It was post-election 2016: The recounts had just concluded, and the numbers weren’t encouraging for Pennsylvania Democrats. Though they had tried to run their candidates in most legislative districts, they ended up losing two more seats in the state House, increasing the already-large Republican majority. The director of Pennsylvania’s House Democratic Campaign Committee called a […]
Month: March 2018
Helen Tai is the Democratic Party state House candidate running for the 178th Legislative District in both the special election and the primary. On March 14, the Courier Times editorial board stated that “we won’t hold our breath waiting” for politicians to support Gov. Wolf’s ethics plan. Well, they can now take a deep breath […]
Rueben Brock is a psychologist, a counselor, an assistant university professor, and now—though he insists he is not a politician—an office seeker. He is the endorsed Democrat in the race to represent Pennsylvania’s 46th legislative district. If he wins, he would be the first African American to hold the seat, and only the second Black […]