Pennsylvania Election: Fall 2014 Endorsements by Keystone Progress PAC
This is the first year KPPAC has made endorsements. KPPAC is endorsing six candidates running for seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate and 19 for the House of Representatives.
Election
Is Steel City Stonewall Dems RIP?
Let’s hope that any vacation from active work for Steel City Stonewall Democrats will end soon, as the group can be an essential player in helping to grow the voice of LGBTQ and allied voters here in Western PA. Or, let’s hope that the group gets new leadership who will focus on doing whatever it takes to not be an “account suspended” type of presence.
Christie and the GOP “strategy” regarding Marriage Equality.
This means that the GOP knows it can’t win when it comes to marriage equality, but they are going to use rhetoric about “not giving up the fight” in an effort to keep these folks strongly behind the GOP. In other words, appease the base even though you know it is all over.
Clinton’s Gay Marriage Interview: The battle is far from over.
To me, this says that some folks are really nervous about the future of Marriage Equality. While some of us are riding high on a wave on continuously positive judicial rulings, many on the national scene are sweating bullets about how we bring this to completion.
PA Governor Election Debate Tonight.
Drexel University hosts the final PA gubernatorial debate this evening before the May 20th primary. Here’s a list of channels covering it: The debate will be streaming live via Drexel University’s website. The debate will be aired live on the following stations: PCN – Statewide WCAU – Philadelphia WFMZ – Allentown & Bethlehem WYOU – Scranton WNEP – Scranton WHTM – Harrisburg WTAE – Pittsburgh WPXI – Pittsburgh WICU – Erie WSEE – Erie WFXP[Read More…]
Will Allyson Schwartz turn off her voters with attack ads?
Can I continue to support Allyson Schwartz in the PA Governor race? I’m not sure. I’ve wanted to support her from the very beginning, but her recent attack ads were possibly the last straw for me. Attack ads don’t increase voter turnout nor do they help undecideds pick you as their candidate. If anything the role of attack ads is to erode the possibility that undecideds don’t vote for whomever you are attacking. They are about[Read More…]
Meet and Greet for Rob McCord in Pittsburgh
a meet and greet for one of the candidates for PA Governor, Rob McCord to be held Saturday evening in Pittsburgh. McCord received the 2014 endorsement from the Steel City Stonewall Democrats
An open letter to Bill Peduto from an LGBTQ advocate.
Pittsburgh is a great city because we are not simply a collection of neighborhoods and communities, but because together, in concert with one another we are greater than the sum of the parts.
Our Journey is Not Complete!
All of us, must care about these things, and none of us can pitt one of these things against the others as more or less important. They are all apart of our journey, and all must come to be.
Out Sims Holds Out Public Swearing In.
While this act is ceremonial, it truly is far more than that. It is a visible, tangible effort to make LGBTQ issues matter in PA government like few other efforts have.