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Tight Pennsylvania GOP Senate race; Mastriano wins gov nod
Read full article: Tight Pennsylvania GOP Senate race; Mastriano wins gov nodDonald Trump’s choice for Pennsylvania governor has won his primary, and his Senate pick is locked in an exceedingly close contest as the former president works to expand his hold on the Republican Party.
Trump scrambles to fend off Oz challenger in Pa. Senate race
Read full article: Trump scrambles to fend off Oz challenger in Pa. Senate raceSensing a threat in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race, Donald Trump has issued a warning that surging Republican candidate Kathy Barnette would upend the GOP’s chances of holding the seat in November.
Lamb revives gun incident to attack Fetterman in Senate race
Read full article: Lamb revives gun incident to attack Fetterman in Senate raceConor Lamb is accusing rival John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate of skipping candidate forums to avoid talking about a 2013 incident in which he confronted a Black man, shotgun in hand, because he suspected the man was involved in gunfire nearby.
'We want to win': Democrats face choice in key Senate race
Read full article: 'We want to win': Democrats face choice in key Senate racePennsylvania’s Democratic Party committee members backed U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb by 2 to 1 in an endorsement vote over Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in the primary race for the state's open U.S. Senate seat.
Millions follow rich candidates in Pennsylvania Senate race
Read full article: Millions follow rich candidates in Pennsylvania Senate raceCash is pouring in to Pennsylvania’s hotly contested race for U.S. Senate as wealthy and well-connected candidates move in from out of state followed by millions of dollars.
Key Pa. Dems to miss Biden visit, cite scheduling conflicts
Read full article: Key Pa. Dems to miss Biden visit, cite scheduling conflictsPresident Joe Biden will appear in Pittsburgh on Friday as an opening step in a broader campaign to promote the White House’s achievements in key states before the midterm elections.
Biden heads to PA to talk infrastructure as bridge collapses
Read full article: Biden heads to PA to talk infrastructure as bridge collapsesPresident Joe Biden has visited the bridge in Pittsburgh that collapsed just hours before his previously scheduled trip to promote his infrastructure package — a new law that aims to prevent just such disasters.
Democrats' 2018 Trump Country hero faces hard political path
Read full article: Democrats' 2018 Trump Country hero faces hard political pathLamb’s dilemma is a window into the Democratic Party's debate over how to win elections in Pennsylvania and across battlegrounds. “It’s kind of amazing that we even have to ask what the Democratic Party has to do to appeal to working-class people,” Lamb said. Pennsylvania's Democratic Party, in fact, has only twice nominated a woman for one of those offices and never a non-white candidate. Another candidate could be Sharif Street, the vice chair of the state Democratic Party and a Black state senator from Philadelphia. Fetterman has since joined the Democratic Party mainstream in defending the gas industry — popular with blue-collar unions — as a transition to a clean energy future.
Trump looks past Supreme Court loss to new election lawsuit
Read full article: Trump looks past Supreme Court loss to new election lawsuitIn this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvanias certification of President-elect Joe Bidens victory in the electoral battleground. “We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case,” Trump said. The Supreme Court, without comment Tuesday, refused to call into question the certification process in Pennsylvania. “The case everyone has been waiting for is the State's case with Texas and numerous others joining," he said.
Trump launches final battleground pitch; Biden focuses on PA
Read full article: Trump launches final battleground pitch; Biden focuses on PADown in the polls and at a cash disadvantage to his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, Trump is turning to rallies to help keep his message in front of voters. With more than 91 million votes already cast, Trump and Biden are out of time to reshape the race. For Biden, that means paying close attention to Black voters who are a critical part of the coalition he needs to build to win. But that runs counter to the tradition of some Black voters who prefer to vote in person on Election Day. In a separate analysis, the Democratic data firm TargetSmart found that more than 385,000 of the early Democratic voters didn’t vote at all in 2016.
Trump intensifies fracking assault on Biden in Pennsylvania
Read full article: Trump intensifies fracking assault on Biden in PennsylvaniaAt a recent Trump's rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, the president showed the crowd a video of various Biden comments on fracking in a bid to portray Biden as opposed to the process. And that was days before Trump and Biden tussled over energy during the debate. After Biden noted he wanted to “transition away from the oil industry,” Trump pounced. “Basically what he is saying is, he is going to destroy the oil industry,” Trump said. Still, most blue-collar unions that work in the gas fields in Pennsylvania have endorsed Biden.
Trump, allies beating path to battleground Pennsylvania
Read full article: Trump, allies beating path to battleground PennsylvaniaWASHINGTON Two months from Election Day, President Donald Trump and his allies are feeling new optimism about Pennsylvania, a battleground state that flipped in his favor in 2016. "Between the record enthusiasm for this President, our unprecedented ground game, and trends in Republican voter registrations, the Commonwealth, once again, is ready to deliver for President Trump this November, Nick Trainer, the Trump campaigns director of battleground strategies, said in a statement. On Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence held a Workers for Trump rally at a construction company less than 15 miles from Bidens hometown, Scranton. Still, Bidens path in Pennsylvania is seen as more complicated than winning back Wisconsin and Michigan, the two other blue wall states Trump won by less than 1 percentage point four years ago. Latrobe, the site of Trumps Thursday rally, is about an hour outside Pittsburgh in Westmoreland County, which Trump won by large margins four years ago.
Democrats nominate Biden for epic challenge to oust Trump
Read full article: Democrats nominate Biden for epic challenge to oust TrumpBiden celebrated his new status as the Democratic nominee alongside his wife and grandchildren in a Delaware school library. For his part, Trump spent Tuesday courting battleground voters in an effort to distract from Bidens convention. And Bidens supporters consistently report that theyre motivated more by opposition to Trump than excitement about Biden. The Democrats party elders played a prominent role throughout the night. Kerry, 76, was the Democratic presidential nominee back in 2004 when the youngest voters this fall were still in diapers.