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PoliticsPA
February 14, 2018
Both the Green Party of Pennsylvania and Libertarian Party Senate candidate Dale Kerns hailed the decision. “This is a day that, not only our adversaries, but also our friends, never thought we'd see. It also shows that folks of varied political views can come together for the betterment of all,” 2006 GreenÃÂ ...
Press & Sun-Bulletin
February 12, 2018
PHILADELPHIA – Third-party and independent candidates will have an easier time running for office in Pennsylvania following settlement of a ... “This is a day that, not only our adversaries, but also our friends, never thought we'd see,” said Carl Romanelli, a 2006 U.S. Senate candidate thrown off the ballotÃÂ ...
Forward
February 11, 2018
Lou Barletta, who is running in the Republican primary for a Senate race in Pennsylvania and has been dogged by criticism for his repeated run-ins with ... Free Press, an outlet that publishes Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, while serving as mayor of the town of Hazleton in 2006.
Splinter (blog)
February 11, 2018
Lou Barletta in his bid for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania's Republican primary by tweeting out praise for the congressman, who made a name for himself as a ... While mayor of Hazleton, PA, Barletta gave a 2006 interview to a conspiracy theory publication called American Free Press that claimed theÃÂ ...
Philly.com
February 9, 2018
And — this part left third parties fuming — the major parties could then force the candidates to pay legal fees for the signature challenges. A Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate had so many signatures challenged in 2006 that he was knocked off the ballot and left with a bill of $80,407, or close toÃÂ ...
CNN
February 2, 2018
(CNN) Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, who is now running for US Senate, is distancing himself from a fringe publication that promotes ... Lou Barletta, who is a Republican candidate in the Pennsylvania Senate election, gave an interview to the website in October 2006.
witf.org
February 1, 2018
(Harrisburg) -- With at least 18 state House republicans and four GOP senators likely leaving their seats this year, Pennsylvania's legislative races ... Senate Democrats have candidates filed for 17 of the 18 seats with GOP incumbents, which means they're just one candidate shy of running in all 25 races.
Washington Examiner
January 26, 2018
Republican officials in Pennsylvania are fretting that Rep. Lou Barletta's anemic fundraising and strategic misfires are jeopardizing the party's opportunity to pick off a winnable Senate seat in the midterm elections in a state President Trump captured 14 months ago. Barletta's fourth quarter report is expectedÃÂ ...
CNN
January 25, 2018
Lou Barletta, an immigration hardliner running in a crowded US Senate primary in Pennsylvania, came in contact over the years with fringe organizations and individuals with views far outside the ... Barletta was an early supporter of Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Trump's immigration agenda.
The Hill
December 31, 1999
Ten Democratic U.S. senators up for reelection in 2018 are in a special category, being from states that Donald Trump won in 2016. Previously ... The biggest disappointment for Dems in 2016 was Pennsylvania: They held their convention in Philadelphia, and Clinton held her very last campaign rally there.
Forward
November 13, 2017
When the Senate took on immigration reform in 2006, it was a Jewish ... The late Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania explained that his decision was ... In Virginia, Republican candidate Ed Gillespie tried to run a Trump-style campaign but lost. .... role in supporting candidates with socially conservative agendas.
Philly.com
November 10, 2017
Trump backlash in suburbs raises fears for Republicans in Pa., N.J. .... similar to when Democrats made huge gains in 2006 and 2008. The Philadelphia region is also likely to play a major role in deciding Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race, ... and that individual candidates' qualities can make a difference.
FiveThirtyEight
November 10, 2017
Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama's special election for the U.S. ... media and increasing pressure on Moore and his campaign. ... Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania said much the same, and Majority Leader ... past 10 years and most candidates dropped out of the race before election day.
The Real News Network
November 1, 2017
Out of the 30 seats won in 2006, 20 of those elected no longer serve ... and Senate will remain in Republican control after the 2018 midterm ... Many of the “phony Democratic candidates” backed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign ... 2016 Presidential Election, especially in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The Hill (blog)
October 28, 2017
A former Republican candidate for Maine's state Senate on Friday accused ... family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, during her campaign in 2006. ... former journalist and Democratic candidate for city council in Erie, Pa.
