12th District notes: Hanna, Irey not interested

Strike two names from the list of potential candidates in the 12th Congressional District.

Democrat Jack Hanna and Republican Diana Irey, both of whom had been floated as possible candidates to succeed the late Congressman John Murtha, told pa2010.com on Monday that they won’t be running.

Hanna, who chairs the state Democratic Party’s southwest caucus, said in an e-mail that “I’m not a candidate, but will be helping coordinate the State Committee’s selection process.”

Irey,…

February 16, 2010 at 1:00 pm | Comments (4)

12th District notes: Potential candidates galore

CORRECTION APPENDED (See bottom)

Barely a week after the passing of longtime Congressman John Murtha, there are so many names for potential replacements swirling in the political ether that  keeping track of them all is dizzying. Our friends at CQ Politics have rated the race a tossup.

Here’s the latest on what we’re hearing, both about candidates already in the race and about those who may or may not run. Log-on…

February 14, 2010 at 9:01 pm | Comments (7)