Republican Leader Credits Trump's Response For Winning Support Allegheny County Republican leader praises Trump's courage and resilience in response to assassination attempt. Top News · Jul 20, 2024
Pennsylvania governor’s voter registration change draws Trump’s ire in echo of 2020 election clashes Donald Trump has Pennsylvania’s voting rules in his sights, and it's a familiar target The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023
Keystone clash: DeSantis-Trump battle already taking shape in 'most important' swing state PITTSBURGH — With a loud crowd in Pittsburgh thrusting signs in the air, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took to the stage at the Downtown hotel and stirred the people to their feet with calls to "make Pennsylvania free" and "put on the full armor of God." Tribune News Service · Nov 22, 2022
Mehmet Oz relies on his personal story to rebuff critics' 'out-of-touch millionaire' mantra PITTSBURGH — In a race defined by the authenticity of two vastly different candidates, Republican U.S. Senate contender Mehmet Oz, deemed an out-of-touch millionaire by his eager critics, is leaning into his own story to audiences across the state, warning that the American dream that propelled him to a long… Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022
Pa. Republicans are gaining on Democrats in registered voters. What that really means PHILADELPHIA — A local Republican Party in Southwestern Pennsylvania has a quote attributed to Samuel Adams on its website: “It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 2, 2022
Thousands of Pa. Democrats are leaving for the Republican Party. No one seems sure why PITTSBURGH — A significant number of voters in Western Pennsylvania are leaving the Democratic Party to become Republicans ahead of the 2022 midterms, a trend that's taken shape over several years and has both parties split on what the reason for the pattern is. Tribune News Service · Aug 2, 2022
Did Pa. gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano play a role in Trump’s fake elector plot? Campaign remains silent PHILADELPHIA — Two competing versions of state Sen. Doug Mastriano’s role in Donald Trump’s fake elector scheme emerged this week. Mastriano, now the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, has yet to clear it up. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 27, 2022
How Pa.'s Senate race between Fetterman and Oz could play out HARRISBURG, Pa. — The matchup is finally set: Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman will face Republican Mehmet Oz in the November election, in what's expected to be one of the most-watched and expensive Senate races in U.S. history. Tribune News Service · Jun 6, 2022
Pa. GOP loudly opposed counting undated ballots, until now When Philadelphia’s election board prepared to count ballots last year that were mailed-in without the voter’s handwritten date, Republicans threatened impeachment The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2022
For Pennsylvania GOP, no turning back in bid as party leaders back Doug Mastriano for governor PITTSBURGH — Having survived a last-ditch effort by some GOP officials to assemble around an alternative to his candidacy, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, may soon reap the reward: a united front in his battle against Democrat Josh Shapiro. Tribune News Service · May 23, 2022
Ted Cruz vouches for David McCormick's conservatism, potential to win US Senate nod in Western Pa. visit Hypothesizing that if Republicans lose Pennsylvania this November, they'll "lose the country," U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, in a visit to Carnegie on Thursday night, said Senate candidate Dave McCormick won't just win the general election if he's the GOP's nominee, but he'll govern as a true conservative in Washington. Tribune News Service · May 13, 2022
Gubernatorial race has high stakes when it comes to how Pennsylvanians will be able to vote PITTSBURGH — If this year's election puts a Republican in the Pennsylvania governor's office, next year's election — and those that come after it for at least four years — may look drastically different. Tribune News Service · May 9, 2022