Washington Examiner
October 22, 2017
Pennsylvania House candidate Kim Ward: Our district needs jobs ... suburbs, who lost her seat during the wave of midterm elections in 2006. ... County chair for Rick Santorum's successful 1994 campaign for U.S. Senate. .... Magazine Manufacturing Pennsylvania Donald Trump Economy Campaigns Jobs ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
The mayor of Pennsylvania's third-largest city has won a fourth term despite ... $150,000 in campaign contributions in exchange for city contracts, asking voters in the heavily Democratic city to return him to an office he's held since 2006. ... unsuccessful runs for governor in 2013 and the U.S. Senate in 2015Â ...
York Daily Record/Sunday News
December 31, 1999
Ed Mahon lists Scott Wagner's top 5 campaign contributions and ... In 2014, Pennsylvania voters elected Tom Wolf, a wealthy York ... they have when campaigns submit annual financial reports in early 2018. ... Rendell went on to win re-election in 2006. ... More: Democratic U.S. Senate candidates debate.
Slate Magazine (blog)
December 31, 1999
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is a strong proponent of the ... “For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania,” ... The Northern Virginia suburbs buried Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie, even ... of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee during the 2006Â ...
Allentown Morning Call
December 31, 1999
Do Tuesday's election returns in Pennsylvania and nationally shed light ... The Pennsylvania Democratic Party has not been as united since 2006, when it ... GOP candidates running in next year's gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races. ... running a Trump-like campaign based on law-and-order messages.
Madison.com
September 17, 2017
Elected in a 2006 landslide, Klobuchar has since gained a reputation for getting ... Consequently, some see her as a potential presidential candidate in 2020. ... Same was true in Michigan, Florida and Pennsylvania. ... Addressing the resentment dredged up by the Trump campaign won't be easy, she said.
U.S. News & World Report
September 8, 2017
Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai's plan to run for governor is gathering ... his candidacy for lieutenant governor in 2006, then dropped out. ... York County state Sen. ... Turzai's longtime campaign consultant, Mark Harris, had no ... drop behind other declared Republican candidates, Roddey said.
Politico
September 7, 2017
Asked whether she was excited about Clinton's book tour, Sen. ... Book,” read an email from Sanders die-hard (and Clinton's 2006 Senate primary ... But it is a planned mass PR campaign in prep for the corporate #Dems next candidate. ... the book tour, eager to tie Democratic candidates to their unpopularÃÂ ...
Pocono Record
September 4, 2017
Republicans backing Barletta's Senate run see Casey and his seat as vulnerable ... However, Kanjorski is no Bob Casey and Pennsylvania isn't the 11th ... launched a limited television advertising campaign last week on the ... In 2006, when Casey routed incumbent verbal bomb-throwing Republican Sen.
PRI
September 3, 2017
“In a certain real way, the republic is at stake,” said Sen. ... Congress passed the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which ... in dark money, up from $5.2 million in 2006, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, .... few who today contribute the most money to political campaigns, Sarbanes said.
Washington Examiner
September 3, 2017
When Donald Trump first reached out to David Perdue in the fall of 2014, neither man had ever met, neither was yet an elected official, and bothÃÂ ...
Scranton Times-Tribune
September 3, 2017
Pennsylvania still has 800,000 more Democrats than Republicans, and ... launched a limited television advertising campaign last week on the Fox News ... Rick Saccone, R-39, Allegheny, and several more candidates. ... In 2006, when Casey routed incumbent verbal bomb-throwing Republican Sen.
Fort Worth Star Telegram
September 1, 2017
Senate Democrats are united in opposition against money for the wall ... States government over a campaign promise that he cannot deliver on ... Republicans have chided Democrats for voting in 2006 to back fencing along the border. ... Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania., Joe Donnelly ofÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
August 31, 2017
For Barletta, this means giving up a safe Republican seat in the House to try to replicate what Trump did last November: winning statewide inÃÂ ...
Philly.com
August 25, 2017
He's a Pa. lawmaker (and former spy?) running for U.S. Senate ... is a candidate for the GOP nomination to oppose Democratic Sen. ... with the Enemy: Inside North Korea (2006), and served as a full-time ... Columnist John Baer interviewed Saccone early this month about his campaign and his career.
Rasmussen Reports
August 24, 2017
All of the 33 Senate incumbents up for reelection next year are running for ... Several of these safe senators could be presidential candidates in 2020, and ... Corker's first election in 2006, during the Democrats' last good midterm, ... like the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee likely just won't haveÃÂ ...
