A handful of political campaigns waited until yesterday’s deadline to submit petitions placing their candidate on Pennsylvania’s April primary ballot. Among the last were volunteers for Republican presidential candidate and Pittsburgh native Ron Paul, wh

HARRISBURG – U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, the incumbent in the 17th Congressional District that now includes part of Luzerne County, will face a challenge from a fellow Democrat in the April 24 primary. Whoever survives will have a Republican awaiting him in No

The region's three congressional districts will all likely have contested elections. Pike County insurance industry management consultant Phil Scollo; attorney Matthew Cartwright of Moosic; attorney Bill Vinsko of Wilkes-Barre; Harrisburg area activist G

When Democratic leaders in the state House awarded nearly $2 million in bonuses to staffers in 2007, Majority Leader Bill DeWeese asked the recipients to keep quiet about it. They did not. Word of the bonuses quickly leaked out, spawning initial outrage

With less than three months to go before the primary election, the latest wave of campaign finance reports coupled with congressional redistricting demonstrate the burden faced by candidates who want to oust the region's incumbent congressmen. U.S. Reps.

HARRISBURG -- Democratic lawmakers and citizens upset over the newly approved state House and Senate districts will have their day in court on Monday, when the state Supreme Court is scheduled to hear nine challenges to those maps. Among those legal suit