10/10: Trump in Pennsylvania

😢 Good morning. So much for the Red October.

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🗣️ What we hear. “When you fear God, you have nothing else to fear.” Rep. Scott Perry he said in an interview. “I don’t answer to the Republican Party. I answer to the people of this district.”

📊 PoliticsPA Poll Tracker (average of the last 5 PA polls)
President: Harris +0.8% | Senate: Casey +4.6%

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1. Trump Attacks Harris and ‘The View’ Co-Hosts After Hurricane Milton Hits

“Former president Donald Trump he hurled insults at his rival, Vice President Kamala Harrisand other women on Wednesday — insisting he had no interest in stopping his attacks, even if they turned out female voters — as Hurricane Milton made landfall, lashing Florida with rain, tornadoes and tropical-storm-force winds.

“I don’t want to be nice,” Trump said during his first of two rallies that day in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania. “You know, someone said, ‘You should be nicer. Women won’t like it. I said, ‘I don’t care.'” (AP)

Elsewhere

Casey on why he deserves a fourth term in the Senate: “My past is obvious.” “Incumbent Democrat Bob Casey Jr. is seeking a fourth six-year term against Republican hedge fund manager Dave McCormick and three other candidates in a race that could help determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.” (PhillyBurbs.com)

McCormick has cash, contacts and a long resume. Will this be enough for an AP Senate seat? “U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick fits the mold of a classic Pennsylvania Republican, if you ask Berwood Yost of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster County.” (Erie Times-News)

Democrats in key battleground give Biden space for Israel. “Two Democrats from the battleground state of Pennsylvania said Wednesday that the United States should let Israel make its own military decisions, a sign that President Joe Biden’s party is giving it administrative space as fighting escalates in the Middle East.” (Traffic lights)

Why Pennsylvania will elect its next president. “Pollsters and political analysts say Pennsylvania is more likely than any other state to produce the winner of the 2024 presidential election, as a new analysis from the headquarters decision office gives the winner of the Keystone State an 85% chance of becoming president.” (Hill)

Country

2. If candidates for PA Attorney General support access to abortion

Dave Sunday, Eugene DePasquale

“In 2022, after the failure of the United States Supreme Court Roe v. Wadethen-Attorney General of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro vowed to “fight all attempts to erode women’s rights in our Community.”

The statement demonstrated both the symbolic and very real power that Pennsylvania’s top law enforcement official has when it comes to abortion access.” (PA reflector)

Elsewhere

An onslaught of political attack ads in Pennsylvania and other swing states could do more harm than good to candidates and voters. “For Pennsylvanians like me, there is no escaping the record number of politically attack ads, disrupting our favorite shows and filling our social media feeds.” (Conversation)

Poll: Susan Wild leads Ryan Mackenzie in Lehigh Valley congressional race. “Wild leads Mackenzie 51% to 45% in a survey of likely voters in the district conducted between September 30 and October 3. This advantage is within the poll’s 6% margin of error.” (Morning talk in Allentown)

Chris Deluzio, Rob Mercuri Spar for inspection of critical PA-17. “The 17th is seen as a potential driving force in the 2024 elections. The district is one of only seven in the country to score EVEN on the Cook Political Report’s partisan rankings, which means it is expected to vote as of November 5 at half a percentage point of the national average. ”(Pittsburgh Postal Newspaper)

The AP House passes bills that would implement Obamacare into state law. “A series of three bills that would implement provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) into state law passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday with bipartisan support, despite – or in some ways because of – the ongoing political battle over common law as Obamacare.” (PennLive)

Around the Republic of Poland

3. Perry faces sedate trouble in the Keystone State

Scott Perry

“There are increasingly disturbing signs that a conservative six-term is coming Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) is on the verge of losing his seat, a potentially big opportunity for Democrats in the House of Representatives.

Recent public polls have shown both Perry and the former president Donald Trump down a few points in south-central Pennsylvania. (Punchbowl News)

Elsewhere

Sues newspaper for defamation, Pennsylvania senator Laughlin uses campaign funds to pay lawyers. “Opinions vary on the legal costs campaign funds may incur in Pennsylvania, although Laughlin claims his defamation case against Erie Reader is related to his Nov. 5 re-election race.” (Erie Times-News)

Pennsylvanians support citizenship over deportation for unauthorized immigrants in a new survey. “While most polls show Donald Trump favored over Vice President Kamala Harris on immigration, his policy recommendations are not what Pennsylvanians prefer, according to poll results released Thursday.” (Pittsburgh Postal Newspaper)

What does the auditor general do and who is running for office in Pennsylvania? “In addition to the race for Pennsylvania attorney general between Democratic candidate Eugene DePasquale and Republican Dave Sunday, the race for auditor general between incumbent Republican Tim DeFoor and Democratic Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta is one of the most important state-level races this year “. (Keystone)

How Swing-State County Avoided Election Conspiracies. “Mercer County has avoided the rancor and abuse that has plagued other parts of Pennsylvania.” (state line)

Editorial

4. What do you mean

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5. The “I Voted” Sticker: The Story of Election Day Staples

“The “I voted” sticker has been a fixture in contemporary U.S. elections for decades, and its popularity has grown with the rise of social media. Many voters like to post photos of themselves with the sticker on Instagram or TikTok after obtaining it at the polls or tearing it off from their mail-in ballot package. However, the history of this ubiquitous sticker is surprisingly unclear. There is a brief mention of it in The Miami Herald from 1950, but the “I Voted” sticker really took off in the 1980s.” (Teen Vogue)

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