Vodvarka mulling write-in campaing for primary

Just one week after being knocked off the ballot, Democrat Joe Vodvarka is considering a write-in campaign for the Senate primary that’s only one month away.

Vodvarka, who owns a spring manufacturing business, last week full story

April 20, 2010 at 12:00 pm | Comments (6)

Sestak knocks Vodvarka off the ballot (Updated)

An long-shot Senate hopeful who had said he was funding his campaign with nothing more than his social security checks won’t get to compete in the May primary.

Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt on Tuesday ruled in favor of a ballot challenge brought against the candidate, Joe Vodvarka. The challenge was filed by Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7), who stood to lose if any votes against incumbent Senator Arlen Specter went to another candidate. In…

April 13, 2010 at 4:29 pm | Comments (34)

Tea Party group endorses Vodvarka in Dem Senate race

A Philadelphia Tea Party group has found a Democrat it likes: Senate super-underdog Joe Vodvarka.

The Independence Hall Tea Party PAC has endorsed Vodvarka in his primary race against Senator Arlen Specter and Congressman Joe Sestak, The Post-Gazette

April 8, 2010 at 1:35 pm | Comments (17)

LEFTOVERS: No AFL-CIO for Holden, Stilp on Corbett’s lawsuit, a Vodvarka video

A few things slipped by us at the end of last week.

The state AFL-CIO decided not to endorse Congressman Tim Holden (D-17) in his reelection bid, signaling some of the first fallout for Democrats who voted against the newly-enacted health care reform legislation. Holden voted against the bill both times it came before the House. The umbrella labor group didn’t endorse Holden’s primary opponent, education policy advocate Sheila Dow-Ford, who has made Holden’s opposition…

April 4, 2010 at 2:26 pm | Comments (10)

Vodvarka wants help fighting Sestak’s ballot challenge

Democratic Senate candidate Joe Vodvarka has a ballot challenge to fight, and he wants your help.

Vodvarka, whose position on the May primary ballot is being challenged by Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7), made the “urgent call for help” in an e-mail from his campaign Thursday afternoon. In the e-mail, his campaign asked for “volunteers from all across Pennsylvania  to help locate on Voter rolls people whose signatures have been challenged by Congressman Joe Sestak.”

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April 1, 2010 at 3:14 pm | Comments (31)

Sestak goes after the little guy in Senate race (Updated)

Joe Vodvarka was a late entrant to the Democratic Senate primary, has virtually no campaign cash and little chance of making any kind of a splash in the May nominating contest.

But Joe Sestak still wants him out of the picture.

Sestak on Tuesday filed a court challenge to Vodvarka’s nominating petitions, according to court documents. The challenge was unusual in that it came directly from Sestak himself; candidates typically find supporters to file ballot…

March 17, 2010 at 8:32 am | Comments (43)

SENATE UNDERDOG UPDATE: A new Dem candidate, a GOPer goes indie

It turns out that the Democratic primary for Senate is still a three-person race.

Yes, political junkies, there’s a candidate out there who no one’s talking about. His name is

March 1, 2010 at 2:30 pm | Comments (10)