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Pennsylvania: Bob Kerns

Sun, 11/02/2008 - 22:11

Down-ballot races are a high-stakes game for MontCo GOP

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

It's been a tough couple years for the Montgomery County Republican Committee. Registration gains that were already moving in the Democrats' favor accelerated greatly with the excitement over the presidential race. Factions of the party are split, with the two Republican County Commissioners locked in a political feud that has given Democrats more control of local policy, and seats long-held by the GOP seem increasingly in danger.

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Sun, 11/02/2008 - 22:06

MontCo GOP’s voter registration drive stalled early

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

In July, Montgomery County Republican Committee Chairman Bob Kerns took to the steps of the Norristown courthouse to announce an ambitious goal: the party would hire a team of professionals to bring back Republicans who had left the party to participate in the historical Democratic primary a few months earlier.

"We hope to bring the little elephants home," Kerns said at the time. "It's time to come back to the Republican Party."

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Fri, 08/29/2008 - 14:11

MontCo GOP chief blasts Hoeffel for ‘partisan’ comments

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

DENVER-The chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Committee lashed out at County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel today for comments he made during the Democratic convention here this week, calling them a "partisan rant" that necessitated his resignation from the county election board.

In an address to the state delegation Wednesday, reported by PolitickerPa.com, Hoeffel, a former Congressman, celebrated the county's new Democratic majority.

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