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Bill Kortz Also Announced (0.00 / 0)

Pennsylvania State Representative Bill Kortz (D-Allegheny) also announced his candidacy on April 21. He has a Web site placeholder. It will be interesting to see if he stays in. He's a former U.S. Steel plant manager and an anti-machine/clean government sort of progressive candidate.

Torsella has raised a lot of money and has already said he's staying in, so those are two obvious pluses.

Oddly enough if the Democratic Party establishment is trying to clear the field for Specter it could end up hurting him in a Democratic primary. The best chance of defeating Specter is if there's only one strong primary challenger on the ballot. (For reference see Lamont, Ned.) If Torsella stays in and the rest of the field clears, that's the go-to guy.

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by: BBCWatcher @ Tue Apr 28, 2009 at 18:24:31 PM CDT

Torsella (0.00 / 0)

It seems that Torsella is dead set on staying in. Like everyone has said, there's not alot about him but he's a way more progressive and innovative than Specter without a doubt. A true Democrat.

I actually came across his ActBlue account where you can donate to him:
http://www.actblue.com/entity/...

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by: gstef29 @ Wed Apr 29, 2009 at 09:45:30 AM CDT

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