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We were hoping that some of the usual Pittsburgh political bloggers would be following the Jeff Dzamko story. Dzamko is a good friend of Luke Ravenstahl who was just arrested on Friday for an outstanding bench warrant from 2008 on some bad checks. More »
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Yesterday the Triadvocate (the blog from the folks at Triad Strategies) had a post about which of the candidates in PA is leading in tweets and followers. They have a detailed list of candidates in PA for many offices with how many followers and tweets have been posted. Also, Huffington Post links to a LA Times article about congressional representatives who use twitter.
So we thought it might be helfpul to create a Twitter list and ticker for the candidates for PA governor.
You can see all of the candidates Twitter accounts that are included below here: http://twitter.com/progresspgh/pa-gov-2010-candidates
We are moving up in the social media world – you can now be our fan on Facebook and follow Progress Pittsburgh on Twitter @ProgressPGH.
The Allegheny County Democratic Committee is raising the fee for candidates for State Legislature to file for the ACDC endorsement (PG article). Apparently, the fees were too low, allowing for widespread competition (i.e. democracy). Perhaps this is a delayed reaction to the Clean Sweep movement of 2006 or perhaps its just good, old-fashioned old boys’ network scheming.
As citizens consider whether to be offended or indifferent to this development, they might consider the following information in their cost-benefit analysis.
Here are some ideas or what $3,000 could buy you in a State House race instead of filing for the endorsement:
* all the yard signs, buttons, ans t-shirts you would need for the entire campaign
* 3 part-time field staff for the final month
* phones and paid poll workers for election day
* printing and postage for a nice direct mail piece to supervoters
* rent for campaign office for at least 3 months
* production and decent run on a radio ad
* color walk lit for most of campaign
* paid voter identification calls to your district
So, even if you were to WIN the ACDC endorsement, does your $3,000 get you close to the value of any of those things?
Governor Ed Rendell has set a Special Election for the May 18th Primary Election Day to fill the unexpired term of the late Democratic Congressman John Murtha of Johnstown…Republicans and Democratic Party officials each will nominate a candidate for the May ballot to fill out the term…in addition to the election for the rest of Murtha’s term, voters will be asked to select Democratic and Republican candidates for the November election to a full term for the Congressional seat…if the Party leaders are good at their jobs, they will figure out a way to pick a candidate to fill the seat ’til January – a man or woman who stands a good chance of winning the Party Primaries on the same day…this is going to be very interesting…
Mary Beth Buchanan – former U. S. Attorney for Pennsylvania’s Western District – has filed papers to run as a Republican against incumbent Democratic CongressmanJason Altmire…she has yet to make a formal announcement…three others – Bob Klein, Keith Rothfus and John Vinsick – already have announced intentions to seek the Republican nomination…
Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty holds a news conference this morning to announcehe is dropping out of the Democratic Primary for Governor and instead seek the Party nomination to succeed the retiring State Senate Floor Leader Bob Mellow…the Democratic contest for the gubernatorial nomination continues forward without formal Party endorsement…State Auditor General Jack Wagner won a majority of the endorsement votes but fell short of the required two-thirds of the votes for endorsement…more and more the race is looking like a struggle between Wagner and Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato…
Harrisburg Online is a publication of Greenlee Partners, LLC. (It tends to be conservative-leaning but provides good information.)
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Yesterday marks the first day of petition circulation for the 2010 primary elections. Thought it might be helpful to post the inportant election dates for 2010.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
BUREAU OF COMMISSIONS, ELECTIONS AND LEGISLATION
2010 PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
First day to circulate and file nomination petitions ……………………… February 16
Last day to circulate and file nomination petitions ……………………… March 9
First day to circulate and file nomination papers ………………………… March 10
Last day for withdrawal by candidates who filed nomination petitions ….. March 24
Last day to REGISTER before the primary ……………………………… April 19
Last day to apply for a civilian absentee ballot …………………………. May 11
Last day for County Board of Elections to receive voted civilian………. May 14
absentee ballots
PRIMARY ………………………………………………………………. May 18
First day to REGISTER after primary …………………………………… May 19
Last day for County Board of Elections to receive voted military and…… May 25
overseas absentee ballots (must be postmarked no later than May 17)
Last day to circulate and file nomination papers ………………………… August 2
Last day for withdrawal by candidates nominated by nomination papers August 9
Last day for withdrawal by candidates nominated at the primary ……… August 9
Last day to REGISTER before the NOVEMBER election ……………… October 4
Last day to apply for a civilian absentee ballot ………………………… October 26
Last day for County Boards of Elections to receive voted civilian……… October 29
absentee ballots
GENERAL ELECTION ….………………………………………….. November 2
First day to REGISTER after November election ……………………….. November 3
Last day for County Board of Elections to receive voted military and…… November 9
overseas absentee ballots (must be postmarked no later than November 1)
Note: All dates in this calendar are subject to change without notice.
The link to the PDF with this information is – http://www.dos.state.pa.us/elections/lib/elections/030_important_dates/2010.pdf
If you have been folowing some of the reactions to the snow in Pittsburgh – Luke Ravenstahl’s name is mentioned in response to the snow clean up. But today there is another question being asked about the mayor – Where’s Luke?
It seems to have started with JanePitt around 11:30 this morning…
At 12:30 @andybotpgh posted a link to this Post-Gazette article
City Council Member Bill Peduto noted that Luke has not been seen at the City County building today
At 1:30 JanePitt tweets Luke was not at Murtha’s Funeral – create the hashtag #whereisluke
Bram (aka the Pittsburgh Comet) notes that the mayor’s newest hire is in New Orleans
Here are the latest tweets with the #whereisluke
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Joe Hoeffel just released a new web ad (included below) on Health Care today. Here is a look at the 4 candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination and the health care related information from their campaign websites
Chris Doherty – no mention of health care on his website
Joe Hoeffel – has a page of information about health care
Dan Onorato – 2 mentions of health care on his issues page
As Governor, Dan will create the new jobs we need, drive down the cost of health care and higher education, and bring real reform to government.
Health care costs are too high, a college education is moving out of reach for middle-class families and property taxes in many parts of the state are out of control. As County Executive, Dan has cut property taxes twice and changed the system to prevent unfair reassessments in the future. Allegheny County is one of only a handful of counties that has not raised property taxes in the past seven years.
Jack Wagner – no mention of health care on his website
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UPDATE — DUE TO WEATHER – THIS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR WED 2/17
PUMP (Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project) is organizing a workshop for anyone interested in running for democratic committee. While PUMP is known as an organization for young professionals they are always welcoming to guests of all ages. So if you are interested in running for committee here is your chance to learn more.
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6:00 – 8:00 February 10, 2010
Shadow Lounge & AVA, 5972 Baum Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
On Wednesday, February 10th, PUMP is pleased to present a Civic Engagement Program aimed at getting young people connected with upcoming opportunities to Run for Public Office. In 2010, all of Allegheny County’s Democratic Committee Members are up for re-election. All Republican Committee Members are up for re-election in 2012. If you ever thought about running for public office, and want to give it a try, running for committee is a great place to start!
Come network with other young people who share your interest in politics and learn about the role of the Committee member, important dates in the election cycle, how to circulate petitions and tips on how to win and what a campaign will entail! Blank petitions will also be available at the event.
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This is a FREE event! A cash bar will be available. However, if you would like to JOIN PUMP or Renew your membership, you can do so on site at the event for $20! For more information, please contact Erin at erin@pump.org or 412.338.2133 ext 10.
To register, please visit www.pump.org!
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