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Pennsylvania: Greg Hopkins

Mon, 11/17/2008 - 11:39

DeWeese bowing out of majority leader race?

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

State Rep. Bill DeWeese (D-Greene County) said in an interview with The Observer-Reporter last week that he will not run for re-election as majority leader.

He'll vie for majority whip instead, he told the paper, while supporting state Rep. Todd Eachus (D-Luzerne County) for his old position.

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Wed, 11/05/2008 - 09:51

DeWeese calls Hopkins 'empty suit'

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

WAYNESBURG -- Just minutes late Thursday night after securing a victory most thought wouldn't happen a few months ago, Bill DeWeese had a few parting shots for his Republican opponent Greg Hopkins.

Hopkins, whom he narrowly defeated in 2006, ran an "aggressive, abrasive" campaign, the House Majority Leader told reporters as throngs of supporters celebrated around him.

But when people scrutinized him they realized they didn't like what they saw.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 21:40

DeWeese camp excited by early results

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

WAYNESBURG -- Preliminary early voting results in the 50th Legislative District show House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese winning several precincts he lost in 2006, including some areas of Waynesburg, a population center in the district.

He faces Republican Greg Hopkins in a rematch of a 2006 contest he won by little more than a 1,000 votes.

DeWeese supporters gathered at this election night headquarters are overwhelmingly positive about his chances tonight. 

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Mon, 11/03/2008 - 15:01

DeWeese 'cautiously optimistic' about re-election bid

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese (D-Greene County) told PolitickerPA.com in a brief interview Monday that he's more confident about his re-election chances Tuesday than he was two years ago.

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Wed, 10/22/2008 - 08:16

PolitickerPA.com’s Top 5 most competitive state House races

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

This article is by Dan Hirschhorn in Philadelphia and Alex Roarty in Harrisburg.

With Election Day less than two weeks away, PolitickerPA.com turned to resident political insiders to help determine which state House races are the most competitive in Pennsylvania. As Democrats try to expand their narrow majority, Republicans try to take back control of the chamber and candidates throughout the state encounter changing demographics in the electorate, there is no shortage of tightly-contested races.

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Mon, 10/20/2008 - 15:47

DeWeese ad hits Hopkins over 'welfare society' remarks

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

The campaign for House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese (D-Greene County) has released a new TV ad that criticizes remarks made by his opponent, Greg Hopkins, when he said the 50th Legislative District "has become sort of a welfare society" during a debate.

The 30-second spot, which the campaign said will air on cable and Pittsburgh network TV, starts by describing Hopkins as an outsider who has worked in Indianapolis, New York and California.

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Mon, 10/13/2008 - 13:18

W&J professor thinks DeWeese safe

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

A surge in voter turnout and success at the top of the Democratic ticket will likely propel House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese (D-Greene County) to re-election despite last week's bombshell testimony from the longtime incumbent's former chief of staff, a southwest Pennsylvania political science professor tells PolitickerPA.com.

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Thu, 10/09/2008 - 11:20

Does Manzo's accusation give Hopkins a leg up? Not according to DeWeese

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

The shocking accusations from his former chief of staff that Bill DeWeese knew about illegal bonuses paid to caucus staffers for working on campaigns ignited a palpable buzz in the Capitol that could be felt from lobbyist scurrying in the rotunda to TV cameras focusing on the majority leader's office.

But the most pertinent question this fall isn't how Michael Manzo's "Bonusgate" testimony will affect Harrisburg.

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Wed, 10/08/2008 - 16:39

DeWeese calls allegations false, says Manzo has changed story

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

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Embattled House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese fired back at a former aide's accusation that he knew about illegal bonuses paid to House Democratic staffers, calling the accuser a "desperate, disgruntled former employee."

Michael Manzo, DeWeese's former chief of staff, made the explosive testimony Wednesday morning at a Dauphin County courthouse.

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Mon, 09/15/2008 - 13:08

New ad strikes DeWeese at home

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1738|title=House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=280]Young Conservatives of Pennsylvania has aired a new radio ad in House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese's (D-Greene County) district that takes aim at the incumbent for halting seven reform bills approved unanimously by the state Senate.

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