GOP concerns that a lackluster Barletta candidacy imperils rest of the PA cong/state ticket

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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pennsylvania-republicans-vent-frustration-with-lou-barlettas-senate-campaign/article/2647231

Republican officials in Pennsylvania are fretting that Rep. Lou Barletta’s anemic fundraising and strategic misfires are jeopardizing the party’s opportunity to pick off a winnable Senate seat in the midterm elections in a state President Trump captured 14 months ago.

Barletta’s fourth quarter report is expected show around just $550,000 raised, Republican sources say. That’s a paltry figure for a candidate in a high profile contest — especially after Trump personally recruited Barletta and anointed him the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Bob Casey.

In an email exchange obtained by the Washington Examiner, two senior Republican members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives vented frustrations about Barletta and discussed their preference for long-shot GOP Senate candidate Jim Christiana.