Monday, May 7, 2012
Elected officials and leaders stress the importance of sending Critz to Congress.
U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire today endorsed Rep. Mark Critz at a rally in downtown Pittsburgh in front of the Allegheny County Courthouse. Altmire, 44, of McCandless, was joined by Critz, 50, of Johnstown, Cambria County, at the rally that also included Democratic elected officials and leaders from Allegheny and Beaver counties, including Congressman Mike Doyle, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Allegheny County Democratic Committee Chairwoman Nancy Mills. Others who attended the rally included Beaver County Commissioners Joe Spanik and Tony Amadio, among other elected officials and leaders, who endorsed Critz in the race for the 12th Congressional District seat. As a result of newly drawn district lines, Critz and Altmire had to …
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Tom Smith, Pennsylvania's GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, attended Friday’s event.
Fresh from winning the Republican nod in Tuesday’s primary election, Armstrong County’s Tom Smith—who will face incumbent Sen. Bob Casey in November’s U.S. Senate race—was among the crowd gathered Friday at North Boundary Park in Cranberry for a Tea Party Express rally. “This is the grass roots and this is what’s going to get this country back on track,” said Smith, who was endorsed today by the Tea Party Express. “These are my kind of people.” Billed as the nation’s largest Tea Party political action committee, The Tea Party Express was in Cranberry to kick off its Restoring the American Dream national bus tour. Conservative talk radio host Rose Tennent, of The War Room with Quinn and Rose, emceed the event. Other speakers and …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Check on the latest race results from the Pennsylvania Primary.
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Wednesday, April 25
Scroll down the page to see the race results from the April 24, 2012 Pennsylvania Primary. We are monitoring results from the state. These are unofficial returns with 9,184 out of 9,260 districts reporting statewide. State Representative - District 16 Democratic Party 100%
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Upper St. Clair Republican will face state Rep. Eugene DePasquale in the November general election.
State Rep. John Maher defeated Frank Pinto in the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania auditor general. "The voters declared today that Pennsylvania deserves an auditor for auditor general," Maher said during his victory speech at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Bethel Park. Maher will face state Rep. Eugene DePasquale of York County in the November general election. DePasquale was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. He grew up in Pittsburgh and is a Central Catholic High School graduate. "Remember this is an office which has only been won one time in 50 years by a Republican," Maher said. "We need about 1 million Democrats to win (the November general election) and I believe there are 1 million Democrats in the state who understand that …
Critz defeats Altmire in congressional race, Raja wins bitter contest with Mustio for state senate seat.
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney had little trouble winning the Pennsylvania Republican primary for President of the United States, with his closest competition coming from a man who no longer is in the race. Romney finished with 57 percent of the vote, followed by former Sen. Rick Santorum at 19 percent. Santorum withdrew from the race earlier this month. Texas congressman Ron Paul finished third with 13 percent, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was last with 11 percent of the vote. In the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania, incumbent Sen. Bob Casey of Lackawanna County easily defeated Joseph Vodvarka of Robinson Township, Allegheny County, by a four-to-one margin in the Democratic primary. Vodvarka who spent the evening …
