by Bradley Vasoli | May 19, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary between celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz and former hedge-fund chief executive officer Dave McCormick remains unresolved the day after voters went to the polls. As of Wednesday afternoon, Oz leads McCormick by 1,610 votes out of...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 19, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast
Governor Ned Lamont (D) this week approved the Municipal Accountability Review Board’s (MARB) request to heighten state oversight of the city of West Haven which is alleged to have misspent COVID-19 relief money, but Republican lawmakers are arguing that the move...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 18, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
Pennsylvania Republicans on Tuesday gave State Senator Doug Mastriano (R-Gettysburg) the nod to face state Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D) in the race for governor this year. The Democratic Party also nominated Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) for the Senate seat from...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 17, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
State Representative Seth Grove (R-PA-York) told legislative colleagues on Monday that he will introduce a measure to ease the process by which Pennsylvanians can report voter fraud and other election-related problems. The bill would require the Pennsylvania...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 16, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
A coalition of more than 70 grassroots organizations across Pennsylvania issued a declaration at the state’s Capitol Building in Harrisburg last week urging lawmakers to repeal no-excuse absentee voting. The activists would end a provision of Act 77 of 2019, a law...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 16, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast
Both Democrats and Republicans in Hartford worked for and celebrated the Connecticut gasoline tax suspension that Governor Ned Lamont (D) signed in late March, but new data indicate its effect could be lessening. The center-right Yankee Institute (YI) published an...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 13, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast
Connecticut’s former Public Health Commissioner Renee Coleman-Mitchell filed a lawsuit this week against the state and the Department of Public Health, for Governor Ned Lamont’s (D) decision to fire her in 2020. Her lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 13, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
Lou Barletta picked up two high-profile endorsements in his campaign for Pennsylvania governor on Thursday: newly withdrawn gubernatorial candidate Jake Corman and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA). Corman, who serves as State Senate President Pro Tempore and...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 12, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, this week removed its entry for Kathy Barnette, a U.S. Senate candidate from Pennsylvania, on the basis that she hasn’t established sufficient “notability.” A Fox News contributor, Barnette has over 140,500 Twitter followers as of...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 11, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast
Governor Ned Lamont (D-CT) held a ceremony at the state Capitol Tuesday to celebrate his recent approval of a bill strengthening legal protections for abortionists as well as those seeking to end their pregnancies in Connecticut. The legislation also expands the list...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 11, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
When Jason Killmeyer announced in late winter that he would run for Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District seat, which is currently held by Democrat Conor Lamb, he said he knew he couldn’t run a “paint-by-numbers” campaign. That is, as a political newcomer, he...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 10, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
A new poll shows the GOP primary race for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania continues to be tight, but with Kathy Barnette now inching ahead of David McCormick to reach second place behind Mehmet Oz. Barnette, an army veteran and political commentator, is polling at 23.2...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 9, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
Pennsylvania State Representative Seth Grove (R-York) castigated the state’s Democratic acting secretary of the commonwealth on Saturday for suggesting that stationing Lehigh County detectives at ballot drop boxes will amount to “voter intimidation.” Acting Secretary...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 9, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast
Themis Klarides received the endorsement of the Connecticut Republican Party last week for nomination to unseat Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, but fellow Republicans Leora Levy and Peter Lumaj got sufficient backing at the nominating convention to pursue...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 6, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) on Thursday became the first state leader to sign legislation affirming abortion rights after a news leak revealed that the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision is likely to soon be overturned. The bill provides legal protections to those...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 6, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) indicated Thursday he plans to sign the $24 billion Fiscal Year 2022-23 state budget passed by the Democrat-controlled General Assembly. Democratic representatives and senators likewise hailed the fiscal plan, noting the nearly $600...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 6, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
Some security and foreign policy experts are raising questions about a 2018 photograph showing Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz voting in that year’s Turkish presidential election. Oz holds dual citizenship in in the United States and Turkey; his parents moved...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 5, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
Bill McSwain, a Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor, likes to emphasize his public-service experience – and his distinction as a relative political newcomer. The 53-year old former federal prosecutor and Chester County native hasn’t held elected office,...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 4, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (D), amidst his push for a larger state budget, is welcoming reports of high revenue intake, but Republicans are urging caution in response to the new economic downturn. Data from the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue indicate the...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 4, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast
By a vote of 95-53 on Tuesday, Connecticut’s State House of Representatives approved a 43 percent salary increase for state lawmakers and statewide elected officials. It is the first such pay raise enacted since 2000. Representatives conducted no public hearings on...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
A newly proposed Pennsylvania law would require drunk drivers who cause deadly accidents to pay support to the children of those they killed. State Representative Anthony DeLuca (D-Pittsburgh) is currently seeking co-sponsors in the House of Representatives for the...
