New Era staffer Bernie Harris confirming what we reported on Thursday:
Lancaster County elections officials confirmed with an official count that former Lancaster Mayor Charlie Smithgall received enough write-in votes on Tuesday to be placed on the November general election ballot as the Republican nominee. Smithgall needed 100 votes. He received 135 or more, depending on […]

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You may remember our little caption contest from last week, involving this picture of Republican Democrat U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter.
It’s a 1991 Lancaster Newspapers photo of Specter inspecting the former low-grade rail line in southern Lancaster County. At right is former county Commissioner Bob Brenneman. To the left is former county Administrator Sherri Heller. […]

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All Arlen, all the time today. Here’s a roundup:
The Senate last night stripped Snarlin‘ of his seniority on committees, a week after the 29-year veteran of the chamber quit the Republican Party to join the Democrats, reports The Washington Post. Those crazy Democrats. Earlier in the day, Specter got a standing ovation from the Senate […]

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A sampling of the feedback I’ve gotten about Wednesday’s story on U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter’s defection to the Democratic Party.
“Tom, In the small and narrow-minded world that you live in, I understand it’s hard for you to comprehend why Senator Specter decided to switch parties.  So allow me to lay it out for you.  In […]

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A new feature detailing what Lancaster County’s representative in the U.S. House, Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts, says and does in Washington, D.C.
For the week of April 27-May 1, Pitts:

THURSDAY: Gave President Barack Obama bad marks on the House floor. “Madam Speaker, yesterday marked President Obama’s 100th day in office. In that short time, the […]

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By Mike Luckovich, of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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IS EL RUSHBO really the de facto  leader of the Republican Party, as some Democrats suggest? Nah. At least not according to Republican voters in Pennsylvania. No, the picture is a lot bleaker than that. Who is steering the ship of the GOP these days? Apparently, GOP voters don’t have a clue. When asked who […]

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