The Slate Online
December 31, 1999
The event was put together by the Casey's campaign staff and was orchestrated by ... Casey, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006, spoke of the ... able make as a leader in both the Senate and the state of Pennsylvania.
Daily Kos
December 31, 1999
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributionsÃÂ ...
Allentown Morning Call
December 31, 1999
Lou Barletta, R-Pa., talks with reporters after a meeting with then President-elect ... of Trump during his presidential campaign last year, and having the ... Casey, from Scranton and first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006, ... he was mentioned as a possible candidate to be Trump's transportation secretary.
Politico
March 25, 2017
Mike Flynn, while serving as an adviser to the Trump campaign, met with top Turkish government ministers and discussed removing a Muslim cleric from the U.S.
MyCentralJersey.com
March 25, 2017
The Hunterdon County Fugitive Task Force is trying to locate a Pennsylvania man charged with theft in Hunterdon County. David Mendez, 60, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania failed to appear in court after a March 24 bench warrant was issued. Mendez is ...
The Hill
March 25, 2017
But he still enjoys widespread support from his Democratic colleagues, including fellow New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker. Menendez has been a mainstay in Washington for more than two decades.
U.S. News & World Report
March 24, 2017
Pelosi's office did not make her available for an interview with U.S. News, but two dozen current and former Hill and campaign staffers and advisers, House colleagues, senators, family members, friends, donors and opponents did provide their ...
KNSS
March 23, 2017
During this week's confirmation process four Supreme Court nominee judge Neil gore such US senator Pat Roberts took to the senate floor to voice his support for course it's. ... All of out of work who ran the trump campaign for six months back in 2006 ...
Daily Kos
March 23, 2017
Pres-by-LD: Our project to calculate the 2016 presidential results for every state legislative seat in the nation hits Washington, where one rogue Democrat gives the GOP control of the state Senate and where Democrats have a bare state House majority ...
WFMZ Allentown
March 22, 2017
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Former high-ranking city official, Francis X. Dougherty has entered a guilty plea agreement in the FBI investigation of Allentown City Hall.
Newsworks.org (blog)
March 22, 2017
"In early July, Carter Page, someone candidate Trump identified as one of his national security advisors, travels to Moscow on a trip approved by the Trump campaign. While in Moscow, he gives a speech critical of the ... "Is it a coincidence that Jeff ...
LA Daily News
March 22, 2017
Devin Nunes' comments led the committee's ranking Democrat, Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, to renew his party's calls for an independent probe of Trump campaign links to Russia in addition to the GOP-led panel's investigation. ... Manafort pitched the plans ...
RollingStone.com
March 21, 2017
On Tuesday, the Texas Senate advanced a bill that would enable doctors to lie to pregnant patients about fetal deformities in order to coercively dissuade them from choosing to have an abortion.
Daily Kos
March 20, 2017
During the campaign, Stockman hit his primary opponent with fake tabloids blazing headlines like, "Stephen Takach drove family friend into bankruptcy" and "Takach smears Stockman for taking care of his Alzheimer's-stricken father.
Fort Worth Star Telegram
March 20, 2017
Republicans praised and Democrats doubted Gorsuch during the four-hour Senate Judiciary Committee hearing devoted to opening statements, including one by Gorsuch where he identified the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia as a mentor.
The Hill
March 18, 2017
Days after the 2006 elections that gave Democrats control of the House for the first time in a dozen years, freshman lawmakers gathered for a candlelight dinner at the Library of Congress.
Philly.com
March 14, 2017
TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer. Sen. Bob Casey hosts the first town hall of his reelection campaign at the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday. ... That's why I'm one of the thousands of Pennsylvania military family members who supports Judge Neil ...
Huffington Post
March 14, 2017
The West Virginia bill is only now under consideration by a Senate committee. As in Kentucky, Republicans control both chambers of the West ... Trump's new commerce secretary, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, owned the Sago mine in West Virginia in ...
The Daily World
March 13, 2017
But the Australian founder of the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks has managed to re-emerge as relevant to U.S. politics, first during the presidential campaign last year and now with a new dump of leaked documents, this time from the CIA. Again ... "I ...
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