Election 2024

ABOVE PHOTO: Allegheny County Election Division Deputy Manager Chet Harhut carries a container of mail-in ballots in Pittsburgh, April 18, 2024. The Republican National Committee has filed voting-related lawsuits in two dozen states targeting such things as voter rolls, mailed balloting and policies related to poll watchers. Democrats say it’s a strategy designed to raise…

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On Thursday, eight of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s picks for Philadelphia’s School Board were passed by City Council. But the rejection of the ninth one is about to test some relationships. ABOVE PHOTO: Joyce Wilkerson PHOTO: PHILA.GOV By Denise Clay-Murray A few years ago, I wrote a column for the SUN entitled “Fisher Price Politics” about…

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In November, the race for Pennsylvania’s attorney general will be between Democrat Eugene DiPasquale and Dave Sunday. ABOVE PHOTO: PA Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, speaking at a rally against the Trump-Republican lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA), August 28, 2019.Photo: Anthony Grove/Commonwealth Media Services By Denise Clay-Murray On the website for his attorney…

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HARRISBURG, Pa. -– The Shapiro administration has implemented a new program from the U.S. Department of Education that allows eligible college students in Pennsylvania and across the country to use Federal Work Study (FWS) funding to work in get-out-the-vote activities, election offices, polling places, and other nonpartisan civic engagement employment opportunities. Secretary of the Commonwealth…

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ABOVE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) stands for a portrait overlooking the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) By Marc LevyASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. — An election this month in Pittsburgh and some of its suburbs is emerging as an early test of whether Israel’s war…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This combination of photos shows President Donald Trump, left, and then-former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland, Ohio. Twelve news organizations issued a joint statement calling on the presumptive presidential nominees President Biden and former President Trump to agree to debates during the 2024…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Pennsylvania House Speaker Rep. Joanna McClinton, a Philadelphia Democrat, presides over a Pennsylvania House of Representatives session on April 10, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. Democrats are hoping to retain their narrow majority control over the chamber in this year’s legislative elections. (AP Photo/Mark Pynes, File) By Mark ScolforoASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. — The…

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There are a number of critical city, state and federal offices at stake in this year’s primary election. In the federal contests, Pennsylvanians will be electing candidates for the offices of president and vice president of the United States, one U.S. senator and U.S. representatives. In the statewide contests, Pennsylvanians will be selecting an attorney…

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If Keir Bradford-Grey becomes Pennsylvania’s next Attorney General, one of the Commonwealth’s last electoral hurdles will finally be cleared. By Denise Clay-Murray Anyone who follows electoral politics in Pennsylvania knows that running for office as a woman in the Commonwealth is not an easy road. For example, Democrats did relatively well in 2016 with the…

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