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Shapiro: Dem candidate’s ad wrongly implies endorsement
Attorney General Josh Shapiro's campaign says state Rep. Brian Sims is running an ad that falsely implies Shapiro has endorsed Sims.
3 years ago
Jake Corman was getting out of the race for governor, then Trump called
In a wild day where Trump denied candidate Bill McSwain an endorsement in the GOP primary race, Jake Corman will stay in at Trump’s request.
3 years ago
McSwain wanted Trump’s support in the Pa. governor race. He got an anti-endorsement instead
Calling McSwain a ‘coward’ for failing to act on Trump’s claim of ‘massive fraud’ in the 2020 presidential election, the ex-president rejects an endorsement.
3 years ago
Fetterman, Democrats confront a newly hostile Pa. Senate primary
Fetterman has been on the defensive, after a week of attacks by Lamb, Malcolm Kenyatta and a super PAC supporting Lamb that's running a TV ad against Fetterman.
3 years ago
Lamb revives gun incident to attack Fetterman in Pa. Senate race
The accusation marks a sharp escalation in tone between candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for a critical Senate seat in the May 17 primary.
3 years ago
Inside Pa. candidates’ scramble to get on the ballot in a chaotic, must-win year
This year, a protracted court battle over new legislative maps led to significant delays in finalizing district lines, cutting the petition timeline in half.
3 years ago
Listen 5:15What’s behind GOP gov candidates’ ‘bizarre’ new demand to keep debates insular
Four of the 10 Republican gubernatorial candidates in Pa. laid out exacting joint criteria for participating in primary election debates.
3 years ago
Shapiro rolls out first tax relief plan of the Pa. governor’s race
Shapiro’s plan comes out as high gas prices have made cutting gas taxes a hot topic. Shapiro says households could get a $250 payment for each passenger vehicle.
3 years ago
Oz vows to renounce Turkish citizenship if elected senator
Until Wednesday, Oz said he’d keep his dual citizenship so he has legal power in Turkey to make health care decisions for his Alzheimer’s-stricken mother.
3 years ago
Philly leaders say reason for Lamb endorsement is simple: ‘He campaigned’
City party members heard speeches from all three primary candidates. Lamb won the vote ‘overwhelmingly,’ Democratic leader Bob Brady said.
3 years ago
Yes, prices at the pump are high. Republican primary candidates in Pa. have noticed too
They’re blaming the party in power: Biden and down-ballot Democrats. It’s a political strategy that can sting, as the 1970s energy crises showed.
3 years ago
Mariner East pipeline motivates activist’s Green Party run for Pa. governor
Christina Digiulio, a pipeline opponent from Upper Uwchlan, said she wants to give voice to people affected by industrial pollution.
3 years ago
Texas flagged 27,000 mail ballots for rejection in primary
The preliminary figures provide the latest picture of how new election rules rushed into place by Republicans made it harder to vote for thousands of voters in both parties.
3 years ago
Dems formally launch early, aggressive national campaign effort in Pennsylvania
With Pa. the “epicenter of the political world” in 2022, Dems are trying to counter their disadvantages with aggressive gov. and U.S. Sen. campaigns.
3 years ago
Will the U.S. Supreme Court wade into the battle over Pa.’s congressional map?
At issue is a fundamental question: Who has the power to determine how elections are run?
3 years ago
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