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Pennsylvania: Mike Muhammad

Wed, 10/15/2008 - 14:08

Flush with cash and largely unopposed, Brady helps out Dems

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

U.S. Rep. Bob Brady (D-Philadelphia) has access to loads of campaign cash as chairman of the city's Democratic Party. But with reelection as sure a thing as any, Brady is spreading the money around.

He faces Republican Mike Muhammad in an overwhelmingly Democratic 1st Congressional District, and Muhammad has largely been a no-show on the campaign trail.

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Wed, 05/28/2008 - 18:47

Some Philly races just not up for grabs

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Republicans who run for office in the staunchly Democratic city of Philadelphia are often called sacrificial lambs, providing their time to campaign even though registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 5-1.

Al Taubenberger, the Republican who was thumped by Michael Nutter in last year's mayoral race, admitted as much, often saying he was running to make Nutter a better mayor-and to send a message about the lack of a two-party system in Philadelphia.

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