Former state Senator Williams endorses Trivedi

Former state Senator Connie Williams endorsed Democrat Manan Trivedi for Congress Monday, giving the Reading doctor his first high-profile party endorsement in a primary that has much of the Democratic establishment backing former Inquirer writer Doug Pike.

Williams, who opted last year not to seek reelection after more than a decade in the legislature, called Trivedi “representative of all people of in the 6th District.”

“His life experience, intellect, ability to connect with people and…

October 19, 2009 at 9:47 am | Comments (2)

Trivedi loaned his campaign $6K, has $122K on hand

It’s not Doug Pike money, but it’s something.

Democrat Manan Trivedi almost matched the money raised by his 6th District primary opponent in the third quarter, bringing in about $114,000. At the same time, he made a $6,000 loan to his campaign, finishing the period with almost $122,000 in cash on hand, according to pPike, the wealthy former emInquirer/em editorial writer, raised $125,000 during the quarter, but a…

October 17, 2009 at 11:55 pm | Comments (1)

Pike gives campaign another $110K, almost matching other contributors

Democrat Doug Pike continued to personally bankroll a significant portion of his Congressional campaign during the third quarter, kicking in another $110,000, according to pPike, who is running in the 6th District, has now given his campaign more than $620,000, including in-kind donations for expenses covered. Unlike the second quarter, he raised more from other contributors than he donated to the campaign himself, taking in more than $125,000 from individuals and political action committees./p
pBut the total raised from outside contributors actually decreased from last quarter, when he raised more than $150,000 from individuals and committees, according to a href="http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00460634/424963/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://query.nictusa.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nictusa.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fdcdev%2Fforms%2FC00460634%2F424963%2F','campaign+finance+data')" target="_blank"campaign finance data/a. Though it remains relatively early in the election cycle, that drop could indicate that the wealthy former emInquirer/em writer will continue to bear the financial brunt of his bid to succeed incumbent Congressman Jim Gerlach./p
pPike finished the quarter with about $745,000 in cash on hand./p
pHe faces Manan Trivedi in next year’s primary. Trivedi’s third quarter report had not yet been published online late Thursday afternoon, but his campaign said earlier this month that it had a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2009/10/trivedi-says-hes-raised-110k-in-3-weeks/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2009%2F10%2Ftrivedi-says-hes-raised-110k-in-3-weeks%2F','raised+%24110%2C000+in+three+weeks')" target="_blank">raised $110,000 in three weeks after he got into the race.

October 15, 2009 at 4:42 pm | Comments (4)

Not so suddenly, Pa. becomes ground zero for competitive House races

First, Joe Sestak left his seat open to take on Arlen Specter. Then, Jim Gerlach said goodbye to his hard-to-defend seat to pOh, and there’s still those a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2009/08/for-dems-in-conservative-districts-2010-could-be-a-rough-ride/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2009%2F08%2Ffor-dems-in-conservative-districts-2010-could-be-a-rough-ride%2F','freshman+and+sophomore+Democrats+who+have+to+defend+conservative+districts')" target="_blank">freshman and sophomore Democrats who have to defend…

October 6, 2009 at 9:33 am | Comments (1)

Nutter to headline Pike fundraiser

Democrat Doug Pike is bringing in the City of Brotherly Love’s political heavyweight.

Pike, who is running for Congress in the 6th District, will hold a fundraiser next Monday in Philadelphia, headlined by the city’s own Mayor Michael Nutter.

Nutter isn’t quite as popular as when he came into office almost two years ago, but remains a potent draw for the Democratic donors in the region.

Suggested contributions range from $250 to the FEC individual…

October 5, 2009 at 4:49 pm | Comments (0)

Pike says he’s got $750K on hand

Democrat Doug Pike’s campaign said Friday that the campaign would end the third quarter reporting $750,000 in cash on hand.

That total includes more than $123,000 raised from individual donors over the last three months, the campaign said. But it remains unclear if Pike, who has already given his 6th Congressional District campaign more than half-a-million dollars, cut more checks last quarter.

The campaign had about

October 3, 2009 at 11:58 am | Comments (4)

Trivedi says he’s raised $110K in 3 weeks

Democratic Congressional candidate Manan Trivedi said Thursday that his campaign had garnered significant financial support early, raising about $110,000 in just over three weeks.

The number pales in comparison to the amounts raised so far by 6th District primary opponent Doug Pike. But with Pike spending heavily from his own wallet and Trivedi having only entered the race last month, the fundraising haul is the first sign that Trivedi could be a financially viable candidate.…

October 1, 2009 at 12:18 pm | Comments (12)

Pike campaign chief called out for online comments

Democrat Doug Pike’s campaign manager has been taken to task by Daily Kos for stealthily making “disparaging remarks” about Pike’s primary opponent on the liberal blog.

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September 30, 2009 at 11:30 pm | Comments (9)

Manan Trivedi on when pop culture and political culture collide

A fun leftover quote from my recent interview with the Reading doctor, Iraq War veteran and Democratic candidate for the 6th Congressional District:

“If Michael Jackson didn’t die this summer and people weren’t waving guns at town halls, we’d be talking more about Afghanistan.”

September 17, 2009 at 2:11 pm | Comments (6)

In PA-6, a Dem primary that wasn’t now emerges

Dan Wofford had passed. Bob Roggio had said full story

September 16, 2009 at 10:44 am | Comments (36)