Posted on 02/08/2010 2:24:03 PM PST by Smogger
The death of longtime Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha (D) this afternoon will set off a special election in his very competitive western Pennsylvania 12th district.
According to state law, the governor has ten days once the vacancy is officially declared to decide on the date for the special election, which can come no sooner than 60 days following that proclamation.
That likely means the special election will be held on May 18, which is the date already set for federal primaries around the state. (Special elections costs the state huge sums of money and it's likely that Gov. Ed Rendell will choose to go with an already established election day to save some cash.)
Murtha's passing comes at a tenuous time for House Democrats as they seek to convince some of their older members to re-up for another term in the face of what looks to be a difficult national political environment for the party.
To date, 12 Democrats -- including long-serving Members like John Tanner and Bart Gordon (both of Tennessee) -- are calling it quits at the end of the year. Sixteen Republicans are retiring at the end of the 111th Congress although just four of them are leaving office entirely; the other dozen are running for higher offices like Senate or governor.
Murtha, 77, had held his seat with ease since 1974 even as it became increasingly more competitive between the two parties. The only semi-serious challenge to him in recent years came in a redistricting-forced primary race against then Rep. Frank Mascara in 2002, which Murtha won easily.
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They need to honor the Fat Traitor like they honored teh Fat Swimmer after he croaked.
In order to prevent myself from having this deleted or getting banned... I’ll just state that this will be another GOP gain and leave it at that...
Praying that he will receive his just reward.
Remember Thumper’s mother, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”
Guess that’s all I have to say about Murthabutt.
I will continue praying for the Republic.
This is gonna make the Cornhusker Kickback look honest by comparison. This Democrat candidate is going to have support from the highest party authorities to promise the voters ANYTHING that would keep the Murtha pork flowing to Johnstown.
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I've already forgotten what honors the Submarine Commander got when he fizzled.
Hmmm, with a special election PA may just get a Republican in there!
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I know that pervert who loves to talk about showering with his staff O’Reilly will be looking for people on free republic to show how evil the right was after the passing on John Murtha cause the guy never lived in PA but quite frankly I don’t care he doesn’t realize what a corrupt fat traitor the guy was from his real estate deals with John Mccain for his buddies in Vietnam to his kickbacks him and Paul Kanjorski where taking. I pray for his family but the man was just a bad dude.
I was wondering when the first comment of this would hit here.....saw it on Drudge an hour ago...my thought? Marines all over the world breathe a sigh of relief and sleep easier this night.....I hope he can find Teddy in Hell.
Remember Thumper’s mother, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”
Hitler loved his dog.
Check that O’Reilly lived in Scranton which us in Pennsylvania have been embarrassed about for years anyway.
The voters in his district be lovin that pork. The state may have gone Palin/McCain by 12 in ‘08, but the voters in PA-12 went for the bloated Pinko by 16%.
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