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Tags: John Murtha, Joyce Murtha, Mark Critz, Mark Pasquerilla, PA-12

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…
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February 25, 2010 at 10:00 am | Comments (2)
LEFTOVERS: More on the 12th, Cook downgrades Kanjorski, Rohrer on the ‘rebellion’
The pieces are almost done coming together in the 12th Congressional District. Friend-of-the-site Alex Roarty pAlex also tells us that state Representatives Jeff Pyle (R-Indiana) and Dave Reed (R-Indiana), as well as state Senator Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland), are no longer in the picture. And emThe Daily American/em a href="http://www.ourtownonline.biz/articles/2010/02/18/somerset_news/news/local/news115.txt" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.ourtownonline.biz']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourtownonline.biz%2Farticles%2F2010%2F02%2F18%2Fsomerset_news%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fnews115.txt','reports')" target="_blank"reports/a that Westmoreland County Commissioner Tom Ceraso is beginning to circulate petitions to get on the primary ballot as a Democrat./p
pWith the key players seeming to be mostly determined, we’ll offer up our take on the current field soon. Stay tuned also for a deeper look into how both parties will be picking their candidates for the special election to finish the late Congressman John Murtha’s term./p
pMeanwhile, emCook Political Report/em has downgraded Congressman Paul Kanjorski’s (D-11) chances of winning reelection, changing a href="http://www.cookpolitical.com/charts/house/competitive_2010-02-18_13-58-05.php" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.cookpolitical.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cookpolitical.com%2Fcharts%2Fhouse%2Fcompetitive_2010-02-18_13-58-05.php','its+forecast')" target="_blank">its forecast in the 11th District from “likely Democratic” to “leans Democratic.” This will surely be played up by Kanjorski’s primary opponent, Lackawanna County Commissioner Corey O’Brien, who has been making an electability argument a central part of his campaign argument.
And underdog conservative candidate for governor Sam Rohrer had something to say about GOP chairman Rob Gleason’s
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February 18, 2010 at 11:30 pm | Comments (3)
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…
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February 14, 2010 at 9:01 pm | Comments (8)

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