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Pennsylvania: Lou Barletta

Wed, 12/31/2008 - 11:55

PolitickerPA.com’s Winners and Losers of 2008

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

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

In politics, it's all about who's up and who's down. And between a historic presidential election, competitive down-ballot races and the corruption trial of a political icon, there was plenty of movement in Pennsylvania politics this year.

PolitickerPA.com looks back at the biggest winners and losers of 2008.

WINNERS

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Wed, 11/19/2008 - 16:20

After a narrow loss, Barletta unsure whether he’ll run again in 2010

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Two weeks after narrowly losing his bid for Congress, Republican Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta says he's not even thinking about whether or not he'll try again-yet.

"I haven't given that any thought at all right now," he told PolitickerPA.com in a phone interview Wednesday. "I'm going to just sit back and take a little time at all to reflect and then relax after a hard-fought campaign."

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Wed, 11/05/2008 - 13:04

Lackawanna, Monroe counties carried Kanjorski to victory

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

In the end, it was two counties that propelled U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski to a 13th term in Congress Tuesday night. The Nanticoke Democrat lost three of the five counties in the hotly-contested 11th Congressional District, some by wide margins.

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Wed, 11/05/2008 - 00:17

Kanjorski hangs on, dashing GOP’s best hope of picking up a seat

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Nanticoke) was elected to a 13th term in Congress Tuesday night, holding off a fierce challenge from Republican Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta and dashing Republican hopes that the man widely considered the most vulnerable Democrat in Congress could be picked off in a bad year for the GOP.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 19:22

Barletta spokesman says returns could take a while

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

People waiting for the results of Pennsylvania's most competitive Congressional race may need to a wait a bit, Shawn Kelly says.

Kelly, the campaign spokesman for Republican Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, said the combination of paper ballots in Lackawanna County and lines potentially stretching past the official poll-closing time could make for late returns.

"It could be a long night," Kelly told PolitickerPA.com by phone.

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Mon, 11/03/2008 - 14:02

Roll Call poll has Kanjorski down 6 only hours before Election Day

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

It's official: Every independent poll since the summer has shown longtime U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Nanticoke) as the rare Democrat on the path to defeat.

The latest poll comes from SurveyUSA on behalf of Roll Call (subscription only), and finds Kanjorski trailing Republican Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta by 6 points, 51 percent to 45 percent.

Echoing other political forecasts, Roll Call says Kanjorski "could be the most vulnerable House Democrat in the country."

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Sat, 11/01/2008 - 15:26

UPDATED: Bill Clinton to campaign for Kanjorski Monday

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

The day before the toughest political battle of his career, U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Nanticoke) will get an assist from former President Bill Clinton.

Clinton is scheduled to campaign for Kanjorski Monday afternoon at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre.

Kanjorski, the longtime incumbent facing Republican Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta in the 11th Congressional District, is considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats in Congress.

UPDATE: The Kanjorski campaign now says the event will take place Monday evening, not afternoon, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m.

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Thu, 10/30/2008 - 22:12

Kanjorski to hop on Obama bus tour today

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Nanticoke) will join Gov. Ed Rendell on his cross-state bus tour Friday to campaign for Barack Obama.

Kanjorski, who is running against Republican Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta in the 11th Congressional District, could no doubt use the face time with his own constituents. He is considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats in Congress.

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Tue, 10/28/2008 - 00:07

Hazleton immigration appeal could give Barletta a last-minute boost

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

The issue that lent national prominent to Republican Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta could prove to be a late boost to his Congressional election prospects. Barletta, who is challenging longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Nanticoke) in the 11th Congressional District, made national headlines in 2006 for pushing local ordinance to crackdown on illegal immigrants.

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Sun, 10/26/2008 - 16:33

Fact-checker takes issue with Barletta ad

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

The increasingly prominent Factcheck.org has called out an an advertisement by GOP Congressional candidate Lou Barletta.

Fact-check notes that the ad by Barletta, who is running against U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski in the 11th Congressional District, distorts the amount of campaign contributions Kanjorski received from banks and the impact of de-regulation legislation he sponsored.

See the analysis here.

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