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2014 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

2014 Governor's Race Could Include Sestak

The former 7th district Congressman would not rule out a challenge to Republican incumbent Tom Corbett. He would join a crowded field.

  • ELECTIONS
  • Tuesday, February 19

Former Congressman Joe Sestak has not closed the door on a run for the Pa. governor's office in 2014. Sestak, who did not seek re-election to his 7th District seat in 2010, told the Delaware County Times on Tuesday that he wants to run for public office again, but would not be more specific. If Sestak does throw his hat in the ring for next year's Democratic primary, he could be joining a crowded field. 13th District Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, who has not publicly declared her candidacy but is said to be leaning towards a run, is widely regarded as the leading Democratic challenger to Republican incumbent Governor Tom Corbett, who has been plagued by weak polls and job approval ratings. State Treasurer Rob McCord is atop the pile of …

Curmudgeon

3:35 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Sestak violates the Patch terms of service!!!   more ›

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Castor: I Want 'Pragmatism' and 'Practicality' for Pa.

Castor said he began considering a run for governor after the fall elections. He says his campaign against Corbett would not be a 'grudge match.'

  • ELECTIONS
  • Wednesday, January 23

Bruce Castor, the minority Republican member of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, started "sticking his toe" in the waters of the 2014 race for Pennsylvania governor after the fall elections. "Now," Castor said in a video interview with Pennsylvania Cable Network, "it's more up to the ankles." Castor said he saw the defeat of a slate of candidates who he said were largely selected by Corbett as a referendum on the Governor's platform. "The Governor has expended his political capital, but not on the things that we care about or the things that he campaigned on," Castor said, citing pension reform, property tax reform, and right-to-work legislation as examples. Castor said the national economic recovery has proceeded "three times…

Simon Buckingham

1:02 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

There's a common saying that many have used to point out why the right wing tends to outmaneuver and defeat the left wing-Leftists look for traitors, while conservatives look for converts. All this talk of RINO's gives me the impression that elements within the right wing of the US is looking for traitors more than converts at the current moment.   more ›

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