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Pennsylvania: Nick Miccarelli

Wed, 12/17/2008 - 11:51

Miccarelli could draw 3 paychecks while in Iraq

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

While serving in Iraq over the coming year, state Representative-elect Nick Miccarelli is likely to draw three government paychecks: one for fulfilling his National Guard duty, and two more for his two elected posts.

Before Miccarelli was elected to the state House last month, he was also a Ridley Park Borough Councilman. He has signaled his intention to keep both jobs while in Iraq, where he will serve as a machine-gunner on a Chinook transport helicopter.

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Wed, 12/17/2008 - 11:29

DelCo Dem chairman says Miccarelli, bound for Iraq, should resign state House seat

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Almost immediately after talking office as state Representative for Delaware County's 162nd Legislative District next month, Republican Nick Miccarelli will head to Iraq with his Pennsylvania National Guard unit, effectively leaving the district without representation in Harrisburg for much of his first two-year term.

Delaware County Democratic leader Cliff Wilson says that's unfair to voters. Though Democrats take pains to make clear that they admire and are grateful for Miccarelli's military service, some, including Wilson, think Miccarelli should step aside.

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Thu, 12/11/2008 - 17:12

Miccarelli to be deployed to Iraq

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Newly elected state Rep. Nick Miccarelli (R-Delaware County) said Thursday he has been told he will deploy to Iraq with the Pennsylvania National Guard until early 2010.

"As a member of the Armed Services, I knew the possibility of deployment always existed," Miccarelli said in a statement. "I made that possibility very clear when I was running for this office, and now that it is coming to pass, I would ask the people of the 162nd District for their understanding and support until I return."

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Wed, 11/05/2008 - 00:53

Miccarelli projected to win DelCo state House race; DeFrancisco concedes

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Republican Nick Miccarelli was projected to handily win the open 162nd Legislative District seat Tuesday night, succeeding his former boss and retiring state Rep. Ron Raymond (R-Delaware).

With more than 95 percent of precincts reporting, Miccarelli led Democrat John DeFrancisco by about 15 points, or 4,000 votes. Though DeFrancisco had not yet called Miccarelli late Tuesday night, a campaign spokesman said later that he conceded.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 18:49

DeFrancisco on running in a conservative-leaning district

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

GLENOLDEN--Even though the Philadelphis suburbs have become increasingly Democratic in recent years, Delaware County remains a conservative-leaning area. It is in this electoral climate that Democrat John DeFrancisco hopes to win a state House seat.

PolitickerPA.com caught up with DeFrancisco today, and asked him how we would overcome that demographic hurdle in his bid to represent the 162nd Legislative District.

See his answer below.

DeFrancisco is running against Republican Nick Miccarelli.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 18:46

Miccarelli on the support of Ron Raymond

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

RIDLEY PARK--Republican state House candidate Nick Miccarelli's biggest supporter in the 162nd Legislative District is the retiring incumbent.

PolitickerPA.com caught up with Miccarelli today and asked what it meant to have the backing of state Rep. Ron Raymond (R-Delaware).

See his answer below.

Miccarelli, Raymond's former chief of staff, is running against Democrat John DeFrancisco.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 15:25

Big turnout and compact district means lots of voters to meet for DeFrancisco and Miccarelli

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

RIDLEY PARK-John DeFrancisco and Nick Miccarelli both said they had been to about two-dozen precincts each. And it was barely 1 p.m.

DeFrancisco, a Democrat, and Miccarelli, a Republican, are vying to replace retiring state Rep. Ron Raymond (R-Delaware) in the 162nd Legislative District. It's a compact area, which includes Ridley Park, Glenolden, Norwood and Prospect Park, and with turnout that the candidates variously described as "huge" and "astronomical," there are plenty of voters to glad-hand.

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Sun, 11/02/2008 - 14:46

DeFrancisco’s campaign launch may have violated election law

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

The Department of State, Boeing and the company's local union are investigating whether a campaign kick-off event held by Democratic state House candidate John DeFrancisco may have violated campaign finance law regarding corporate campaign contributions.

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Fri, 10/31/2008 - 17:53

Money race signals a close contest in HD-162

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

In another sign that the race to succeed retiring state Rep. Ron Raymond (R-Delaware) will be a tight one, the two 162nd Legislative candidates are close to even in their recent fundraising efforts.

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Tue, 10/28/2008 - 15:25

Blaming his opponent, DeFrancisco drops out of debate to take campaign ‘to the people’

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

The heated campaign between Democrat John DeFrancisco and Republican Nick Miccarelli got revved up a notch Monday night, when the Democrat announced he would not participate in a debate and blamed Miccarelli's rhetoric for his decision.

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