Thursday, April 19, 2012
Court orders Lunny removed, but there is not enough time left to do so.
As if this year's primary election for Pennsylvania's 22nd House District seat wasn't confusing enough, voters will have to clear yet another hurdle on April 24 by avoiding the temptation to select Shawn Lunny's name from the ballot. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided on Friday that Lunny's name was to be removed from the ballot, but because the ballot cannot be changed so close to Election Day, Lunny's name will remain. Nevertheless, selecting Lunny's name will be a waste of a vote, as all selections of the young Democrat will not be counted. Voters can still vote for Lunny as a write-in candidate, though. Lunny's name was ordered to be removed because he did not submit, on his petition for nomination, 300 valid signatures of …
Saturday, April 14, 2012
It's Molchany vs. Schmotzer in April 24's Democratic primary.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided on Friday that Shawn Lunny's name is to be removed from the ballot of April 24's Democratic primary election for Pennsylvania's 22nd House District seat. Candidates for that race were required to submit 300 valid signatures of registered Democratic voters in the 22nd District, but the court found that "the Nomination Petition of Shawn Lunny contains less than the requisite 300 signatures required to be a candidate for Representative in the General Assembly." Thus, Erin Molchany and Martin Michael Schmotzer will be the only Democratic names on the ballot for the 22nd District seat on April 24. Republican Chris Cratsley is the only candidate from his party running for that seat, meaning that either …
Friday, April 13, 2012
The young Democrat responds to Patch's questions.
22nd House District Democratic Primary Democrats Erin Molchany, Shawn Lunny and Martin Michael Schmotzer will compete during an April 24 primary for the right to represent their party in November's general election for Pennsylvania's 22nd House District seat. The entirety of the 22nd District includes at least parts of Whitehall Borough, Baldwin Township and Castle Shannon Borough and the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Overbrook, Brookline, Mount Washington, Beechview, Duquesne Heights, Manchester, Sheraden and Esplen. Click here to see if you reside in the 22nd District. Dormont-Brookline Patch published an interview with Schmotzer, the same for Molchany, and today, is releasing the following interview with Lunny. Lunny responded to the …
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Molchany is one of three Democrats competing on April 24 for a spot on November's ballot.
22nd House District Democratic Primary Democrats Erin Molchany, Shawn Lunny and Martin Michael Schmotzer will compete during an April 24 primary for the right to represent their party in November's general election for Pennsylvania's 22nd House District seat. The entirety of the 22nd District includes at least parts of Whitehall Borough, Baldwin Township and Castle Shannon Borough and the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Overbrook, Brookline, Mount Washington, Beechview, Duquesne Heights, Manchester, Sheraden and Esplen. Click here to see if you reside in the 22nd District. Dormont-Brookline Patch published an interview with Schmotzer on April 2, and today, is releasing the following interview with Molchany. Similar information for Lunny will …
Monday, March 26, 2012
Because of a vacant 22nd House District seat, April 24 is more than a primary.
22nd House District Primary/Special Election Pennsylvania's 22nd House District has been without a representative since mid-January when former Rep. Chelsa Wagner resigned from her seat to focus on being the newly elected controller of Allegheny County. That will change on April 24, though, when voters will not only decide who will represent the major political parties that hope to fill the 22nd District seat after November's general election but also who will represent that district until then. Since Wagner's House of Representatives term is not yet complete, and because the 22nd District's move to the eastern part of the state due to population shifts has, at least temporarily, been put on hold by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, someone …
Charlie Kennedy
1:37 pm on Friday, April 20, 2012
let's see - we have 3 candidates: one has been removed from the ballot, one is totally shady and one has a long record of community service and public advocacy. Shouldn't be a hard primary for Ms. Molchany to win. more ›