Weather’s looking good here. Maybe light showers in Greene County (at the far southwest corner of the state) before the polls close. Earlier there was a report that 175 people double voted in one particular precinct. At this time that seems more like an honest mistake – Fayette County isn’t really strong Critz territory. I’ll be slightly off for a few hours, tweeting what I | Read More »
Figured I’d link this for those interested in watching as they come in. Here are the PA-12 Special election results. Legislative special elections: 20th(Allegheny County), 138th(Northampton), 147th(Montgomery). Statewide primaries(governor, lt. governor, U.S. Senate). U.S. Congress primaries. PA Senate primaries. PA Representative primaries. Democratic state committee. Republican state committee – may be an interesting write-in in this category
In Washington County, PA, there’s a town with a distinctive name: Eighty-Four. This town’s probably best known for its namesake lumber company. This morning, though, Eighty-Four has gotten attention as the home of Tim Burns, probably the next congressman for the 12th district. Burns went to Wylandville Elementary School a few hours ago to cast his vote in today’s primary and special election, accompanied by | Read More »
Late on a Friday night at Burns campaign headquarters in Washington, PA, the campaigning continues. These enthusiastic volunteers are sparing no effort to get the votes for Tim on Tuesday. Danielle, Kyle, and Alex doing their part to get out the vote: George Faulds is gushing with enthusiasm for Tim: Allison Gilliland, and Brad Marston, who took time out of his own campaign to drive | Read More »
Right now I’m at Burns for Congress HQ with Robert Stacy McCain, Brian O’Connor, and John LaRosa. Scott Brown’s event went well. Check out Stacy’s coverage here. I’ve never heard of anything like a local TV station pulling a campaign ad for factual inaccuracy. Wow. The Susquehanna poll that Neil mentioned isn’t anything to fret too much about. Folks I talked to from the Burns | Read More »
Congressman Pence, chair of the House Republican Conference, who’s been mentioned as a potential 2012 presidential candidate was at the Richland Township Fire Department near Johnstown yesterday, campaigning for Tim Burns in the May 18 special election. A quick aside: I don’t know if it strikes anyone as strange to see a political event held at a fire station, but volunteer fire companies in Pennsylvania | Read More »
Continuing on this post, discussing the latest ad from the Critz campaign, and the very, very indirect attacks on Tim Burns. The claim: Tim Burns laid off his own workers in PA, and got tax breaks for outsourcing Critz’s camp cites this article from the Pittsburgh Business Times to show Burns’s “indifference” to the prospect of layoffs at the company he founded. The “incriminating” quote: | Read More »
Critz certainly seems to have an affinity with such a flexible product, with the stretching claims he makes in this ad: Looking at this a claim at a time: Burns wants to privatize Medicare and Social Security Critz’s claimed sources for this? The fact that the House Conservatives Fund has endorsed Burns, and Burns’ claims in a candidate forum on April 28. This is dubious | Read More »
The “him” in question is Mark Critz, who’s running against Tim Burns in Pennsylvania’s 12th district special election on May 18. The quote is from Tim Burns himself, which you can watch here. Right now Burns is leading this race, which is impressive for a district with a large Democrat registration advantage. The voters want a change. But this is no time to get complacent | Read More »
From National Journal via Dan Riehl: A political action committee connected to a controversial GOP consulting firm is running ads on behalf of one of the firm’s major clients, raising questions about coordination between groups that are required by law to operate independently of each other. The PAC, Freedom’s Defense Fund, is running an ad on behalf of Iraq war veteran William Russell (R), the | Read More »
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