Posted on 05/17/2010 3:56:21 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
Tomorrow, Tuesday May 18th, primaries will be held in Pennsylvania and Arkansas. The Key House Races Master List includes eleven competitive congressional district races from those states. These are races where we need to pick good conservative candatates who can take seats away from the Dems in General Election in November. These races are listed in the chart below.
There is also a Special Election in the PA-12 Congressional District in Pennsylvania. It's Tim Burns (R) vs. Mark Critz (D). If you live in the 12th District in PA then get out and vote for Tim Burns.
If you live in one of those states, be sure to get out and vote for the best conservative candidate.
| District | Dem Primary Winner | R-Seats | Republican Incumbent or Challengers | Links to All State Races | |||
| Or Incumbent | Main Challenger | Challenger | Challenger | ||||
| AR | 1 | Open D (Berry) | Rick Crawford | Princella Smith | AR | ||
| AR | 2 | Open D (Snyder) | Tim Griffin | Scott Wallace | AR | ||
| PA | 3 | Kathleen Dahlkemper | Martha Moore | Mike Kelly | Ed Franz | PA | |
| PA | 4 | Jason Altmire | Mary Beth Buchanan | Keith Rothfus | PA | ||
| PA | 6 | Dem Primary | Incumbent | Jim Gerlach | PA | ||
| PA | 7 | Open D (Sestak) | Pat Meehan | PA | |||
| PA | 8 | Patrick Murphy | Mike Fitzpatrick | Gloria Carlineo | Ira Hoffman | PA | |
| PA | 10 | Chris Carney | Tom Marino | David Madeira | Malcolm Derk | PA | |
| PA | 11 | Paul Kanjorski | Lou Barletta | Chris Paige | PA | ||
| PA | 12 | Special Election | Timothy Burns | PA | |||
| PA | 12 | Open D (Murtha) | Bill Russell | Timothy Burns | PA | ||
| PA | 17 | Tim Holden | Frank Ryan | Josh First | Dave Argall | PA | |
The Counter-Revolution begins tommorrow.
Should be the theme song for the next few elections.
Speakers up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=x2G3wGVAnlQ
PRIMARY in OREGON, too!!!
One Pennsylvania race not listed is the Governor’s primary. Ed Rendell is term-limited, so we have a wide open primary race on both sides. On the GOP side, sitting Attorney General Tom Corbett is running against State Representative Sam Rohrer. Corbett is the overwhelming favorite, having a 10-1 advantage in money, and has the state party endorsement.
I support Rohrer, who I believe is the true conservative in the race. Rohrer is my state Rep, and he has done some great work in trying to achieve tax reductions, and property tax reform. Corbett doesn’t have a voting track record, since he’s been the AG, and not in the Legislature, but I view him in the Tom Ridge, RINO mold. I could be wrong about that, but that’s how he looks to me.
Unfortunately, Rohrer is under-funded so he suffers from lack of name recognition in the western parts of the State. Nevertheless if PA Freepers want to stick their finger in the eye of the RINO Pennsylvania GOP, vote for Sam Rohrer tomorrow.
Scroll down to Tea Party Candidate and watch the video of Charlotte Bergman interview. US 9th District
That's true. There is a primary election in Kentucky as well. I probably should have mentioned that but we're so focused on the races that are competitive this November that we sometimes overlook primaries that are not on our list. I'll try to not make that mistake again.
A question for you, assuming you're from OR: why are there no competitive House Races in Oregon? There must be at least one Dem we can dump.
OH, there are...at least 2 of them....CD5 and CD1....Wu and Schrader are both vulnerable...
I’m fearful that the good guys allowed this to become too confusing - vote for Burns in the election, but against Burns and for Russell in the primary?
Why am I fearful this will come to tears?
I’m fearful that the good guys allowed this to become too confusing - vote for Burns in the election, but against Burns and for Russell in the primary?
Why am I fearful this will come to tears?
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I’m worried about that too. OTOH I expect Burns will win both - but it will be close.
Many people in AR have to vote in the Dem Primary to affect outcomes in their local and county races.
I believe Blanche Lincoln will be more easily defeated than Bill Halter,by the Republican candidate, in November, because Arkansans know her and her record and will not be as susceptible to the usual spin for her as that for Halter.
That is why I think those who have to vote in the Dem Primary should vote for Lincoln. The race is reportedly close, and there may be a run-off between Lincoln and Halter in June. The ones who vote in the Dem Primary now will be able to vote in the run-off, of course.
Almost sounds like John Kerry - “I voted for Burns, before I voted against him”.
Hopefully in PA12 tomorrow every good conservative can be John Kerry for a few minutes. LOL that’s a hard thing to ask!!
In some parts of Philly, we are voting for Rohrer. Corbett is very weak on the 2nd amendment. I’ve spread the word to our tea party crowd (yes, there are tea party groups in Philly).
I understand your logic and you make valid points. But, I say, IF THEY ARE A FRIGGIN’ DEMOCRAT AND AN INCUMBENT.... GET ‘EM OUT FIRST CHANCE YOU GET, LEST THE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PULL OUT A VICTORY IN NOVEMBER.
I am still amazed by all the people who buy into his
crap.!!
David Argall wants to repeal Obamacare! Works for me!!
There are Tea Parties in Philly? How about that, I thought they enslaved conservatives down there. The Berks County Patriots have endorsed Rohrer, no surprise there, he’s our hometown boy. Of course, he earned it, he’s a true, limited government conservative.
Corbett is weak, period. I hope Rohrer surprises, and by that I realistically hope for 30-40%, which I think would be a win for the Tea Parties. I’m not sure if I’ll vote for Corbett in the general. We’ll see. Hey who knows, maybe Rohrer pulls off a miracle.
WHO is “Argall?”
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