Category: Race for PGH 2013
TODAY 5pm – Deadline to return your absentee ballot
| May 17, 2013 | Posted by Progress Pittsburgh under Race for PGH 2013 |
Today – FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013 – 5pm is the deadline to return your absentee ballot. Details available from votePGH HERE.
Jeanne Clark goes negative… against Peduto?
| May 15, 2013 | Posted by committeegrrl under Discussion, Race for PGH 2013 |
The race for the open seat on Pittsburgh City Council that’s being vacated by Bill Peduto has stayed largely positive, before a couple of mailings from the Jeanne Clark campaign in the past couple of weeks. In the most recent one, she delivers Jack Wagner’s talking points against Peduto into his own district. Wagner has…
Race4PGH Must Read from Hillombo
| May 13, 2013 | Posted by committeegrrl under Race for PGH 2013 |
The blog Hillombo put up a post last week that has lots of interersting points and a very interesting discussion in the comments about the upcoming mayors race - The Mayoral Election + Race + Hill District = Jack Wagner? Here is the final paragraph but the entire post is worth the read about some of the…
Digging into Wagners Finance Report
| May 10, 2013 | Posted by grantstreetgossip under Race for PGH 2013 |
Nothing to surprising, Wagner’s got some of Luke’s campaign staff and a whole lot of spending on consultants. According to the finance reports that were filled at least 2 of the staffers from Ravenstahl’s campaign staff are now working on Jack Wagner’s campaign. Both Danielle McGrath-Hermann and Lydia Humenycky were on the payroll for Ravenstahl’s…
Check out what Wagner’s campaign spokesman had to say about Peduto
| May 8, 2013 | Posted by fedd up pgh under Race for PGH 2013 |
A link to this video popped up on Twitter earlier today. This looks like it was taken at Bill Peduto’s 2011 holiday party.
Anonymous Lit Drop of Trib Editoral in East End
| May 2, 2013 | Posted by Progress Pittsburgh under Race for PGH 2013 |
We’ve heard from a few follower and received this photo of the copies of a Tribune Review editorial about Bill Peduto titled “Peduto’s Problem” that are being distributed in the East End. Did anyone else get a copy?
Latest Wagner Newsletter – Three Weeks to End the Dysfunction in City Hall
| April 30, 2013 | Posted by committeegrrl under Race for PGH 2013 |
In case you aren’t subscribed to the Wagner list – here is the latest, actually first email from the Wagner campaign. You can see the Wagner campaign archives here. Full text of the email is below the screenshot. Dear , In three weeks, Pittsburgh will make a serious decision about the direction of City Government. That…
Twitter Reactions to Ravenstahl’s Ad Buy
| April 30, 2013 | Posted by storify under Race for PGH 2013, Uncategorized |
Storify by progresspgh Tue, Apr 30 2013 14:46:50 Twitter Reactions to Ravenstahl’s Ad Buy some crafty and humourous tweets in response to the news that Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is behind the latest negative ad. On Monday a new ad by the “Citizens for a Better Pittsburgh” began airing. Politics PA posted this video of…
The Candidates Are Coming… To the p2PAC Happy Hour on Thursday
| February 18, 2013 | Posted by P2pac under Events, Fundraisers, P2PAC, Race for PGH 2013 |
The first p2PAC event of the 2013 election cycle is this week. p2PAC Happy Hour and Petition Party Thursday, February 21, 2013 5:30-7:30 pm Buffalo Blues, 216 S. Highland Ave, Pittsburgh 15206 RSVP online here It is a very busy week in the local election scene – many candidates are having office openings this week.…
p2PAC Endorses Natalia Rudiak for City Council District 4
| February 5, 2013 | Posted by P2pac under Elections, Race for PGH 2013 |
p2PAC, the Progress Pittsburgh Political Action Committee, has released their first endorsement for the 2013 Primary election – Natalia Rudiak for City Council District 4. Read the full Press Release here. Contribute to the p2PAC here. Sign up for the p2PAC mailing lists here.
ACDC Endorsement Info
| January 31, 2013 | Posted by committeegrrl under Race for PGH 2013 |
Important information if you are running for office and seeking the democratic committee endorsement. From the Allegheny County Dems Weekly Newsletter: The Endorsement is scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 10, 2013 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the IBEW Local #5, 5 Hot Metal Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203. Candidates wishing to seek…
Quite a Host Committee for the Upcoming Matt Smith Fundraiser
| October 8, 2012 | Posted by Seenster under Fundraisers, Race for PGH 2013 |
Luke Ravenstahl (oops the invite misspelled the mayor name) , Bill Peduto and Michael Lamb are all on the host committee for this fundraiser for Matt Smith on Friday, October 12, 2012. We wonder if there is any significance to the lack of a Wagner on this invite. Will be interesting to see who shows up on…
A new entry to the Twitter #RaceForPGH – @voteLamb is now posting to Twitter
| October 4, 2012 | Posted by Race for PGH under Race for PGH 2013 |
Thanks to Bram at the Pittsburgh Comet – we have learned that Michael Lamb is now updating his Twitter feed – you can follow his 5 tweets thus far at @voteLamb. The Twitter profile for @voteLamb still links to LambforController.net. Else where in the Twitter #RaceforPGH – Luke Ravenstahl has two twitter accounts – @LukeRavenstahl…
Ravenstahl Responds With a Lengthy Comment on the PG
We’re not sure what to make of this – so we’ll just post the info and let you respond.. At 4:14pm today – the Post-Gazette published an article about the recent attack ads in the mayoral campaign - Chairman of secretive group behind ad attacking Bill Peduto: Luke Ravenstahl Less than 2 hours later – Luke…