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But the Republican is close on the incumbent's heels as far as individual contributions go. Republican 13th District congressional candidate Dee Adcock kept close on the heels of Democratic incumbent Allyson Y. Schwartz when it came to raising individual campaign contributions over the last quarter. However, the three-term incumbent financially clobbered the political novice in securing checks from special interest groups. The campaign committee for Adcock, an Abington businessman, raised $147,630 in contributions from July 1 through Sept. 30, according to its campaign expense report filed last Friday. Of the $147,630, $135,410 came from individual contributors while another $12,120 came...

Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-6) dropped out of the race for governor Thursday, drastically shuffling the political landscape and effectively making state Attorney General Tom Corbett the GOP’s presumptive nominee. Gerlach’s made his announcement in a statement late Thursday afternoon as rumors of his impending withdrawal swirled among party insiders. While there was widespread speculation that he would seek reelection to Congress, his four paragraph statement only alluded to a vow to “continue public service.” “I entered the race for Governor in order to continue my public service, put forth new ideas for creating jobs, protecting our taxpayers, families and seniors...

Listening to the debate on the floor today, it was clear that Democrats considered it a moral and ideological obligation to pass this bill—consequences be damned. The leadership is congratulating itself now—Pelosi is already the greatest speaker of all time apparently—but there's a tough rough ahead in the Senate. Pelosi could lose 39 votes. Reid can't lose any. Passage in the House definitely creates more pressure on Reid to get it done, but the slender margin—despite the size of the Democratic majority in the House and all the arm-twisting and deal-making (what did Cao get?)—has to make Senate moderates even...

PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION CENTRAL Fellow Pennsylvanians, if we are going to make a difference in the upcoming election, we need to KNOW the candidates. Please post the names of ALL your Congressional candidates on this thread along with any and all information available. We need names, positions, platforms, news articles, statements, pictures. We need to separate the RINOS from the Conservatives, and most of all, we need to get the liberals of either party OUT!We can do this if you help. I have started this thread. All you have to do is contribute a little time and a little research....

I created it online from a banner manufacturer for $65 including shipping. I live on a busy street in Abington, PA. My congresscritter is Allyson Schwartz. I'd say the area is 60/40 democrap. I will prolly take the banner down at night in case of theft. I want to get more banners to hang on my fence. Any suggestions of what to print are appreciated.

Brian Haughton is a small business owner and Philadelphia firefighter on leave of absence from the job he loves. Brian will be in to discuss his run to become the United States Congressman representing Pennsylvania 13. Thomas Joscelyn contributes at The Weekly Standard and joins us to discuss 9/11 hijacker recruiter Mohamedou Slahi, who a federal judge has ordered released, and Abdul Hafiz who is back fighting alongside the Taliban after President Obama released him on December 19th. Freedom Radio is an online, Sunday evening Internet radio show that airs 8 to 10 PM Eastern time. Here is tonight's show...

CQ Politics February 19,2009 Lobbying Firm's Capitol Hill Connections This chart lists members of the House who secured earmarks for clients of The PMA Group in the fiscal 2008 defense appropriations law, which was enacted in 2007. It shows the value of earmarks for projects requested only by that one lawmaker, those requested jointly with another lawmaker, and whether The PMA Group's political action committee or its employees gave that House member campaign money between 2001 and 2008. Full Story Bold = Member Did Not Receive PMA Money between 2001 and 2008 * = No Longer Serving in the House...

Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA): "We ought to look at all income, both earned and unearned. And that's the fairest way to do it."

Here is a video report and some clips on a raucous Town Hall Meeting faced by Democrat Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Despite efforts by supports of Wasserman Schultz to stake out most of the seats inside, some opponents of ObamaCare managed to get inside and let their voices be heard.

No longer content to stand on the sidelines, the Republican hopes to battle Allyson Schwartz in November. First of three profiles of the candidates for the 13th Congressional District Republican nomination. Dee Adcock last spring would sit in his Abington home, talking to the television and griping about the federal bailout of the car industry and "so-called" reform of the health care industry. "As I see it, if you think government will solve all your problems, you are sadly mistaken," explained Adcock. "These programs went against all my core beliefs, ones instilled in me by my parents and ones that...

Vote for JobsGood ideas in this video for anyone supporting a candidate who is a businessman running to shake up the Washington establishment.

Montgomery County Republicans on Monday night tapped an Abington businessman to carry their party's standard in this year's effort to topple three-term Democratic incumbent Allyson Y. Schwartz from her 13th District congressional seat. With six candidates battling, it took some 300 GOP committee members and proxy voters to award their endorsement to Dee Adcock, 58, who heads one of the biggest independent swimming pool suppliers in the country. Adcock fought off a determined bid by Dr. Damian Dachowski, a 47-year-old dentist from Lower Moreland and a member of the county health board. While only one vote separated the pair in...