Barletta calls out Kanjo for not holding town halls

With members of Congress throughout the country notably avoiding the usual summer slate of town hall meetings, Republican Lou
Barletta is being particularly dogged in going after Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) over the issue.

June 21, 2010 at 3:15 pm | Comments (1)

LEFTOVERS: Obama & Sestak, Halliburton & Toomey, generals in Pa., Romney endorsements

There was apparently some intrigue on Wednesday when Joe Sestak wasn’t one of the elected officials who joined pSestak was on the other end of the state, but there were early conflicting accounts as to whether…

June 2, 2010 at 11:22 pm | Comments (3)

Kanjorski prevails, will face Barletta again

Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) is heading for a re-re-match against Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta.

The longtime incumbent beat Lackawanna Commissioner Corey O’Brien in the Democratic primary Tuesday, winning about 49 percent of the vote, according to preliminary returns. O’Brien had run an energetic albeit underfunded race, and may have prevailed under different circumstances. But a third candidate in the primary, Brian Kelly, won more than 11,000 votes, numbers that would have meant the difference to…

May 19, 2010 at 4:25 am | Comments (1)

When children vote

There’s something sordid happening today… children are going into the voting booth. We received this shocking photo from the 11th District congressional campaign of Republican Lou Barletta.

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May 18, 2010 at 1:22 pm | Comments (5)

Kanjorski staffer may have violated ethics rules

Washington staffers for Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) provided a list of legislative interns to the longtime incumbent’s campaign, a disclosure that comes on the eve of his primary battle against Corey O’Brien and may amount to a violation of House ethics rules.

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May 17, 2010 at 2:09 pm | Comments (1)

O’Brien hopes energetic field campaign can overcome Kanjorski

SCRANTON—Corey O’Brien is moving, and he’s moving fast. It’s a sunny Tuesday afternoon in May, and a brief rain shower has just let up. O’Brien is racing—literally, running—down the streets of a Scranton neighborhood in full work garb, tossing a football back-and-forth with campaign aides who struggle to keep up while an RV plastered with his face trails behind him playing contemporary Rock and Roll.

“You should have worn your sneakers today,” one aide remarks…

May 14, 2010 at 11:13 am | Comments (0)

LEFTOVERS: Editorial page endorsements for everyone

With primary day just over a week away, the editorial page endorsements are coming in droves.

pIn the gubernatorial primaries, a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_680064.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pittsburghlive.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pittsburghlive.com%2Fx%2Fpittsburghtrib%2Fopinion%2Fs_680064.html','The+Tribune-Review+backed+Republican+Tom+Corbett+and+Democrat+Jack+Wagner')" target="_blank"emThe Tribune-Review/em backed Republican Tom Corbett and Democrat Jack Wagner/a. Both were also endorsed by emThe Inquirer/em on the other side of Pennsylvania./p
pDemocratic front-runner Dan Onorato, for his part, a href="http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2010/05/endorsement_onorato_stands_out.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pennlive.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennlive.com%2Feditorials%2Findex.ssf%2F2010%2F05%2Fendorsement_onorato_stands_out.html','got+the+endorsement+of+The+Patriot-News+in+Harrisburg')" target="_blank">got the endorsement of The Patriot-News in Harrisburg. “As the Allegheny County executive since 2004,” the newspaper wrote, “Onorato has seen firsthand the difficulties local governments have faced during this recession. He understands what it means for counties when the state is late on a budget.”

And there were some big endorsements in House races, too.

May 9, 2010 at 10:14 pm | Comments (11)

Kanjorski spent big in April

Facing a primary challenge from an insurgent Democrat with an energetic field presence, Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) started dipping into his war chest last month, spending tens of thousands on TV and other campaign efforts.

Kanjorski raised about $44,000 during the month, and spent more than $267,00o, leaving him with still close to a million bucks in the bank three weeks before the primary, according to full story

May 7, 2010 at 1:37 pm | Comments (0)

EXCLUSIVE: Kanjorski going on the air Tuesday

Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) will take his renomination pitch to the airwaves Tuesday, exactly two weeks before primary voters head to the polls.

Kanjorski’s first ad is a 30-second spot that highlights his support for extending unemployment benefits. In the ad, an out-of-work Scranton resident says that “Congressman Kanjorski helped me and thousands of others.”

A person familiar with the ad buy told pa2010.com that the ad is set to saturate broadcast TV in the…

May 3, 2010 at 8:00 am | Comments (1)

Barletta ready to talk immigration—and raise money off it

Just a few weeks after it seemed that

April 27, 2010 at 8:52 pm | Comments (4)