/the-gloves-come-off-in-the-6th-district/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fthe-gloves-come-off-in-the-6th-district%2F','recently+become+more+heated')" target="_blank"recently become more heated/a, and while Gordon said he was well on his way to lining up financial supporters for a run, he acknowledged that his candidacy will come as a surprise to most./p
p“It’s obviously a challenge,” Gordon said./p
pOn top of that, he hails from the Montgomery County of the district, an area that has in the past produced Democratic nominees that lost in November. At the same time, there are many party committee members who have yet to commit in the race, and Gordon voiced confidence that they would keep an open mind./p
pGordon was first elected a township commissioner in 2005, wining a Merion Station seat that had been held by the GOP for two decades. He won reelection to a second term last month. During his time in office, he has been a leader in open-space issues and was a fierce advocate against the use of eminent domain land acquisitions in Ardmore./p
pHe might not be the only Lower Merion township commissioner to run: V. Scott Zelov, a Republican, is also a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2009/12/lower-merion-commish-considering-6th-district-gop-run/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2009%2F12%2Flower-merion-commish-considering-6th-district-gop-run%2F','considering+a+campaign+in+the+more+crowded+GOP+primary')" target="_blank">considering a campaign in the more crowded GOP primary.

“As a country,” Gordon said, “we are facing problems that are incredibly complex and rquire incredible thoughtfulness to formulate appropriate policy. … I would just ask that any committee people who haven’t committed yet hold off until the see the entire field.”

December 10, 2009 at 9:25 pm | Comments (10)