Donald Trump had perhaps his weirdest moment of the 2024 campaign on Monday after two supporters fainted during a town hall. Trump stopped the event and stood on stage listening to music for 40 minutes.
Dave McCormick released a campaign ad that featured two prominent Republican activists and Moms for Liberty supporters as former Democrats.
Former President Barack Obama kicked off a swing state tour rallying thousands of Kamala Harris supporters at the University of Pittsburgh’s Fitzgerald Field House on Thursday. Obama emphasized the importance of early voting.
Mail ballots are now available in approximately 50 counties, giving Pennsylvania voters the opportunity to cast their vote early through the mail, in person at their county election office, or via drop box or satellite election office if available in their area.
More than 60% of Pennsylvania voters polled support legalizing adult-use marijuana in the commonwealth.
Incumbent Republican Tim DeFoor faces a reelection challenge from Democratic state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta for the office in charge of policing the state and local agencies that receive and spend taxpayers’ money.
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-10th District) took on Democratic challenger Janelle Stelson in their first and only debate Tuesday night.
Perry has been in Congress since 2013 and was leader of the Freedom Caucus from 2022 to 2024. Stelson is a political newcomer and was a news anchor in the region for several decades.
JD Vance lied about Planned Parenthood, claiming taxpayers pay for late-term abortions when it is illegal to do so. Defunding Planned Parenthood would harm millions of patients seeking cancer screenings and other health care services.
The reversal of a previous decision not to deploy drop boxes came after the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against the Luzerne County Board of Elections and Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo.
The court rejected a request by voting rights and left-leaning groups to stop counties from throwing out mail-in ballots that lack a handwritten date or have an incorrect date on the return envelope. It also rejected a challenge by Republican political organizations to county election officials letting voters remedy disqualifying mail-in ballot mistakes.
