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JPZenger

(6,819 posts)
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 01:42 PM Aug 2012

US House Races in PA. - 1 Dem and 3 Repub Seats Potentially Vulnerable, Rest mostly non-competitive

http://www.politicspa.com/congressional-vulnerability-rankings-august-edition/39261/

This analysis ranks the most competitive US House races within PA as:

1. Critz (D) vs. Rothfus
2. Fitzpatrick (R) vs. Broockvar
3. Gerlach (R) vs. Trivedi
4. Tim Murphy (R) vs. Maggi

All four of these seats are held by incumbents. The remaining US House seats in PA are unlikely to change parties. Let's put our energies where they can be most useful.

Critz is having to deal with a revised district where many voters do not know him.

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US House Races in PA. - 1 Dem and 3 Repub Seats Potentially Vulnerable, Rest mostly non-competitive (Original Post) JPZenger Aug 2012 OP
Please add "(in PA)" after "Seats". Otherwise, headline is confusing leveymg Aug 2012 #1
Lungren VS Bera is gonna be close Bennyboy Aug 2012 #2
Wow I'm thrilled to see my district (Gerlach vs. Trivedi) is seen as competitive! enough Aug 2012 #3
Hey, that's me too! MadrasT Aug 2012 #5
Broockvar is AWOL in Bucks County cap Aug 2012 #4
Tim Murphy will win again. femmocrat Aug 2012 #6
 

Bennyboy

(10,440 posts)
2. Lungren VS Bera is gonna be close
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 01:49 PM
Aug 2012

Hopefully. People round here are starting to see what a giant douche DL is.

enough

(13,262 posts)
3. Wow I'm thrilled to see my district (Gerlach vs. Trivedi) is seen as competitive!
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 02:06 PM
Aug 2012

I'd given up on it, since Gerlach beat Trivedi in 2010, and we're in an area that tends to keep its Republican congressmen for decades at a time.

Gerlach has been sending out glossy mailings explaining how Obama is going to take away your medicare,
regularly since about three days after the last election. I haven't seen anything from Trivedi except through direct e-mail to his own list.

cap

(7,170 posts)
4. Broockvar is AWOL in Bucks County
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 02:22 PM
Aug 2012

We only see Fitzpatrick signs and he is bombing us with phone calls. No sign whatsoever of Broockvar. I wish it were different. I am working on the Obama campaign and I see nothing for Broockvar. Not optimistic

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
6. Tim Murphy will win again.
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 06:01 PM
Aug 2012

I did get fund-raising request from Ed Rendell today, though. So maybe they (the party) aren't going to abandon Maggi like they do previous democratic candidates.

Also, I read that the Tea Party is pouring a lot of money into Rothfus' campaign coffers.

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