Barletta’s hard line on immigration, weak fund-raising are undermining Senate bid, analysts say | Friday Morning Coffee

Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We'll close out the working week this week by turning our attention to the campaign for U.S. Senate, where Republicans are looking to retain their majority in the closely divided chamber.

Some of Congressa s Fiercest Immigration Critics Lead Groups That Celebrate Immigrants

Rep. Andy Harris thinks President Donald Trump's immigration framework goes too easy on undocumented immigrants. Appearing last week on a Baltimore radio program , he blasted Trump's proposed pathway to citizenship for Dreamers-undocumented immigrants who came to United States as children-as an "amnesty" plan.

Arizona Senate candidate Arpaio ‘unaware’ he granted interview to anti-Semitic publication

Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, who is now running for US Senate, is distancing himself from a fringe publication that promotes anti-Semitic conspiracy theories that he's given multiple interviews to. The Republican candidate said Thursday he does not support anti-Semitism and was not aware the American Free Press published anti-Semitic articles.

Gerrymandering case sows doubt in big year for House races

Lots of people want to run for Congress in Pennsylvania this year, but they may not yet know which district they live in. The prospect that the state Supreme Court could decide a high-profile gerrymandering case by ordering new boundaries for Pennsylvania's 18 congressional districts, including one that has been described as looking like "Goofy kicking Donald Duck," is sowing uncertainty barely a month before candidates begin circulating petitions.

West Abington man begins new supervisor term despite open lewdness guilty plea

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Former deputy state AG enters race for 11th seat

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Throop council makes further votes on borough manager position, hires two full-time police officers

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Pennsylvania police shootings were ‘terror attack,’ DHS says

Authorities said Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty, 51, was shot and killed by police Friday in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, after he fired several times at law enforcement officers throughout the city. The string of shootings began just steps from the state's Capitol building when El-Mofty fired several times at a Capitol Police officer and then, shot and injured at a state trooper.

Barletta renews call for term limits

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Barletta renews his call for term limits

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Pols on the Street: Upstate Republicans Point at Scary Philly

BY JOE SHAHEELI Western and midstate Republicans are warming up for the 2018 political season by sharpening their teeth on controversial Philadelphia news. Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe and 15 Republican members of the House State Government Committee sent a letter to Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. CortA s in response to a report by City Commissioner Al Schmidt that some non-citizens were registered to vote, largely through irregularities in the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's "motor voter"A process.

Pennsylvania GOP crosses Trump divide from 2016 to 2018

In this Jan. 11, 2017, file photo, Pa. state Sen. Scott Wagner, a Republican from York County and owner of trash hauling firm Penn Waste, speaks to reporters after formally announcing he will run for Pennsylvania governor in 2018, during an event at a Penn Waste facility in Manchester, Pa.

Toohil out of House race

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Trump sends Marino’s drug czar nomination to Senate for confirmation

President Trump has forwarded to the Senate his nomination of Pennsylvania Congressman Thomas A. Marino to be the next drug czar. Marino's can be confirmed by a simple majority of the Senate, said Daniel C. Bucheli, press secretary for the office on National Drug Control Policy.

DACA decision leaves immigrants, activists wondering what’s next?

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Republicans backing Barletta’s Senate run see Casey and his seat as vulnerable

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Lou Barletta to announce campaign for Senate

Campaign spokesman Jon Anzur told The Associated Press on Monday night that Barletta will release a video announcing his run for the Senate seat held by two-term Democrat Bob Casey. The Pennsylvania Republican's entry into the race was widely expected after the AP reported last month that Barletta had relayed his plans to GOP officials and activists.