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A new AARP poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump by 2 points in Pennsylvania with Trump holding an 8-point advantage among voters 50 and older. The poll also showed some close races down ballot for U.S. Senate, state treasurer and attorney general. Mail-in ballots are now available in Pennsylvania and polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Nov. 5. According to AARP, Harris leads Trump 49% to 47% with 2% backing other candidates. Without minor-party candidates included, Harris led 50% to 47%. In the Senate race, Democrat Bob Casey leads Republican challenger...

A Cumberland County man already running for office said Wednesday that he is pivoting to a bigger stage as the shock waves from Eugene DePasquale’s non-candidacy for Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District continue to wash over through the midstate. Rick Coplen, a retired Army officer and current Carlisle school board member residing in Dickinson Township, has become the first - but maybe not the last - to give regional Democrats what they wanted most this week: a candidate to challenge incumbent Rep. Scott Perry, R-York County. “The family meeting to discuss this decision was short and sweet,” Coplen said in announcing...