Ann Womble  

Sometimes going negative works in politics.

Other times? Not so much.

The race for state House in northern Lancaster County might serve as a good example of how slinging a bucketload of mud at a campaign foe can backfire — and how a strong ground game proves more important.

Manheim sa...

Rick Santorum's withdrawal from the presidential race appears to have cleared Mitt Romney's path toward the Republican nomination. It also knocked some of the excitement out of Tuesday's Republican primary in Pennsylvania.

But there are still a handful of reasons to pay attention to what voters o...

Eight Republicans here are hoping to serve as Pennsylvania delegates to the presidential nominating convention in Tampa this summer, and many of them have already pledged their votes to either Ron Paul or Newt Gingrich — regardless of what happens in the April primary.

The residents of the ...

Bob Walker is running again.

No, not for the House.

The former congressman and Manheim Township resident who is chairing Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign has informed local Republicans that he is a candidate for convention delegate.

The news is noteworthy for two reasons.

One: Walke...

Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts will face a Democratic challenger this year after all — and the candidate is running right in the lawmaker's own backyard.

Aryanna Strader, 29, of Kennett Square, is endorsed by the Chester County Democratic Committee and has been meeting with clubs here in La...

A Republican candidate for Lancaster Township supervisor has notified party officials that he is moving out of the suburb and will be ineligible to serve if he wins the Nov. 8 election.

Wayne J. Angelo's name will still appear on the ballot against Democratic incumbent Kathy Wasong for a six-year...