Isn’t Congress already enough of a joke?
Pa. state Sen. Daylin Leach has ended his congressional campaign more than two months after multiple women accused him of inappropriate touching and making sexually-suggestive jokes. (WHYY file photo)
At the risk of appearing to play favorites, I just had to share the latest campaign video for Pa. State Sen. Daylin Leach, who’s running for Congress next year. Leach is a professional legislator, but a pretty funny amateur stand-up. My favorite line from his video involves a Republican Congressional leader and a puppy. Watch.
At the risk of appearing to play favorites, I just had to share the latest campaign video (above) for Pa. State Sen. Daylin Leach, who’s running for Congress next year.
Leach is a professional legislator, but a pretty funny amateur stand-up. My favorite line from his video involves a Republican Congressional leader and a puppy. Watch.
I’m not endorsing Leach for Congress, or his views on Republicans. I will say that while much of what we see in Washington is unintentionally laughable, I wish more people with strong political views had a sense of humor.
And since I’ve mentioned the 2014 Democratic primary contest for the Congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, I’ll give a shout out to the other three candidates, Montgomery County physician and activist Valerie Arkoosh, State Rep. Brendan Boyle, and former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Margolies.
I have some familiarity with all four, and I think each are in their own way impressive and worthy of consideration for the office they seek. And while I’m at it, I’ll mention a couple of things I omitted in a story yesterday drawn from the candidates’ latest campaign finance reports.
The leader in fundraising so far is Arkoosh, who’s never run for public office. Margolies had a great third quarter in fundraising, but has spent more and trails in cash on hand. But all four will need a good bit more than they have to wage competitive races. The primary is next spring. Here are the fundraising totals so far:
13th Congressional seat — Democrats’ campaign fundraising
| Valerie Arkoosh | $228,563 | $732,126 | $99,256 | $588,212 |
| Daylin Leach | $171,503 | $525,893 | $71,752 | $376,664 |
| Brendan Boyle | $151,256 | $403,983 | $67,817 | $308,103 |
| Marjorie Margolies | $237,370 | $422,715 | $205,279 | $190,056 |
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