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Pennsylvania: Jim Matthews

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 17:57

Brother would be 'stunned beyond words' if Chris Matthews ran for Senate

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Stop speculating: Chris Matthews isn't running for U.S. Senate. At least that's what his brother told PolitickerPA.com.

Jim Matthews was left with that strong impression after speaking with the MSNBC host when he returned from a two-week vacation in Jamaica.

"There's no hint of him running for office," Jim Matthews told PolitickerPA.com in an interview Monday. "That's 1,000 percent true."

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Sat, 12/13/2008 - 14:21

Matthews on Matthews: Chris didn’t want to be the ‘peacock’ in the room

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

NEW YORK -- Don't read too much into Chris Matthews' absence from this weekend's Pennsylvania Society and what it means for a possible 2010 U.S. Senate run, according to his brother Jim Matthews.

The Montgomery County commissioner told PolitickerPA.com Saturday that his brother didn't want to be the "peacock" in the room.

"It's a signal he didn't want to be the focus of any more news stories," Jim Matthews said.

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Tue, 11/18/2008 - 15:21

MontCo GOP censures its renegade commissioner

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Continuing a bitter feud that has hampered the party for almost a year, the Montgomery County Republican Committee on Tuesday formally censured County Commissioner Jim Matthews for his alliance with Democratic County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel.

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Sun, 10/12/2008 - 22:06

More speculation over Matthews' possible 2010 run

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

It's a safe bet that everytime MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews schmoozes with local politicians from now on, people will wonder if he's getting ready for his rumored 2010 Senate run against Arlen Specter.

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Tue, 09/02/2008 - 15:15

Chris Matthews '25 percent' likely to run for Senate, brother says

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Rumors of a potential Senate run for MSNBC host Chris Matthews have been the buzz of Pennsylvania politics for the last several months.

His brother Jim Matthews, a Republican commissioner in Montgomery County, told PolitickerPA.com Tuesday that those hoping for such a campaign shouldn't hold their breath.

Jim Matthews pegged his brothers chances at running against U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Philadelphia) at 25 percent.

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Tue, 09/02/2008 - 14:33

Jim Matthews says 'of course' he'd vote for his brother in 2010

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Montgomery County Republican Commissioner Jim Matthews said comments he made earlier Tuesday that he would support his brother, MSNBC host Chris Matthews, over U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Philadelphia) in a potential 2010 Senate matchup have been blown out of proportion.

The remarks drew criticism from the conservative blog GrassrootsPA.com, where many of the site's readers questioned why Matthews was even labeled a Republican anymore.

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Tue, 07/22/2008 - 13:35

MontCo GOP chief: ‘Door is open’ for Matthews

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

NORRISTOWN - While announcing a voter registration drive he hopes will bring recently departed Republicans back to the GOP, Montgomery County Republican Committee Chairman Robert Kerns took an opportunity to again invite back the party's most high-profile defector: County Commissioner Jim Matthews.

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Wed, 07/09/2008 - 14:07

Locked out of power, MontCo commissioner keeps pushing

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

It's been a frustrating six months for Republican Bruce Castor. The former Montgomery County District Attorney was elected to a county commissioner's seat last year, but he had barely taken office when he found himself cut off from political power, the victim of a bipartisan power-sharing agreement between his two colleagues.

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