Category: Elections
Thank You Email from Doug Shields
| May 24, 2011 | Posted by committeegrrl under 2011 Primary |
Well – we have had a week to recover from election day – now time for follow up. Here is the first Thank You email we have seen from a candidate. Have you seen any other emails? Anything else interesting post-election day. Friends, Thank you for your support and encouragement throughout our campaign for Magisterial…
The Big List of Candidates, Endorsements and Election Day Parties
| May 17, 2011 | Posted by p2wp under 2011 Primary |
Primary 2011 Candidates and Endorsement List A few years ago someone asked me where they could go to see a list of all of the candidates and the endorsements – to my knowledge – that list didn’t exist. We have been trying to compile that list over the past few elections and this year we…
County Controllers Race – Surprisingly Interesting (& Poll)
| May 16, 2011 | Posted by Race for PGH under 2011 Primary, Blogs, Polls |
Well for this most part this primary election has been pretty sleepy – Fitzgerald and Flaherty haven’t done much do distinguish their campaigns – the general sentiment about both is eh. The city council races have been a little more interesting. It looks like Dowd and Kraus are doing well – their opponents haven’t put up much…
Darlene Harris Campaign Office Vandalized
| May 15, 2011 | Posted by pghgal under 2011 Primary |
Here is a photo of the damage – no one was hurt. Looks like damage occured early Sunday morning. More details available here. Darlene Harris is the current city council representative for Pittsburgh District 1 and the president of city council. She is running for reelection and facing 3 other challengers – Vince Pallus, Bobby…
Can Facebook predict elections?
| May 14, 2011 | Posted by committeegrrl under 2011 Primary |
We have been working on updating a master list of candidates and endorsements for the May Primary and one of the things on the chart is Facebook profiles. Here is a rundown of how the city council candidates stack up based on their facebook fans and friends. Looks like Bruce Kraus is by far the…
Zurawsky Event – Lucky Friday the 13th Pre-Election Day Party
| May 3, 2011 | Posted by Seenster under 2011 Primary |
Lucky Friday the 13th Pre-Election Day Party An evening of food, drink and community for our 5th district friends Hosted by Friends of Chris Zurawsky Friday, May 13, 2011 6:00 – 8:00 Summerset at Frick Park Community Center, 1435 Parkview Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA Event Website -http://www.socializr.com/event/49595967/1502733505
Dollar for Dollar Match for All Donations to the P2pac
| May 1, 2011 | Posted by P2pac under 2011 Primary, Progress Pittsburgh Updates |
Exciting news from the P2pac – a generous donor has offered to match, dollar-for-dollar, all donations to the P2pac. What is the P2pac? P2pac is the Progress Pittsburgh Political Action Committee. A political action committee that raises money to support candidates. The P2pac is modeled off of EMILYs List and Progressive Majority but with a…
Rich Fitzgerald Loves Saving
| April 13, 2011 | Posted by committeegrrl under 2011 Primary |
The Fitzgerald campaign has released a second campaign commercial. This video also includes more footage of his children.
Pittsburgh DFA – Candidate Responses Online
| April 12, 2011 | Posted by Seenster under 2011 Primary, Endorsements |
The Pittsburgh chapter of Democracy for America will be holding their endorsement vote this week. More details on their endorsement vote are available at the bottom of this post. If you are interested – all of the candidates responses to the Pgh DFA questionnaire are available online here. It is interesting to see which candidates…
Meet Rich Fitzgerald and His Kids
| April 1, 2011 | Posted by committeegrrl under 2011 Primary |
The Fitzgerald campaign has released its first television ad today. The ad features more of Fitzgeralds kids than it does the candidate. What do you think of the ad? The press release is below the video PITTSBURGH: Allegheny County Democratic Committee endorsed candidate Rich Fitzgerald launched the first television ad in the campaign forCounty Executive. The ad is…
Jim Ferlo Hosts (A Not So Green) Green Drinks
| March 25, 2011 | Posted by Seenster under 2011 Primary, Events |
Well this is an interesting topic for Green Drinks – Marcellus Shale. Kind of surprised to see Green Drinks so open to the idea of marcellus shale. What happened to the old green drinks – where people got together and talks about green things – when did this become a political event for Jim…
Meet the Candidates and Drink Vodka on Saturday Night
| March 3, 2011 | Posted by Seenster under 2011 Primary, Events |
Thanks to Chris Potter at the City Paper I learned about a bunch of interesting things today – ShadysideDems.com is the website for the Democratic committee of the Seventh Ward on Pittsburgh. And what is extra great is that the website has useful information – including who the committee people are for each ward (this…
Now Who Are You Supporting for City Council District 5
| February 25, 2011 | Posted by Race for PGH under 2011 Primary, Polls |
Things have changed over the past month since we first posed a poll about the District 5 City Council race. In that poll – Chris Zurawski got 53% of the vote, Doug Shields 26% of the vote and Corey O’Connor 11% of the vote. But things have changed. Doug Shields will be running for district…
Help Us Build A Candidates List for the 2011 Elections
| February 25, 2011 | Posted by p2wp under 2011 Primary |
We are working on putting together a big list of all of the local (city and county) offices on the ballot for the 2011 and what candidates are running for office. You can check out the list here: http://progresspittsburgh.net/elections-primary-2011/ This is a work in progress and we will be updating it as we can. What…
Young Dems of Allegheny County Endorsement Questionnaire is Online Now
| February 14, 2011 | Posted by Seenster under 2011 Primary |
Are you running for office? Know of a candidate who is? There is still time to fill out the Young Dems of Allegheny County (YDAC) endorsement questionnaire. Here are the details: Please answer the following questions in their entirety. We will send a completed schedule out of speaking time prior to the event, which will be…
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