Posted on 05/20/2010 12:15:26 PM PDT by Born Conservative
Pennsylvania, the center of the political universe this week, will again garner outsized attention in this fall’s midterm elections.
Though Tuesday’s House primaries were greatly overshadowed by the nationally significant victories of Rep. Joe Sestak in the Democratic Senate primary and of Mark Critz (D) in the 12th district special election, they did set up some key November matchups in the quintessentially competitive Keystone State. Click here to learn more!
Roll Call’s current House race ratings include 10 of Pennsylvania’s 19 districts as among the 104 districts that will hold competitive elections this fall — the most in any state.
“Pennsylvania will be the ultimate bellwether this year, because we have more competitive congressional seats than any other state in the union,” said Charlie Gerow, a Pennsylvania-based Republican strategist. “Pennsylvania is, it’s fair to say in the red-blue continuum, a very purple state right now.”
The 10 districts at stake include eight Democratic-held districts where the odds of a Republican takeover range from serious to long shot. A strong showing in Pennsylvania is vital to Republicans’ efforts to make the net gain of 40 seats needed to capture the majority.
“Pennsylvania will play a key role this fall because there are several GOP pickup opportunities stretching from Erie to the Philadelphia suburbs,” said Tory Mazzola, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
The GOP effort to build momentum ahead of November suffered a setback Tuesday, when Critz defeated businessman Tim Burns (R) by an unexpectedly large 8-point margin in the race to succeed the late Rep. John P. Murtha (D).
Shripal Shah, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, suggested that Critz’s victory augurs well for Democrats outside the 12th district.
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Ping
yes which is why we are doomed
frickin Critz winning really ticked me off
now Sestak is ahead
Toomey will pull it out. Sestak got a temporary bump because he took out Arlan. I figure in the next two weeks Sestak will see his support falling back. Toomey’s job now is to let PA know who he is and set out with a campaign similiar to Bob McDonnell here in VA. Build on the ideas of fiscal responsibility, cutting government, and creating jobs by getting the federal government off our backs. Sestak is going to have to run on Obamacare, TARP, and the Obama agenda which he supports. The PA electorate doesn’t support any of those things the way it stands today.
Here is the first ad of the General Election from Toomey:
http://weeklystandard.com/blogs/toomey-hits-sestak-tarp-obamacare-first-general-election-ad
ping
i have been rooting for Toomey since i first heard of him
i really like him and hope he becomes the next PA senator.
good luck to you guys hope you pull it through!
Sestak doesn't need the PA electorate. Democrats win Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs; the rest of the state just happens to come along with it. If Sestak can run up big margins there then he's the next Senator. If he can't then Toomey is.
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