Kelly ready for competitive primary

To most first-time candidates for Congress, a crowded primary field can be daunting, especially when the incumbent has raised over $1 million and other candidates are willing to loan tens of thousands of dollars to their own campaigns—all in a district that boasts one of the cheapest media markets in the state.

But Mike Kelly says he’s ready.

Kelly, who announced his GOP bid in the 3rd Congressional District late last month, told pa2010.com that…

February 9, 2010 at 8:30 am | Comments (14)

Prominent GOP consultants working for Trevorrow in 3rd District

Republican Tom Trevorrow unveiled a consulting team Monday that includes some of the party’s top operatives in Pennsylvania, raising the ante on his primary bid to take on Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3).

Trevorrow, an Erie ophthalmologist, only announced his candidacy last week—and

February 8, 2010 at 1:26 pm | Comments (2)

Latest Dahlkemper opponent antes up $150K—before saying a word

Nothing says hello like a-hundred-fifty-grand.

An ophthalmologist from Erie is declaring his candidacy in the 3rd Congressional District Tuesday. But before even officially entering the race, Republican Tom Trevorrow has put some big money on the table. He quietly filed a statement of candidacy on Dec. 29, and on the last day of the year, he loaned his campaign a whopping $150,000, according to full story

February 2, 2010 at 9:00 am | Comments (1)

LEFTOVERS: Toomey hits Sestak on 9/11 trials, Aichele touts Bulletin article, another PA-3 hopeful

The debate over holding civilian trials for suspects in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks continued to eat up political oxygen Monday. Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey criticized Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) for apparently signaling that he’d be open to pToomey was quick to pounce, pointing out a slew of elected Democrats who have come out against the idea, including Senator Bob Casey, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato and Congressman Jason Altmire (D-4)./p
p“I join leading Pennsylvania Republicans and Democrats alike in opposing trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian court in Pennsylvania,” Toomey said in a statement. “Moving the trial to Pennsylvania will impose huge security risks and costs on our state, in addition to the national security risks posed by trying an enemy combatant in a civilian court where we may be forced to disclose important intelligence information.”/p
pSestak’s primary opponent, Senator Arlen Specter, has also a href="http://kdka.com/politics/arlen.specter.911.2.1462486.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://kdka.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fkdka.com%2Fpolitics%2Farlen.specter.911.2.1462486.html','come+out+against+holding+the+trails+in+Pennsylvania')" target="_blank">come out against holding the trails in Pennsylvania. And

February 1, 2010 at 11:55 pm | Comments (1)