Every election has a post-mortem. Depending upon your list of priorities, yours might not match your neighbor’s. In my case, I viewed November 5th through the lens of abortion, immigration and election integrity, so neither of the two major party candidates was a perfect fit. One promised mass deportations, the […]
Christine Flowers: My new best friends
Like most Pennsylvanians with a cell phone, I was surprised at how popular I’d become over the past few months. It’s not that I’m a hermit. I have a healthy circle of friends. But in August, my phone started getting messages from people I must have met in the past, […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: McCormick is the leader Pennsylvania needs
The first time I met Dave McCormick was at a picnic in Downingtown in 2022. He arrived with his wife, Dina, and they were dressed in campaign casual attire. After some handshakes and smiles, he worked his way over to the food set up on picnic tables. He quickly grabbed […]
Joe Picozzi unseats Philadelphia State Sen. Dillon
In early returns, Republican challenger Joe Picozzi appears to have unseated Sen. Jimmy Dillon (D-Philadelphia) at 52 to 48 percent with all but 10 precincts reporting. Picozzi grew up in Somerton and is an Eagle Scout who Councilman Brian O’Neill appointed to serve on the Philadelphia Youth Commission. He had […]
Kyle Sammin: Dave McCormick won. Bob Casey should not drag the state through a pointless recount.
The race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania was tight. The race between Dave McCormick and Bob Casey was even tighter. But at the end of the day, both Republicans were leading by an amount unlikely to be overturned. By this afternoon, that “unlikely” is becoming “impossible.” Casey’s […]
In Pennsylvania, Trump takes ‘the whole ball of wax’
“God spared my life for a reason,” Trump said during a victory speech early Wednesday. “And that reason was to save our country.”
By Christen Smith
Republicans on verge of sweeping statewide row offices
(The Center Square) – Republican candidates for attorney general, treasurer and auditor general are on the edge of victory in Pennsylvania. Treasurer Stacy Garrity and Auditor General Tim DeFoor will likely return to office in January after clinching 52 percent and 51 percent of the vote, respectively, with 90 percent […]
Bellwethers — What to watch for on election night
We in Pennsylvania have been in the political bullseye since the 2024 presidential campaign began. Tonight, Pennsylvanians will join the rest of the nation in parsing early returns to try to see who will come out on top. Patrick Ruffini at The Intersection has a list of lists highlighting counties […]
Court controversy didn’t keep Bucks County voters from turning out for early vote
Bucks County’s election problems have become national news, but the spotlight didn’t chase local voters away. Instead, they waited in long lines Friday, the last day of additional early mail-in voting that a judge had ordered. The ruling came after the Trump campaign filed a lawsuit against Bucks County, which […]
Kyle Sammin: Anti-Trump conservatives should consider the past and the future
Joseph Wheeler graduated from West Point in 1859, joined the Confederate Army in 1861, and soon found himself a major general of cavalry. When the war ended, he returned to civilian life (including twenty years in Congress) but when the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Wheeler asked to rejoin […]