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Pennsylvania: Daylin Leach

June 19, 2009 - 05:49 pm
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PA Senator Eichelberger: "We’re allowing them [gays] to exist"

By lupinaccim@aol.com (Maria)

Take a good, long look at this guy:

He's Pennsylvania State Senator John Eichelberger (R-PA-30th).

He says he's all about "integrity."

Here's how he defines that:


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(What? Nothing about putting prayer back in schools and kicking out them there foreigners?)

Well, at least we know that he's serious about #4 on his pledge because he introduced an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution to ban same-sex marriage (it's just not good enough for him that PA law already defines marriage as being between a man and a woman).

Eichelberger said in this interview, ''[This is] not an anti-homosexual bill.''

If despite that, you're still somehow convinced that Mr.

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Wed, 11/05/2008 - 12:40

Dems hold Leach's seat in MontCo

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

PLYMOUTH MEETING--The Democrats will keep the seat being vacated by state Rep. Daylin Leach (D-Upper Merion).

Democrat Tim Briggs was projected to romp Republican Lynne Lechter in the 149th Legislative District. With all precincts reporting, Briggs had won almost 62 percent of the vote, beating Lechter, a late addition to the ballot, by more than 7,000 votes.

Briggs said Tuesday night that he would have big shoes to fill, with Leach leaving to take a state Senate seat he won in his own landslide.

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Wed, 11/05/2008 - 02:10

Leach projected to win state Senate seat in a landslide

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

PLYMOUTH MEETING-What Republicans were hoping would be a competitive race for an open state Senate seat in Montgomery County ended in a romp Tuesday night, as state Rep. Daylin Leach (D-Upper Merion) was projected to move to Harrisburg's upper chamber.

With all precincts reporting, Leach was beating Republican Lower Merion Commissioner Lance Rogers by more than 30 points. He had more than 54,000 votes, compared to just over 29,000 for Rogers.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 21:47

Leach, Gerber supporters in festive mood

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

CONSHOHOCKEN--When the first network called Ohio for Barack Obama, it was like the Phillies had won the World Series all over again at the Great American Pub here.

Cheers of delight went up, and the crowd was buoyed.

Supporters of state Reps. Daylin Leach (D-Upper Merion) and Mike Gerber (D-Whitpain) were gathering for a party here, and early returns were making them happy. Gerber was not expected to be seriously challenged by Republican Matt Maguire in the 148th Legislative District.

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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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Sat, 11/01/2008 - 15:59

Leach has Obama campaign sticker on state-owned car

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

In a move that is almost certainly illegal, and definitely ill-advised only months after Bonusgate, state Rep. Daylin Leach (D-Upper Merion) has been sporting a Barack Obama campaign bumper sticker on his taxpayer-provided car, his opponent has pointed out.

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Thu, 10/30/2008 - 21:58

GOP candidate’s fundraising could make for closer-than-expected race in HD-149

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

In a full slate of competitive down-ballot races in Montgomery County, Republican Lynne Lechter's bid for the 149th Legislative District seat has stayed largely under the radar. The attorney and longtime campaign worker only got on the ballot as a write-in after Republican Mike Fiore stepped aside before the April primary. In an increasingly Democratic district, even some local Republicans had ranked her race low on the list of seats they were hoping to capture.

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Wed, 10/29/2008 - 14:35

Big money in MontCo Senate race

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

The race to succeed retiring state Sen. Connie Williams (D-Montgomery) is emerging as a high-stakes, big-money affair, with both candidates turning heads with their robust fundraising hauls and some political insiders seeing a closer-than-expected race developing.

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Mon, 10/27/2008 - 09:35

Rogers, Pileggi get Inquirer endorsements

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

GOP state Senate candidates Lance Rogers and Dominic Pileggi were endorsed by The Inquirer today, joining a growing number of Republicans to win the backing of the traditionally left-leaning editorial page.

Pileggi is the Chester City Republican incumbent running against Democratic challenger John Linder in the 9th Senatorial District. Rogers is challenging state Rep. Daylin Leach (D-Upper Merion) for the 17th District seat being vacated by retiring state Sen. Connie Williams (D-Montgomery).

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Fri, 10/24/2008 - 15:14

Briggs says he can win open MontCo seat without much party help

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

BRYN MAWR-Democrats in Montgomery County have had plenty to keep them busy this election cycle, from working to win the Philadelphia suburbs for Barack Obama to trying to capture at least two state House seats.

So Tim Briggs, who's trying to succeed state Rep. Daylin Leach (D-Upper Merion) in the majority Democratic 149th Legislative District, is more than willing to carry his own water.

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