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  • Cohen had $83K; urges support of Gerlach

    Former state Revenue Secretary finished 2009 with about $83,000 in campaign cash for his 6th Congressional District race, including $9,000 he loaned to his own campaign, according to campaign finance data.

    Cohen dropped out of the GOP primary in January when incumbent Republican Jim Gerlach decided to seek reelection. In announcing his fundraising numbers Monday, Cohen reiterated his support for Gerlach, and urged his backers to give money to the incumbent’s…

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    February 1, 2010 at 2:52 pm | Comments (4)

  • Cohen drops out

    Republican Howard Cohen withdrew from the 6th District congressional race Friday afternoon, clearing one more potential primary challenger out of incumbent Jim Gerlach’s way.

    “I was running because I felt it was imperative that the Sixth District retain a Republican Congressman who believed in fiscal integrity, strong national security, and was committed to getting our citizens back to work,” Cohen said in a statement. “Jim Gerlach has the very best chance of doing that and…

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    January 8, 2010 at 4:03 pm | Comments (4)

  • Gerlach seeking reelection for a 5th term

    A day after withdrawing from the race for governor, Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-6) announced Friday that he was seeking reelection to his House seat, increasing Republican hopes of holding the 6th District and setting up another fierce battle between Gerlach and the Democrats in southeastern Pennsylvania.

    His announcement had been widely expected even before he formally ended his gubernatorial campaign. In a statement, Gerlach said he represented the “best chance for Republicans to not only…

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    January 8, 2010 at 1:02 pm | Comments (0)

  • Cohen: Gerlach’s been ‘an outstanding congressman’

    Like all the other Republicans running in the 6th Congressional District, Howard Cohen says he’s waiting on Jim Gerlach before deciding what to do. Cohen, a former Revenue Secretary in the Thornburgh administration, had nothing but praise for Gerlach shortly after the incumbent congressman dropped out of the governor’s race Thursday. He is likely seeking reelection.

    “Jim Gerlach has been an outstanding Congressman serving the citizens of the Pennsylvania Sixth District, …

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    January 8, 2010 at 10:17 am | Comments (0)

  • Staffing up, Cohen says fundraising haul will surprise

    PHILADELPHIA—As he lays the groundwork for what he acknowledges is a financial “David and Goliath” campaign, Republican congressional candidate Howard Cohen says he’s exceeded his early fundraising goal and is confident that the money will continue to roll in over the coming months.

    Cohen, one of several candidates seeking the GOP nod in the 6th District, wouldn’t be specific about how much he’s raised since entering the race in mid-November. But he reiterated that it…

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    January 6, 2010 at 2:16 pm | Comments (1)

  • Cohen officially gets into PA-6 GOP primary

    Former Thornburgh administration Revenue Secretary Howard Cohen formally entered the race for Congress in the 6th District Thursday, promising to campaign in a “civil manner and with an adherence to authentic, conservative Republican principles.”

    Cohen’s candidacy makes the GOP primary to replace incumbent Jim Gerlach a four-way race, and undoubtedly one of the most interesting House primaries in the state. As a longtime worker in state and federal government who has never sought elected office, full story

    November 12, 2009 at 12:54 pm | Comments (4)

  • Howard Cohen’s different candidacy

    When friend-of-the-site Alex Roarty first reported that former Thornburgh administration Revenue Secretary Howard Cohen was eyeing a Republican bid in the 6th Congressional District, he wrote that Cohen “sounds markedly different than the rest of the field.”

    After a lengthy conversation earlier this week with Cohen, who is poised to enter the race soon, I have to say that Alex got it just right, as usual. I don’t know whether Cohen…

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    November 3, 2009 at 6:03 pm | Comments (3)

  • Former Thornburgh aide poised to enter PA-6 race

    A former Revenue Secretary in the Thornburgh administration with a resume deep on government service and academia is set to formally declare his candidacy in the 6th Congressional District, adding another Republican to what has quickly become one of the most crowded, competitive primaries in the state.

    Howard Cohen, who runs a business consulting firm in Bala Cynwyd, told pa2010.com that he is likely to make an official announcement next week. But he has already…

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    November 2, 2009 at 3:05 pm | Comments (9)

  • Cohen vs. Welch: ‘A financial David & Goliath race’

    Republican Howard Cohen harbors no illusion that he’ll be able to match Steven Welch’s spending in his bid for the 6th Congressional District. Welch is a wealthy businessman reaching deep into his own wallet to win the party’s nomination, while Cohen has a small business consulting firm run out of his house.

    In a primary that also includes two other GOP candidates and involves at least one expensive media market, Cohen said Monday, he hopes…

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    November 2, 2009 at 1:04 pm | Comments (1)

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