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In Pennsylvania Senate race, Republicans go national, while Democrats keep it local

WASHINGTON — Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Sen. Ted Cruz and Mike Pompeo all came out early for Dave McCormick.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

An ad supporting Conor Lamb sparked a backlash for wrongly calling John Fetterman a ‘self-described democratic socialist’

PHILADELPHIA — A super PAC backing U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb’s Democratic campaign for Senate in Pennsylvania made its first real foray into the race this week — and it didn’t go well.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mehmet Oz is worth at least $104 million and maybe a lot more, a new report says

PHILADELPHIA — Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz has derided big technology companies as a “cartel” and boasted about taking on the Silicon Valley giants as he campaigns in Pennsylvania.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 17 (April 7, 2022)

In this issue: 48 candidates running in Alaska’s special U.S. House election and a rundown of recent Senate forums in Pennsylvania

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 17 (April 7, 2022)

In this issue: Recent polling and debate in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race and state Sen. Steve Roberts challenges Cori Bush in MO-01

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From Pat Toomey to Dr. Oz: The Pennsylvania Senate Race Reflects the GOP's Descent Into Madness

Donald Trump's staying power and the decline of fusionism are on full display in this primary race.

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Candidates for office in Nevada and North Carolina complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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Deer farms bristle at claims that they spread CWD

Owners of commercial deer farms in Pennsylvania are concerned that continued restrictions to curb the spread of chronic wasting disease could put the industry out of business.

Tribune News Service

Stuart Rothenberg: From Schwarzenegger to Oz, GOP celebrities in politics

There is plenty of buzz these days about celebrities running for political office — and about former President Donald Trump’s affinity for athletes and entertainers.

Tribune News Service

From Schwarzenegger to Oz, GOP celebrities in politics - Roll Call

Celebrities running for national office have been a consistent fact of life, and Republicans have an edge in getting elected.

Roll Call

John Fetterman has a big lead in the Pa. Senate primary. Will attacks matter with 6 weeks to go?

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate primary began for real over the last few days.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Turkey baffles biologists by making it to 12 years old: ‘It should not be alive’

The turkey is the oldest ever recorded in the state of Pennsylvania

The Independent UK

Fracking divides field in Democratic Pennsylvania Senate debate

Democratic Senate candidates from both ends of Pennsylvania accused the front-runner, Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, of flip-flopping on energy issues in the first televised debate in one of the nation’s most-watched campaigns of the year.

Tribune News Service

These PACs are the best fundraisers in Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania politics, non-candidate political action committees (PACs) have received $229.5 million in total donations between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021. The top 10 PACs raised more than $81.5 million, or 36 percent of all donations made to state-level PACs.

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Conor Lamb says John Fetterman’s afraid to debate, calling shotgun incident ‘a huge problem’

PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb issued a direct attack Thursday against Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, signaling a clear shift in Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary for Senate as it enters the final stretch.

The Independent UK

Lamb revives gun incident to attack Fetterman in Senate race

Conor 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

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania policeman killed, 2 officers hurt in shooting

The mayor of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, says one of the city's police officers has been killed and two others injured in a shooting while responding to a domestic disturbance call

Tribune News Service

'You have your science, and I have mine': COVID-19 scourge exposes distrust of medicine

PITTSBURGH — From the classroom where she taught high school English, Margie Satterwhite Brown watched parents and their children lining up across the street in the parking lot of Bradford Regional Medical Center, in northern Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf spends $144,722, with Paychex as top payee

According to the most recent campaign finance reports made to the Pennsylvania Department of State, the Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf received no contributions to his campaign account and spent $144,722 between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021. His current term ends in 2023.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Judge removes five Pa. school board members in response to masking opponents’ petition

PHILADELPHIA — A Chester County, Pennsylvania, judge has ordered the removal of five of the nine West Chester school board members, granting a petition from residents opposed to masking requirements.

The Independent UK

Death toll in 60-vehicle crash on Pennsylvania highway climbs to six after two-day search of wreckage

‘All of a sudden, it was just noise – car hitting car, truck, explosion,’ one driver involved in the crash said

Tribune News Service

More Republicans have died of COVID-19. Does that mean the polls are off?

WASHINGTON — Doctors and demographers recently noticed another tragic example of how polarization shapes America: The pandemic has killed more people in the nation’s Republican enclaves than its Democratic strongholds. They explain the gap by pointing to Republican resistance to vaccines and the GOP’s more cavalier approach to combating the…

Mic

Pennsylvania is ground zero for 2022’s ugliest Senate races

The purple state is a perfect encapsulation of national politics right now.

The Independent UK

Stretch of I-81 in Pennsylvania reopens after deadly pileup

A stretch of an interstate highway in Pennsylvania has reopened days after a snow squall led to a deadly pileup that killed at least three people and injured dozens more

Roll Call

More Republicans have died of COVID-19. Does that mean the polls are off? - Roll Call

“Polls are blunt instruments, not precision instruments,” pollsters remind us. So can they account for the changing demographics of COVID-19?

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