With President Donald Trump’s popularity among working-class voters, could a Republican win a special election to fill an Allegheny County seat? The recent death of Rep. Matt Gergely in state House District 35 leaves the lower chamber evenly split at 101-101. Speaker Joanna McClinton (D-Philadelphia) has scheduled a special election […]
36th Senate district special election pits Parsons against Malone
The political parties have made their choices and the field is set for the special election on March 25 in Pennsylvania’s 36th Senatorial District. After the departure of Sen. Ryan Aument to become state director for U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, the respective parties selected their nominees in votes by the county GOP […]
Will Sunday and Trump spell trouble for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office?
In the last two weeks of his administration, then-President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian honor, to Democratic megadonor George Soros. While the 94-year old billionaire was not able to attend, his son Alex Soros, recently engaged to Hillary Clinton deputy Huma Abedin, accepted […]
Philly Dems opt not to endorse in District Attorney race
Philadelphia’s Democratic ward leaders voted last night to not endorse a candidate in this year’s contest for District Attorney, turning their back on current office holder Larry Krasner. It is the second time in four years that the group has opted to rebuff the progressive incumbent and the second consecutive […]
GOP voter activist Scott Presler has a new target: the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Scott Presler, the GOP voting registration activist who helped flip several Pennsylvania county voter rolls from Democratic to Republican majority — ultimately helping elect President-elect Donald Trump — now has a new target: the state Supreme Court. Sometimes known as the “Pied Piper of GOP voter registration,” Presler is campaigning […]
Craig Yeomans: Look to 2025 for Philadelphia’s homicide count to really go down
Violent crime has dropped, but it has nothing to do with Larry Krasner’s progressive utopian visions paying off.
By Craig Yeomans