“Coal mine owner Tom Smith is the GOP nominee. I dont know what he stands for, but he has a huge campaign treasury.”
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Smith self-financed a barrage of TV ads and was on track to spend more than three times as much as his four rivals combined.
[Steven] Welch had been endorsed by Gov. Tom Corbett and the state GOP.
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/ci_20472559
Welch had also supported D candidates as recently as 2010 -- he supported Democrat US Senate candidate Joe Sestak. He was also dogged by claims that he voted for Obama in 2008. Claims he denied. Hmmm.
Smith was a former D for 30+ years.
Both were claiming fiscal and social conservatism. We'll see.
For more: http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2012/04/pa-gop-primary.php