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Gordon: ‘I’m running to win’

The Democratic primary in the 6th Congressional District is officially a three-way contest, now that Lower Merion Township Commissioner Brian Gordon has decided to jump into the increasingly contentious fight between Doug Pike and Manan Trivedi.

A couple weeks after pa2010.com first reported Gordon’s interest in the race, he has filed FEC paperwork, put together a group of policy advisers and is currently looking for a campaign manager. He made his final decision in a statement last week, and is planning a more formal announcement for January.

“I’m in, and I’m running to win,” Gordon said Saturday. “It’s been a process. You have to make sure you’re family’s on board, that you have local support and donors who are willing to finance campaign. I had to go through that process before making the decision to run.”

Gordon has his work set out for him, with both Trivedi and Pike already deep into the work of fundraising and building support. He acknowledged that “gearing up quickly” will be critical. And while it may seem too late to report any significant fundraising haul by the close of the fourth quarter this month, Gordon said “wait and see.”

Earlier this month, Gordon, who has been a leader in open-space issues and an advocate against the use of eminent domain land acquisitions in Ardmore, said he could better sell his candidacy to 6th District voters that have sent Democrats packing all decade.

“I looked at the field of candidate, and they seem like very good people, very nice guys,” he said. “But they did not strike me as very compelling or very likely to prevail [in the general election] next year. … I have the best ideas and I can best articulate them to the voters of the 6th Congressional District.”

December 26, 2009 at 4:51 pm

--Dan Hirschhorn

Tags: Brian Gordon, Doug Pike, Manan Trivedi, PA-6

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