Category Archives: Elections

Stop Posting Pictures of Your Ballot!

Fellow Democrats, I just want to give you a quick Election Day reminder. Please stop posting pictures on social media of your ballot from your voting machine. Why? It’s against Pennsylvania law. Pennsylvania’s election code prohibits such photos and the … More after the jump

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Equality Pennsylvania’s List of Endorsed Candidates

Equality Pennsylvania is out today with their full list of endorsed candidates, so no matter where you live, you can be sure to support the candidate that has the best record and/or commitments on LGBT rights tomorrow: State House Special … More after the jump

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Bob Donchez Accidentally Fundraising for Willie Reynolds

It’s no secret that Bethlehem mayoral candidate Bob Donchez has been running a [pretty strange] negative campaign against fellow City Councilman J. William Reynolds. As we’ve said here before, normally, you don’t pummel the challenger and up their name recognition … More after the jump

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Corbett Aide Says if Medicaid is Expanded it Will Be in 2015; Issue Lives for PA 2014 Gov. Race

This week a top aide to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said that if the governor winds up accepting the expansion of Medicaid under ObamaCare, it probably won’t be until 2015. If that’s how it happens, it will mean hundreds of … More after the jump

Posted in Budget/Taxes/Spending, Elections, Governor Corbett, Health, Issues, National Politics, Social Services, State Government

VIDEO: Willie Reynolds New TV Ad

The primary election in Pennsylvania is less than a week away and Bethlehem Mayoral candidate J William Reynolds is up on the air with a new direct-to-camera TV spot. The ad focuses on Willie’s positive message of bringing change to … More after the jump

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It’s Official: Sestak to Run for Professor of the Year

Joe Sestak may be running for Senate in 2016, but he won’t be spending the entirety of the next three and a half years campaigning. During the 2013-2014 academic year, Sestak will hold the General Omar N. Bradley Chair in … More after the jump

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Joe Sestak Forming Senate Exploratory Committee

If anybody else just got the email from Joe Sestak with the subject line, “Our Next Step” — like me, you thought, “Finally! We can figure out what Joe’s been working towards for the past two years.” We didn’t get much in … More after the jump

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#PAGov: Schwartz Releases New Ad Hitting Corbett on Jobs

It’s pretty good too. Kudos on the Wyoming part: Couldn’t have come out on a better day, when Corbett’s negatives reached an all-time high.

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Upcoming Potential Milestone in PA Redistricting Reform & What You Can Do About It NOW

Every ten years, following the census, the political party in power gets to redraw the lines of congressional districts. This process, called redistricting, is often used by the party in power to do what is known as gerrymandering, or drawing … More after the jump

Posted in Action Alert, Campaign Finance and the Influence Game, Corruption, Elections, Open Government

PA-15: Congressman Dent on His 2014 Race

Roll Call has a good article out today essentially on how awful Governor Corbett’s reelection prospects are. (Spoiler: They’re really bad.) But the main thrust of Roll Call’s post was how some GOP ‘operatives’ are getting more-and-more nervous about Corbett’s unpopularity … More after the jump

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