Poll: Sestak fares better than Specter in November

Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) matches up against Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey in a November general election matchup than incumbent Senator Arlen Specter, according to a new poll.

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May 11, 2010 at 11:56 am | Comments (18)

Toomey’s first ad revives ‘taxpayer hero’ moniker

Flush with campaign cash and considered a shoo-in for the Republican Senate nomination, Pat Toomey is taking to the airwaves anyway.

Toomey’s campaign on Monday unveiled its first ad, a 30-second spot the campaign said would air on cable and broadcast throughout the state and would stay on the air for an “indefinite period of time.”

“More jobs, less government, Pat Toomey,” a narrator says. The ad also cites Citizens Against Government Waste, which had…

May 10, 2010 at 10:53 am | Comments (4)

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)

Toomey’s fundraising pace still growing (Updated)

It’s increasingly clear that Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey’s fundraising has turned a corner—and if anything, the former congressman may not have even reached top speed yet.

Toomey raised just over $1 million in April, his campaign said Friday morning. That comes after he doubled-up on incumbent Senator Arlen Specter’s fundraising over the three months prior, raising more than $2 million between from January through March. The pre-primary reporting period encompasses only April 1 to…

May 7, 2010 at 9:40 am | Comments (16)

Rooney looks to rally troops behind Specter

With the polls clearly tightening, state Democratic Party chairman T.J. Rooney is apparently stepping up his efforts to make sure Senator Arlen Specter prevails over Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) on May 18.

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May 6, 2010 at 12:00 pm | Comments (36)

Drafting Peg Luksik… onto Glenn Beck?

Usually e-mail or phone-call campaigns are geared toward passing or opposing a piece of legislation, or at least electing a candidate.

But after Pat Toomey recently appeared on Glenn Beck’s Fox News program, Senate primary opponent Peg Luksik’s campaign wants a piece of that action, and is enlisting her supporters to make it happen.

In an e-mail to supporters this week, campaign manager Jason High loudly proclaimed in the subject line “Help us get get…

May 5, 2010 at 3:05 pm | Comments (3)

Dems can’t rescue Specter from his own cynicism

It’s interesting to watch Arlen Specter’s supposedly invincible lead over Joe Sestak

May 5, 2010 at 2:29 pm | Comments (9)

Congratulations, Pat Toomey

We at pa2010.com Central extend our most heartfelt congratulations to Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey and his wife Kris, who gave birth to their third child late Tuesday night.

The campaign said Wednesday that Duncan Olin Toomey was born two weeks early, and weighed in at seven pounds, two ounces.

Toomey, who cleared his campaign schedule Wednesday to be with the latest addition to the family, said in a statement that “this is a very…

May 5, 2010 at 2:10 pm | Comments (2)

Luksik recalls own pregancy in talking pro-life credentials

Underdog Republican Senate candidate Peg Luksik this week kept up the focus on abortion, her signature political issue to which she has recently returned in earnest as she looks to draw a contrast with front-runner Pat Toomey.

In a four-and-a-half-minute Web video, Luksik and her husband talk about their sixth pregnancy, and the dangers it posed to both her and their unborn child. Their sixth child, PJ, is also featured in the video.

Last week,…

May 4, 2010 at 7:45 am | Comments (3)

The debate winner is… Pat Toomey?

Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey wasn’t anywhere near

May 1, 2010 at 8:46 pm | Comments (17)