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)

DelCo GOP head says Meehan has ‘inside track’ on PA-7

Delaware County GOP chairman Tom Judge on Tuesday confirmed the growing insider chatter that former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan is almost certainly running for Congress in the 7th District, and called Meehan the early odds-on-favorite to win both the party’s nomination and general election next year.

“It’s a tremendous upswing for us, because he’s a knowledgeable candidate, he knows the district well, and his name-ID is very big,” Judge told pa2010.com. “Pat Meehan certainly has…

August 12, 2009 at 7:30 am | Comments (3)

Smug Democrats sing their own praises—is Pennsylvania listening?

Well I seem to provoked more comments than usual with my pMore sympathetic commenters suggested that Steven Welch would be…

August 8, 2009 at 9:00 am | Comments (4)

Meehan and Welch will meet soon, source says

Now that former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan seems likely to

August 7, 2009 at 8:35 pm | Comments (7)

Meehan now ‘seriously considering’ Congressional run

Two months after pa2010.com reported that former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan was p“Pat received a warm reception from people of all walks of life as he explored a run for governor,” Meehan spokeswoman Virginia Davis said in a statement. “And during this past year,…

August 7, 2009 at 6:05 pm | Comments (8)

Welch staffs up in PA-7

Republican Congressional candidate Steven Welch is beginning to build a campaign team for his run at the 7th District seat being vacated by Joe Sestak, and has hired a prominent media consultant, a pollster and a new media strategist, a campaign insider told pa2010.com Wednesday.

GOP political guru John Brabender will run the campaign’s media production. Brabender is also working for Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett. The well-known Republican polling firm Public Opinion Strategies will…

August 5, 2009 at 1:03 pm | Comments (15)

Vitali might run for Sestak’s seat

State Representative Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) is considering a Congressional run in the 7th District, multiple Democratic Party insiders told pa2010.com.

With Congressman Joe Sestak vacating the seat to run for Senate, the Delaware County district is expected to be one of the more competitive Congressional races in the country. State Representative Bryan Lentz (D-Delaware) has already said he is seeking the Democratic nomination, and businessman Steven Welch is running for the GOP nod. Vitali, who…

August 4, 2009 at 1:57 pm | Comments (9)

Congrats, Steven Welch

A warm pa2010.com Central congratulations to 7th District Republican candidate Steven Welch, who announced today that his wife Nicole recently gave birth to a baby boy.

Jackson Welch was born July 20 at Paoli Hospital, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces. That’s about the same size as

July 22, 2009 at 9:32 am | Comments (0)

Welch announces Congressional bid in 7th District

Businessman Steven Welch said Thursday that he would run for Congress in the 7th District, adding another candidate to a House race that is shaping up as one of the country’s most competitive.

Welch, a Republican and Phoenixville resident who founded and ran a biotechnology company called the Mitos Group, launched his candidacy by promising a new kind of voter engagement and decrying the economic policies of Democratic leaders in Washington.

“Like many residents of…

July 2, 2009 at 5:01 pm | Comments (1)

Sestak Senate run would mean big opening for GOP in PA-7

If Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) decides to run for Senate, it will create a huge opportunity for the GOP to recapture his Delaware County seat in what would likely be one of the most competitive House races in the country, analysts and party insiders widely agree.

Sestak, the former Navy admiral, won the historically conservative 7th District in 2006, unseating Curt Weldon and becoming the first Democrat to hold the office in two decades. With…

June 2, 2009 at 9:11 am | Comments (2)