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Pennsylvania politics

On Doug Mastriano’s 2001 paper “The Civilian Putsch of 2018”

John Fea   |  May 21, 2022

Here is Greg Jaffee of The Washington Post with some context: Two decades before he was Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, Doug Mastriano warned in a master’s thesis that the United States was vulnerable to a left-wing “Hitlerian Putsch” that would begin...

Where does Doug Mastriano go to church?

John Fea   |  May 19, 2022

It’s an interesting question. Where does the GOP nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, a pro-Trump, Big Lie-believing, Christian nationalist attend church? I did some digging today with the help of some friends on Twitter: Leave it to two guys with...

The politics of spiritual warfare is clearly present in the Mastriano campaign

John Fea   |  May 17, 2022

Lately I’ve been reading a lot of Christian Right websites from the early 21st century and I am struck by the difference between the political rhetoric of evangelical politicians then and evangelical politicians now. In the early 2000s, evangelical politicians–George...

Pennsylvania senator Bob Casey will vote to codify Roe v. Wade into law

John Fea   |  May 11, 2022

Here is Amy Gang and Seung Min Kim at The Washington Post: Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. said Tuesday that he would support legislation that would codify Roe v. Wade into law, a dramatic shift for one of the few remaining Democrats...

Why Pennsylvania Democrats are hoping Christian nationalist Doug Mastriano gets the GOP nomination for governor

John Fea   |  May 11, 2022

We have covered Mastriano before at this blog. Get up to speed on this guy here. Watch this piece by CNN: The Pennsylvania GOP knows that Mastriano will hurt them in the general election and are trying to stop him...

New poll: Fetterman and Oz lead Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate primary races

John Fea   |  April 14, 2022

Source. The primary elections are May 17, 2022....

“Dr. Oz is the most normal Republican” running for office in Pennsylvania

John Fea   |  April 13, 2022

Amanda Carpenter nails it: LOL, if you thought Donald Trump’s endorsement of Dr. Mehmet Oz for Senate was the worst development in Pennsylvania’s 2022 GOP primaries, wait until you hear about the Republicans running for governor. Pennsylvania Republicans will nominate a...

Trump endorses Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race

John Fea   |  April 10, 2022

Donald Trump just endorsed Mehmet Oz’s candidacy for the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat currently held by Pat Toomey. Here is Trip Gabriel at The New York Times: Wading into a tight Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania, former President Donald J....

Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary race is getting ugly

John Fea   |  March 19, 2022

The two leading GOP candidates for retiring Pat Toomey’s U.S. Senate seat are David McCormick and Mehmet Oz. McCormick is a hedge fund CEO who was Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs during the George W. Bush administration....

Does Dr. Oz really believe he can run as a China hawk?

John Fea   |  February 4, 2022

Here is Daniel Lippman and Holly Otterbein at Politico: Republican Mehmet Oz, whose Pennsylvania Senate campaign against David McCormick is focused on the former hedge fund CEO’s China ties, has his own close relationship with the country that helped net...

Doug Mastriano announces his Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign by blowing a shofar

John Fea   |  January 13, 2022

Regular readers of this blog know a thing or two about Doug Mastriano. You can get up to speed on the antics of this pro-Trump state senator here. Last weekend Mastriano announced his candidacy for governor of Pennsylvania. American Idol...

The Democratic race for Pat Toomey’s Senate seat reveals the divisions in the party

John Fea   |  December 8, 2021

The frontrunner is Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman. His top challenger is western Pennsylvania congressman Conor Lamb. Here is Holly Otterbein at Politico: One candidate promises he won’t be a centrist Democratic senator like Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema. Another...

Dr. Oz is running for a U.S. Senate seat. He’s been there before.

John Fea   |  December 3, 2021

Oz is running for Pat Toomey’s Pennsylvania Senate seat. Get up to speed here. But as Ian Ward reminds us at Politico, he has been there before. Here’s a taste: On a hot summer morning in June of 2014, Mehmet...

Dr. Oz joins the Pennsylvania Senate race

John Fea   |  December 1, 2021

Sean Parnell is out. Dr. Mehmet Oz is in. Here is The Washington Post: Mehmet Oz, who rose to fame as “Dr. Oz” on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” said Tuesday he is launching a Republican campaign for Senate in Pennsylvania,...

Sean Parnell suspends his Senate campaign

John Fea   |  November 22, 2021

Get up to speed here. I guess this leaves the door wide-open for Dr. Oz. Here is Politico: Pennsylvania Republican Sean Parnell is suspending his campaign for Senate after losing a fight for custody of his children Monday to his...

Is Sean Parnell’s Senate campaign over?

John Fea   |  November 22, 2021

Pennsylvania Republicans are having a hard time finding someone to run against Conor Lamb or John Fetterman for Pat Toomey’s U.S. Senate seat. Now a judge has decided that GOP frontrunner Sean Parnell‘s kids can only visit him three weekends...

Is Dr. Oz the answer for Pennsylvania Republicans?

John Fea   |  November 19, 2021

The Senate seat currently held by Pat Toomey is up for grabs in 2022 (Toomey is not running for reelection). Pennsylvania Republicans are looking for a candidate that can win next year. The GOP frontrunner right now is Sean Parnell,...

Pennsylvania counties will not comply with state senator Doug Mastriano’s audit request

John Fea   |  July 31, 2021

We covered this here. Sara Murray has the story at CNN: A Pennsylvania Republican’s effort to launch a ballot audit of the 2020 results in the Keystone State has hit a roadblock after three counties declined to hand over their election materials...

The Pennsylvania Trumpers show-up in Maricopa County, Arizona

John Fea   |  June 3, 2021

Doug Mastriano, the pro-Trump Pennsylvania state legislator who breached the U.S. Capitol Complex on January 6, 2021, is at it again. For those of you unfamiliar with this guy, get up to speed with these pieces/posts: Who is Doug Mastriano,...

Lou Barletta will run for governor of Pennsylvania

John Fea   |  May 17, 2021

Here is Max Greenwood at The Hill: Former Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), who challenged Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) for his seat in 2018, is running for Pennsylvania governor. Barletta becomes the most prominent Republican yet to jump into the race to succeed Gov. Tom Wolf,...

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