Politics & Policy
DA Williams: Philly is ready for Election Day
The officials who run and monitor elections in Philadelphia don’t expect anything unusual on Tuesday, but they’ll be on the lookout a ...
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Will dismay over top of the ticket affect voting on down-ballot races?
Political analysts believe some voters might skip this year’s presidential race because they don’t like either of the major p ...
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2016 General Election results – Pennsylvania
Get the latest results from races in Pennsylvania. Your browser does not support the iframe HTML tag. Try viewing this in a modern ...
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Kane casts long shadow on two candidates hoping to succeed her as Pa. attorney general
On a fall morning at Widener University in Harrisburg, Democrat Josh Shapiro and Republican John Rafferty were trying to make the case fo ...
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Fitzpatrick says character and experience will win him 8th District seat, not family name
This is the first in a two-part series on the race for Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District seat. Tomorrow, we’ll fo ...
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Pelosi, Biden visit Philly union hall to solidify support for Clinton
Two Democratic superstars stopped in Philadelphia as the parade of surrogates for Hillary Clinton continued in crucial Pennsylvania Monda ...
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Why I won’t vote for Hillary; and I won’t vote for Donald, either
The smart money says that Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States. I can finally with a clear conscience, for the first time in my adult life, not vote
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Eastern Pennsylvania church hit with anti-Trump graffiti
State police say an eastern Pennsylvania church has been targeted with graffiti criticizing Donald Trump, as well as obscene sexual and a ...
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Pence stumps in Bucks, piling on Clinton in the process [photos]
What was expected to be a hum-drum campaign stop turned into a rare moment of political theater Friday, as Republican Vice Presidential n ...
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Final debate held for key Pennsylvania Congressional race with no incumbent
Pennsylvania has just one competitive US congressional race this year, in Bucks County and a sliver of Montgomery County. At the f ...
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Unemployed see faint glints of hope in both candidates’ job-creation plans
Nationwide, about 43 million people live below the federal poverty line. In Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, 800,000 peo ...
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Democrats modify attack ad in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race
A national Democratic group has modified a TV ad attacking Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey after his campaign challenged the ...
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Still carrying a torch for Bernie — but lighting the way for other progressives
On a recent Wednesday night, about a dozen members of a group called Phoenixville Area Progressives met over beers and burgers on the roo ...
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