Lt. Gov. hopefuls talk economy, helping Corbett

With a party endorsement less than 24 hours away, seven Republican candidates for Lieutenant Governor shared a stage Friday afternoon, airing mostly similar positions on issues from economic and tax policies to plans for reforming the state’s budget process.

The forum was the first event of the Republican State Committee meeting in Harrisburg, and served as the candidates’ last chance to court party insiders before a formal endorsement is made Saturday afternoon. Bucks County Commissioner…

February 12, 2010 at 3:14 pm | Comments (18)

FRIDAY LEFTOVERS: Welch moves forward, DiFrancesco the cyclist, more ire at Specter & more support for Pike

The DelCo Times says Republican Steven Welch pMeanwhile, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor Nick DiFrancesco is quite the motocyclist. He’s been traversing the state on his Harley, emThe Tribune-Democrat/em a href="http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_225232846.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.tribune-democrat.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tribune-democrat.com%2Flocal%2Flocal_story_225232846.html','can%22t+catch+a+break')" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.tribune-democrat.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tribune-democrat.com%2Flocal%2Flocal_story_225232846.html','reports')" target="_blank">reports. “I believe it gets the attention of the everyday person,” DiFrancesco says. Well, not those of us terrified of motorcycles.

Arlen Specter just

August 14, 2009 at 12:00 pm | Comments (2)

Saidel’s head start in Lt. Gov. race growing formidable

As the first candidate by far to pSaidel, a former Philadelphia City Controller, already has a campaign war-chest of more than half-a-million dollars, political consultants working on his behalf and he recently netted the…

July 7, 2009 at 11:03 am | Comments (2)

Wanted: Democrats for Lt. Gov.

The list of Republicans mulling a run for Lieutenant Governor reads like a GOP variety show, with more than a dozen candidates of every stripe lining up to play second fiddle to their party’s gubernatorial nominee. They include party mainstays, rising stars, political unknowns and everything in between.

But at this still-early stage, the Republicans are mostly alone in the field. Only one Democrat has said he is likely to run, and while others have been mentioned as viable, a deluge of Democratic candidates in to the race seems unlikely anytime soon.

So why are Democrats lukewarm to the contest?

April 19, 2009 at 6:10 pm | Comments (1)