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  • Iraq vet to take on Carney

    Chris Carney has an opponent.

    The 10th District Congressman, considered to be one of the safer Democrats occupying conservative seats, got his first challenger Friday when Iraq war veteran Christopher Bain announced his candidacy, The Sun-Gazette reports. At a anti-tax Tea Party, the Purple Heart winner said he would be an advocate for veterans.

    “I want to fight for our vets. I also want to fight for you,” Bain told the crowd.

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    August 9, 2009 at 8:12 pm | Comments (3)

  • Democrats once again eyeing PA-6

    Regardless of whether Republican Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-Chester County) decides forgo reelection in favor of a run at the Governor’s Mansion, several Democrats seem well positioned to once again fight for the 6th District seat that the GOP and Gerlach struggled to win since its creation six years ago.

    Doug Pike, a former editorial board member at The Philadelphia Inquirer, is the only Democrat to officially declare his candidacy for the seat, which includes areas of Chester, Montgomery and Berks counties. But at least three others are considering the race, including two have challenged Gerlach before. The district has consistently been one of the most competitive in the state. And while Democrats think they can win even if Gerlach stays put, most analysts consider the seat a lock to switch parties if he pursues the governorship instead.

    “He’s had a tenuous hold on it,” said G. Terry Madonna, a pollster and political science professor at Franklin & Marshall College. “Somehow, he’s found a way to win. I think it gives the Democrats a huge opening should he actually run [for governor].”

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    April 19, 2009 at 6:15 pm | Comments (0)

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