It's a wrap. Pennsylvania's midterm primary election is now history. Here's what I know.
Governor: According to WFMZ-TV69, Republican Doug Mastiano will face Democrat Josh Shapiro in the Fall for Governor This has to be the worst candidate Republicans could have nominated. Because there were nine candidates, an extremist like Mastriano could win with just 45% of the vote. And he did. Josh Shapiro, who is more moderate, will win this race in November. Republicans have snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory.
Lt. Governor: Democrat Austin Davis will face Republican Carrie Delrosso in November. Former NorCo Exec John Brown ran on the Republican side. Though he only snagged 5% of the vote, he won in Northampton and Lehigh County.
US Senate: Democrat John Fetterman will face either Trump-backed Mehmet Oz or hedge fund manager Dave McCormick. McCormick was only slightly ahead as of midnight. The Republican nominee will be able to tie Fetterman to Wolf's record as Governor.
US Congress: In Lehigh County, Kevin Dellicker is slightly ahead of Lisa Scheller. In Northampton, Scheller has the lead. WFMZ has Scheller with a slight lead with about 150 precincts to go.
On the Democratic side, Tara Zrinski is way ahead of Nick Miller in Northampton, but Nick Miller is way ahead in Lehigh. WFMZ has Miller ahead, and that should hold because I suspect the uncounted Lehigh precincts will go to him.
On the Republican side, Dean Browning is comfortably ahead of both Cindy Miller and Omy Maldonado.
Pa. Senate District 15 - I didn't see this one coming. Long time Senator Pat Browne is on his way to being unseated by anti-masker Jarrett Coleman on the GOP side. Browne is the Appropriations Chair.
The winner of this race will face Democrat Mark Pinsley in November.
State House Races: Josh Siegel is comfortably ahead of Saeed Georges in Pa-22 (East Side Allentown), and will face Republican Bob Smith in November. Pete Schweyer has once again defeated Enid Sanmtiago in what is now Pa-134. He will face Republican Brent Labenberg in November. Ryan MacKenzie has defeated Gary Day in Pa-187.
NorCo State Committee: Steve Lynch was the top vote getter with 11,368 votes No one came close to his total. I expected and predicted this would happen. He only had to appeal to a plurality of voters on the far right. This is great news for Democrats.
Browne is no favorite of the new republicans. He is the ultimate insider and architect of the NIZ. Only problem with this is we get Pinsley. The Valley may have dodged a close one with Zirinski probably losing. With fruity gay black man Browning on the republican side the democrat nominee should win. Zirinski is batshat CrAzy, so hopefully Niller wins in November. What office will Zirinski run for next?
ReplyDeleteBOH: You now have to approve of submitted posts before publishing them, and you chose to print an anonymous homophobic comment with the phrase "With fruity black man...". What gives?
DeleteI believe Doug Mastriano would make an outstanding Governor. He’s relatively unknown around this part of the state but brings an impressive set of credentials. As far as I’m concerned, he’s not the danger you describe. I can see Mastriano winning easily against Shapiro who is very much tainted by his participation with the awful policies of the Wolf administration.
ReplyDeleteThe attacks on Doug Mastriano will be nasty and unfounded. But, Doug will handle them easily. He’s shown to be a hardworking and courageous leader.
As of 5:30, some races may still be undecided. I suspect that the November ballot results will come in earlier and stronger and will see a Democratic senator, governor, and maybe even a state senator from Pat Browne’s district. The votes will come from young people who are seeing a fundamental human right taken away from them. The right to abortion was never in question for them, nor for their parents. And now people like Mastriano and whoever will be the Senate candidate will support ending that human right.
ReplyDeleteOld people (over 50) think in terms of souls and quickening and right and wrong. Young people aren’t particularly religious. They sure aren’t in church. Access to a simple medical procedure is being withdrawn. They won’t stand for it. The environment, student loans, gun violence - they pale in comparison to this.
I doubt we olds really get it. My 96-year-old mother squeezed in a straight-line Republican volte in 2020 before her covid-hastened death. There are fewer like her every year. On the other hand, my 20-something people - my dental hygienist, my barber, a medical professional, an office worker, a YouTube influencer - will vote passionately this year.
