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Ridge to join Swann's campaign By David M. Brown TRIBUNE-REVIEW Republican gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann hopes to get a boost by adding former Gov. Tom Ridge, a heavy hitter in Pennsylvania politics, to his campaign team.

Third and Long Lynn Swann's substance-free campaign. by Salena Zito Pittsburgh LYNN SWANN, Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, walked into the room and instantly owned it. He was among five hundred or so guests attending a March fundraiser for Senator Rick Santorum with George W. Bush as the headliner. But it was Swann who was the man of the moment, rubbing elbows with Pittsburgh's elite in the tony suburban neighborhood of Sewickley, where he happens to live.

Gov. Rendell holds a lopsided lead over Republican challenger Lynn Swann among black voters, according to an independent poll released yesterday. The Democratic incumbent continues to hold a double-digit lead among 1,354 registered voters, who favored him over the Pro Football Hall-of-Famer 47 percent to 37 percent, the Quinnipiac University poll found. Among a smaller sample of 451 black voters, 74 percent supported Rendell, who is white. Swann, who is in line to become the first African American to be nominated for Pennsylvania governor by either major party, was preferred by 12 percent. Another 12 percent were undecided. The telephone...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. Ed Rendell led his Republican challenger, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Lynn Swann, in a statewide poll released Wednesday and held a particularly lopsided lead among black voters.

Rendell's bulging war chest swamps Swann By David M. Brown TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Rendell's report showed the Democratic incumbent with about $15.5 million, compared with $1.5 million in Swann's war chest.

Lynn Swann Does Not Deserve To Be In the Hall of Fame by Chris Bowers, Mon Apr 03, 2006 at 02:30:42 PM EST Does Lynn Swann, Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania and retired wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, deserve to be in the pro football Hall of Fame? When hearing this question for the first time, I imagine that most fans of professional football will probably say yes. The first thing that will probably come to their minds are the endlessly repeated replays of two or three spectacular catches he made during a Super Bowl game. However, a...

Lynn Swann launched his campaign amid the artifacts of the Heinz History Center. Now, the man who would be the state's first African-American governor hopes to reshape the patterns of political history. On its cross-state announcement tour, the Swann campaign made its Philadelphia debut not in the city's Republican suburbs, the largest trove of GOP votes in the state, but at the Hope Mission Ministries, a community center in an inner city neighborhood that probably hadn't voted for a Republican in Mr. Swann's lifetime. Aides said the stop demonstrated their ability to challenge Democratic incumbent Ed Rendell for the votes...

Black vote could decide state's gubernatorial race By David M. Brown TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, February 27, 2006 Although blacks make up only about 10 percent of Pennsylvania's population, they could become a critical bloc of voters in deciding the race for governor between incumbent Democrat Ed Rendell, who is white, and Republican challenger Lynn Swann, who hopes to become the state's first black governor.

With the field reduced to two players, the latest Rasmussen Reports election poll shows Democratic Governor Ed Rendell narrowly leading Republican Lynn Swann, the former Pittsburgh Steeler, 46% to 43%.

I'm in a discussion with a lib who is making an issue out of Swann's spotty voting pattern. I made the comment that he seems to have a record similar to Edwards. He wants verification and I can't find a thing. My recollection is that Edwards either was not registered or voted rarely before he ran for the Senate.

DNC: Swann Recites Republican Rhetoric on African-American Outreach 2/13/2006 7:06:00 PM To: State Desk Contact: Damien LaVera of the Democratic National Committee, 202-863-8148; Web: http://www.democrats.org WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- This weekend, in a desperate attempt to distract Pennsylvanians from the Republican Party's failure to address the needs of African-American families, Republican gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann challenged Democrats' commitment to African-Americans. On ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Swann argued that "The Democratic Party has had a stronghold over the minority votes for a long time. I think they're misrepresented." Swann's remarks come less than one week after the...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann said in a televised interview Sunday that he would sign legislation banning abortion in the state if the U.S. Supreme Court ever voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. ''I would sign — if the legislation came to me, I would sign it,'' Swann said during an appearance on ABC News' ''This Week with George Stephanopoulos.'' In a wide-ranging interview that provided some of the most detailed insight yet into his policy positions, the National Football League Hall of Famer also said he'd support a constitutional amendment now before the state Legislature that would define marriage...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Bill Scranton dropped out of the governor's race Tuesday after it became clear that Republican Party leaders planned to endorse former Pittsburgh Steelers star Lynn Swann for the nomination. Swann is seeking to become Pennsylvania's first black governor. Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell is running for a second term in November. Swann had locked up more than enough unofficial support to win the endorsement of GOP leaders Saturday. The GOP primary is set for May 16. Scranton, a wealthy businessman and former lieutenant governor whose father, Wiliam, was governor in the 1960s, said in a statement that he...

Scranton has dropped out of the gubernatorial race, making Lynn Swann a virtual lock for the endorsement, without a primary. No link just yet, it was breaking news on the TV broadcast.