Senator Dent Leads Senator Boscola by 8 Points in Possible Battle for (PA) 15th Congressional Distr

PoliticsPA.com ^ | 4/9/03

[LdSentinal]

Moving aggressively to unite behind a top prospect in one of their most vulnerable open seats, Congressional Republicans are set to unofficially kick off the race for Pennsylvania's 15th district tonight by hosting two events for the state lawmaker they want to succeed Rep. Pat Toomey. State Sen. Charlie Dent, described as the "heir apparent" to the party's nomination, will be the featured guest at back-to-back meet-and-greet events at the Capitol Hill Club. National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) is hosting one reception for Dent, sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce PAC. A separate event is being co-hosted by all of the GOP Members in the Pennsylvania delegation except Toomey, who is mounting a primary challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter (r) next year.

The NRCC is scheduled to release a poll today showing Dent with an 8 point lead over state Sen. Lisa Boscola, the only potential Democratic candidate who has publicly expressed interest in the race. The poll, conducted March 17-19 for the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee by The Tarrance Group, showed Dent with 47 percent compared with 39 percent for Boscola. Fourteen percent of the 300 likely voters surveyed were undecided. In an interview on Tuesday, Dent said that he planned to form an exploratory committee in the next two weeks. This story appeared in Roll Call.

[LdSentinal]

Please fix the title of this thread. Corrrect the last word to "DISTRICT." Thanks in advance.

[LdSentinal]

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[LdSentinal]

Actually, jus please remove the (PA) from the the title of the thread and then correct "District." Otherwise, there would over 100 characters in the title.

[fieldmarshaldj]

The 'Rats can be competitive here (since it did have the distinguished (one of only a handful of Dems entitled to the title) Paul McHale previously), but it looks like Dent's to lose. Of course, if McHale were to make a comeback, I wouldn't want to run against him (though I'd sure try to persuade him to switch parties !).

[Coop]

Of course, if McHale were to make a comeback, I wouldn't want to run against him (though I'd sure try to persuade him to switch parties !).

Given how the Dems publicly torpedoed him over his impeachment vote, that probably wouldn't be difficult to do. What would be difficult, IMHO, is convincing to go back into that giant catfight.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Heh, though it would be nice to see him return as a Republican just to rub it in to the 'Rats that treated him like crap for doing the right thing. :-)

Reminded me of that recently retired Congressman from Oklahoma, Wes Watkins. The 'Rats had persuaded him to run for his old seat back in '97 after he retired 6 years earlier. They successfully convinced him, but he told them he wasn't going to do it as a 'Rat, much to their horror (and with his return to Congress, for 4 glorious years, OK had an all-GOP delegation).

[JohnnyZ]

This is good news. We need to hold on to this seat. There have been more developments in the Johnny Isakson district, too; I'll post an article later if nobody beats me to it.