And whoever leaked the supreme court draft started all of America forgetting all that is going on and like puppets are according to you only caring about abortions. If they understood that it will left to the states and it's not being band....but they're brainwashed and the press plays them as do the politicians like idiots
DeleteWe've raised a nation of babykillers. Without any Biblical worldview to give them a framework for morality, we're no different than the animals.
DeleteProblems again in Penna. Wait till November?
ReplyDeleteJosh Shapiro is neither more moderate, nor moderate at all. Good luck with a guy who tortured PA citizens for two years under the pandemic. Each of his selective prosecutions and bigoted statements will be examined. He's also another racist abortion nut who thinks the way to cure poverty for minority children is to murder them and sell their body parts for profit. Let's have a campaign with your wacky woke moderate.
ReplyDeleteHave we finally paid for Pat Browne's last taxpayer-funded drunk rehab? I fear for public safety after he's kicked from Harrisburg. He'll have no reason not to drive his scooter while wasted and probably kill some innocent Pennsylvanian. Can we put a tail on our most reliable two-wheeled bomber? He's going to spiral back to his normal state of rest. Bet on it.
ReplyDelete6:51: You forgot to add that Shapiro is pro-abortion on demand even up to 2 years "after" birth, wants to put cocaine back into coca-cola, wants to outlaw the Pledge of Allegiance in schools and have students spit on the Flag instead and, of course, not only will he single handedly revoke the 2nd amendment, not only in Pennsylvania, but for the entire country. And then, as Governor, he'll pardon former attorney general Kathleen Kane because she supported same sex marriage _after_ he issues his first executive order outlawing male/female marriage. Whew!
DeleteMy bad. This comment was directed at 6:48am. I'm not used to the new posting regimen.
DeleteWhat did you expect in Pa.
ReplyDeleteWait till fall.
ReplyDeleteRegistered Republican here. I vote for about 90% Republicans. There is no chance I'm voting for an Insurrectionist. It's reluctantly Shapiro for me. He is the only major Republican Gov. candidate I will not vote for under any circumstance. There are others like me who will quietly make this decision.
ReplyDeleteShapiro is a true politician making a name for himself out of alleging to care but not knowing the issues.
DeleteWell then, from a fellow Republican, you're an absolute moron. There's no way I'll vote for a babykilling far left lunatic.
DeleteThe Republican Party is in a ditch, and apparently some people just like it there.
ReplyDeleteMastriano vs Shapiro is simply a larger scaled version of Lynch vs McClure last fall. An office ripe for a switch with an unappealing general election candidate. Worse is that this will now bleed over into the PA Senate race, where it will be harder for the GOP candidate to get people to split their ballot.
They badly need McCormick to hold on and win - he's basically another version on Toomey. Oz will easily be painted as a carpet bagging Trump celebrity candidate.
Not saying Mastriano and Oz won't get 47-48%, but they will get crushed in the margins with independents and moderate voters.
Open primaries is (was) the only way to solve this...
Know its not local or even Pennsylvania related, but am interested in seeing where Madison Cawthorne goes from here.
ReplyDeleteHe's a younger guy, probably has a career ahead of him as a FOXNews talking head... Or maybe he is a little butt hurt and turns around to bite the hand that fed him (then destroyed him with all the leaks)...
Will he spill any tea on who attends the DC coke orgies?
I keep seeing the name John Fetterman. Is it this John Fetterman? Just asking questions.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/fettermans-gun-incident-rattles-black-democrats-pa-senate-race-rcna25649
If you’re a registered Republican who can’t vote for an “insurrectionist” , then you should just abstain from casting your vote in this race rather than ceding your support to a radical Democrat. I suspect you’re neither a Republican or conservative with statements like yours.
ReplyDeleteAnd I failed to catch the articles about the Republican candidates prosecution for Jan 6th related events, as they don’t exist.
Which means you have no problem labeling the people who gathered in peaceful protest in exercising their constitutional rights, as insurrectionists. You sound more like an evening host from MSNBC, than a Republican.
Re-register as a Democrat please. You won’t be part of saving America from its current state this November.
Amen. The issues are the parties couldn't be farther apart. If you would vote for him then you are a democrat
DeleteJust hours after his 'win' Lynch has already gone completely off the rails on FB. Straight up crazy.
ReplyDeleteDid he win the spot or just the primary?
