Murtha’s widow e-mails for Critz

The widow of the late John “Jack” Murtha continues to voice her support for the Democratic candidate to succeed him in the 12th Congressional District.

Joyce Murtha, who gave her husband’s longtime aide Mark Critz a big boost when she backed him earlier this year, wrote an e-mail missive to raise money for Critz’s campaign send Wednesday through the Democratic Congressional Campaign. The DCCC is seeking to raise $25,000 for Critz’s campaign by midnight Thursday.…

May 5, 2010 at 3:00 pm | Comments (1)

Joyce Murtha endorses Critz

In the race to succeed Congressman John Murtha (D-12), Joyce Murtha has decided who she’d like to see follow her late husband.

Murtha has endorsed Mark Critz, a longtime aide to her husband who was most recently his district director. Combined with the endorsement of wealthy businessman Mark Pasquerilla, her backing indicates that John Murtha’s staunchest allies appear to be lining up behind Critz, who p“After…

February 25, 2010 at 10:00 am | Comments (2)

Critz: ‘I kept my aspirations private’

The former district director for the late Congressman John Murtha officially launched a campaign to replace his old boss Monday night—and did so with a pointed jab at his opponents for making their intentions known so soon after Murtha’s death.

Mark Critz said in a statement that he resigned as district director earlier in the day, and that he was seeking the Democratic nod both in the special election to finish out Murtha’s term and…

February 23, 2010 at 10:00 am | Comments (4)

12th District notes: Joyce Murtha out, Critz and Cernic in (Updated)

A few more 12th District pieces came into focus Monday.

The Fix pMeanwhile, emCQ Politics/em a href="http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/eyeon2010/2010/02/top-murtha-staffer-likely-to-r.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://blogs.cqpolitics.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.cqpolitics.com%2Feyeon2010%2F2010%2F02%2Ftop-murtha-staffer-likely-to-r.html','reports')" target="_blank"reports/a that Murtha’s district director Mark Critz will soon enter the race, adding a candidate intimately familiar with the district into the mix. Former Cambria County Controller Albert Penska also might run./p
pAnd emThe Tribune-Democrat/em a href="http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_053104525.html?keyword=topstory" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.tribune-democrat.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tribune-democrat.com%2Flocal%2Flocal_story_053104525.html%3Fkeyword%3Dtopstory','reports')" target="_blank">reports that Cambria County Controller Ed Cernic Jr., who had been considering a run, is good to go, having announced his candidacy Monday morning.

With only a couple Republicans definitely running, the Democratic side of the ballot is shaping up to be to be a much more crowded affair—at least five Democrats have said they’re in the race.

UPDATE: In a statement Monday…

February 22, 2010 at 3:00 pm | Comments (9)

12th District notes: Potential candidates galore

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Barely a week after the passing of longtime Congressman John Murtha, there are so many names for potential replacements swirling in the political ether that  keeping track of them all is dizzying. Our friends at CQ Politics have pHere’s the latest on what we’re hearing, both about candidates already in the race and about those who may or may not run. Log-on…

February 14, 2010 at 9:01 pm | Comments (8)