Author Archives: Tom Murse

About Tom Murse

Tom Murse is a staff writer, columnist and blogger for the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era newspaper. He has been on staff since 1997, and has covered local and state politics for more than a decade.

Well, well. There are now contests for more than half of Lancaster County’s legislative seats in Election 2012

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Tom Murse

If you’re keeping score at home, Democrat Marcy Dubroff’s successful write-in campaign for state House in Pennsylvania’s April 24 primary means there will be five contested legislative races in November here in Lancaster County. There are nine local seats in … Continue reading →

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Santorum explains his ‘endorsement’ of Romney to Leno

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Tom Murse

Leno: Your email endorsement of Romney seemed kind of tepid, no?

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Q Poll: Obama 47%, Romney 39%

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Tom Murse

President Barack Obama has opened up a solid lead over presumed Republican nominee Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. In March, Obama held a 3-point lead here in the same statewide survey. “The good news for … Continue reading →

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New Pa. Senate parliamentarian has Lancaster County ties

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Tom Murse

And other notes this Friday morning … Megan Totino Consedine has been named acting secretary and parliamentarian to the state Senate, effective May 21. Pending confirmation by the full Senate, she will be the first woman in Pennsylvania to serve … Continue reading →

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Aryanna Strader Campaign Contributions in 16th Congressional District Race

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Tom Murse

Democratic congressional hopeful Aryanna Strader raised $50,286 from Jan. 1 through April 4, according to her recently filed campaign finance report. Here’s a look at who’s giving to her campaign, in map form. Strader is running against U.S. Rep. Joe … Continue reading →

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Santorum: Romney nomination ‘frightens’ me

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Tom Murse

And here I thought there was a chance Rick Santorum was going to endorse Mitt Romney sometime soon. Wrongo. The Des Moines Register reports that Santorum, who quit the presidential race last week, is claiming in a letter that hit … Continue reading →

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Black, wife spend $15,000 of their own money on state House campaign

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Tom Murse

Republican Steve Black and his wife Gloria L. Black poured $15,000 into his campaign for state House in the 37th Legislative District, new finance reports show. The contributions represent more than a quarter of all the money the Friends of … Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney in Lancaster, Pa.

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Tom Murse

Coverage of Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on April 17, 2012. Rick Santorum, who quit his presidential campaign last week, backed out of his scheduled appearance. You can read more about the background of … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: Santorum backs out of Lancaster appearance Tuesday

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Tom Murse

NOTE: This post was updated at 2:20 p.m. to reflect confirmation that Santorum has indeed backed out of his planned Tuesday night appearance in Lancaster.  Rick Santorum, who quit his campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination last week, has … Continue reading →

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Candidate goes negative in 37th Pa. House race

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Tom Murse

A Republican state House candidate from the Lititz area has gone negative on one of his primary opponents, Mindy Fee, for being a registered Democrat more than a decade a ago. In a new mailer, Steve Black’s campaign claims Fee was … Continue reading →

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