DeletePenna really knows how to run an election. Wait till the mid-terms. At least the new Republican governor knows what really happened in 2020.
ReplyDelete" you chose to print an anonymous homophobic comment with the phrase "With fruity black man...". What gives?"
ReplyDeleteThat comment was a reference to a tweetstorm involving Dean Browning, in which he was accused of impersonating a gay black man. So no, I do not consider the comment homophobic or racist. It is instead an accusation that Dean impersonated a person and claimed to be gay and black. I do have some problem with the word "fruity," but let the comment go.
If I (registered Republican) may add my .02...
ReplyDeleteIt was coin flip for me for Senate between Barnette and McCormick. I went with McCormick because I think he's got the best shot at beating Fetterman. I hate to admit that's the reason but that's what this comes down to in the primaries.
For governor, I let the bots make my choice. I saw a lot of ads for McSwain in my social media feeds. I figured that the algorithms analyzed my online comments and posts and gave me what they think was the best fit. I was leaning Barletta at first.
I voted for McClure in the fall but I did vote for Lynch for state committee. Let's see if the peer pressure when working with others soothes his tone a bit.
Outside of my options, I followed D14 Dem. closely. TeamTara campaigns and campaigns and campaigns. Initially, I thought she would roll and was a bit surprised the race was so close. However, thinking about it, she is very progressive and my observation is that LV Democrats are not really a far-left, progressive bunch. If she played it closer to the middle, she may get more votes but as someone who knows her, I know she's not going to compromise to get votes. I did vote for her for County Council.
I'm not surprised he won but I am surprised for the vast support for Fetterman. It was a drubbing. Again, as a registered Republican, Lamb is a candidate I could see myself voting for in a general election. My spouse is a registered Democrat and really doesn't understand why he has such a strong following by PA Democrats either.
@9:34a What’s even more crazy is you follow him and you’re not a supporter.
ReplyDeleteI am a life long Republican business man who will be voting Democratic this fall. How can you nut jobs put in these insurrectionists to run our party. This is disgusting
ReplyDeleteHow can you not clearly see the issues are big and one day over one issue you will chose to change how our country runs and abandon your principles??
DeleteFirst, it was not an insurrection, despite what the lame stream media call it. Second, Mastriano is not an insurrectionist simply because he pressed for an investigation of rampant voter fraud in Philadelphia. You, sir, are an idiot.
DeleteAs a Registered "R", I couldn't believe the lack of viable options. Doug M looked way to extreme, even with his background. So I voted for Mc Swain. Browne's demise speaks volumes as people are tired of the career politicians. Mc Cormick looked better than outsider Oz to me. Then you have Lynch. JMJ, what an embarassment.
ReplyDeleteNovember should be very interesting.
11;08 you're going to vote for a democrat your business must have failed, or it will fail.
ReplyDelete8:47 - The all or nothing ground you and your buddies occupy in the Republican party is reason 7:51, 11:08 and myself are having trouble with the party. We need candidates that can win. Mastriano, Lynch are not going to make the cut. At least when they loose you still have something to rant and rave about. Probably never admit that these idiots are deeply flawed people, let alone candidates!
ReplyDeleteAll of a sudden, Pennsylvania Republicans Are OK With Counting Mail-In Ballots?
ReplyDeleteHypocrisy is their game plan and it's working on the "poorly educated"!
The insurrectionist-obsessed false flagger is funny. The reality for Ds is that November is coming fast and will hit very hard. There's a big wave coming from those who didn't like lockdowns and school closings - and don't like $5 gas, baby formula shortages, billions to Ukraine for a proxy war, and actual troops to Somalia. You are whistling past the graveyard of woke nonsense and family-crushing Bidenomics. A reckoning is coming.
ReplyDelete11:08a.m. The same reason you nut jobs voted the Commander in Chief in office
ReplyDeleteI see you have read Politico playbook for you Mastriano info.
ReplyDeleteannon 10:42, I doubt you are a republican with all your democrat votes. Also, no right-minded republican could ever vote for Zrinski. She is more whacky than progressive. Even normal members of her own Party keep their distance. Let us hope Miller prevails.
ReplyDeleteSo far no republicans have declared that there was election fraud adn that there were any improprieties. I guess they are ok with the election as long as one of them is winning even if it is only between their own party. Shouldn't there be thousands and thousands of votes that get thrown out. Where are their watchers and all the specials interest people now.
