Washington (CNN)Democrats flipped their 41st state legislative seat of Donald Trump’s presidency, winning a special election Tuesday night in the Philadelphia suburbs. Democrat Helen Tai bested Republican Wendi Thomas in the Bucks County race — notching a 96-vote victory in a district that has previously favored Republicans, with Trump winning there by 3 percentage points […]
Month: May 2018
Biden cited her past business experience and her time as a Solebury supervisor as reasons for his support. Former Vice President Joe Biden has endorsed Democratic candidate Helen Tai in the race to represent the 178th state House district. Tai faces off against Republican Wendi Thomas to serve the remainder of former state Rep. Scott Petri’s term in the May […]
Once. That’s the number of times that House Democrats say they’ve successfully managed to get a bill out of the chamber’s State Government Committee in the eight years that Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, the notoriously touch-averse Republican from Butler County, has held the reins. And it was … a land-transfer bill. In 2014. “It’s a black hole,” fumes […]
Women, particularly Democrats, are determined to break the “good old boys network” by seeking political office in Pennsylvania, where the number of women legislators is among the lowest in the country. … Eleven woman are vying for spots on the general election ballot in November for seats in the state legislature in Bucks and Eastern […]
Calvin Creighton of Armstrong County has announced that he is seeking the Democratic nomination in the 60th Legislative District through a write-in campaign in the May primary. “My goal is to work hard for the families of this district and to fight for common-sense governing,” Creighton said in a press release. “Knowing what people want […]
With the Pennsylvania primary election just about two weeks away, candidates continue to receive endorsements in their respective races… …Fellow Democrat Jennifer O’Mara of Springfield was meanwhile being backed for her bid in the 165th state Legislative District by United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America Local 1069, representing Boeing employees. O’Mara is […]