ReplyDelete@11:08 - First, it was not an insurrection, despite what the lame stream media call it. Second, Mastriano is not an insurrectionist simply because he sought to investigate the rampant voter fraud in Philadelphia. You, sir, are an idiot.
ReplyDelete@6:06 - First, it was an insurrection, despite what Faux News calls it. Second, Mariano is an insurrection sympathizer and supporter, as he perpetually perpetrated the big lie that there was rampant voter fraud and that trump won the election, further dividing our Country and pandering to the poorly educated and simpletons. You, sir, are the idiot. Did you attend Trump University?
DeleteBiden and his fellow democrats are killing the middle class--he must be stopped--If republicans are any kind of patriots, they must impeach him in January for the good of the people of the United States this must be done.
ReplyDeleteBallot boxes must be terminated. We shouldn’t have to wait a month to get election results because democrats are too lazy or ashamed to vote in public. I will picket Lisa Boscola’s home to get my point across. She lives two minute walk from my home. We learned our lesson and ballot boxes were used to achieve the Dems end, they must be abolished.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...I don't recall yesterday that any Republican calling mail in votes fraud. In fact, McCormick is waiting with baited breath for them to be counted and since it was the primary, only Republicans could vote for him, not "lazy, ashamed Democrats" Only whiny ass Trumpsters complain about them when they lose...like Trump.
DeletePennsylvania is the slowest and most ridden with fraud and ballot stuffing . With the new governor in place, he will end ballot boxes. Go Mastriano. He knew! And he fought and now he won the republican vote.
ReplyDelete11:08. You are not nor have ever been a republican. Not the way you phrase things. Troll
ReplyDelete5:47. Duh did you forget this was a primary or are you that stupid. There are documentaries out there showing how the election was possibly(wink wink ) stolen. There was no need to ballot harvest and ballot box stuffing in a primary election I’m not worried about this happening in the future regular election cause this practice soon will end (mail in vote).
ReplyDeleteMastriano is a communist hack in disguise who gets on his knees to worship Trump who in turn gets on his knees to worship Putin. Jan 6 was an insurrection with the strings being pulled by Putin and Xi and Trump doing the puppet dance to destroy democracy in the United States.
ReplyDelete@9:49 The so called documentaries the you reference I suppose is 2000 mules which could be renamed 2000+ jackasses for the fools that believe it. Do you research on the people that developed it and produced is are nothing more then political hacks. I did not forget it was a primary but I figured the Republicans would be just as much cry baby's in the primary as they are in the elections. Since you are against mail in votes do you think all the republican politicians that used it but fight against it should be punished also?
ReplyDeleteThe FOX loving blockheads are chirping their conspiracy lines quite nicely here. They've really got them down pat. Fortunately the majority of voters still know the difference between what's real and what has become the Republican fantasy world of an autocracy that takes us back to the white male dominated world of the 1950's. The U. S. is a democracy, which means the people choose and sometimes your side loses. In 2 or 4 or 6 years you get to choose again. Spreading conspiracy theories of how elections were "stolen" only fast walks us towards democracy's end. So put on your big boy pants and prepare to have the people's will decide as it has for most of modern U.S. history.
ReplyDelete@9;49 is this one of your documentaries?
ReplyDeleteDinesh D’Souza’s Vile Big Lie Documentary Is Too Stupid Even for Fox
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dinesh-d-souza-vile-big-075854033.html
I find it shocking that Scheller even got that many votes! No doubt there were some money transfers and she apparently paid all of her “ volunteers” she cannot beat Wild, so sad because Kevin Dellicker ran a great campaign and he could have beat Wild, people do not do their Homework About Candidates. Very Sad!
ReplyDeleteI am legit frightened that Naziano will win the Gov race. Showing vids from J6 as attack ads will only give his base a boner.
ReplyDeleteGotta love these comments. Still on the blame Trump train. These MSN and CNN lunkheads are so out of touch. Put the bottle down guys. It might help clear your vision. Lol
ReplyDeleteWhere are the mouth breather Republicans now and why aren't they complaining about the issues in PA. Rules are the same but I guess it is ok when it not about something which they don't have to rail their hypocritical spew. IF it was bad then it should be bad now. IF they don't complain now they should permanently shut the F up.
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