April primary  

A Democrat from East Hempfield Township who launched a last-minute write-in campaign for state House in the April 24 primary won enough votes to appear on the November ballot, election officials said.

Marcy Dubroff will face Republican state Rep. Ryan Aument of Landisville, who is serving his fir...

The dust has settled from the Pennsylvania primary, and we all know by now who won and who lost.

Not that most of you care.

Only 1 in 5 Pennsylvanians bothered to vote Tuesday.

But, hey, we have a column to write. So for you 20-Percenters out there, thanks for sticking around.

Here's a f...

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...

A light voter turnout and no problems with the new law requiring voters to have a photo identification characterized today's primary election in Lancaster County in the early going.

The morning turnout across the 235 precincts in the county and Lancaster city was described as "relatively light" b...

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...

Most of the congressional and legislative candidates seeking election this year are unopposed in the party primaries and will face their first and only challenge in November.

Here's a look at those candidates on the ballot in Lancaster County.

Congress

Republican U.S. Reps. Joe Pitts and Pa...

A Republican state House candidate from the Lititz area has gone negative on one of his primary opponents, Mindy Fee, for having been a registered Democrat more than a decade a ago.

In a new mailer, Steve Black's campaign claims Fee was a "Bill Clinton-Al Gore Democrat" in the late 1990s, and tel...

Rick Santorum made the right move at the right time.

But just barely.

His campaign is nearly $1 million in debt, and there was no reason for him to endure the reels of negative attack ads awaiting him in Pennsylvania or to risk the humiliation of losing his home state on April 24.

So he qui...

In the end, Rick Santorum was humble.

And characteristically defiant.

The Republican presidential hopeful, who abandoned his long-shot campaign Tuesday, described his run for the nomination as a "miraculous experience." He also described himself as the only GOP candidate willing to speak out o...

I'm going out on a limb.

I think Rick Santorum could very well end his pointless campaign for the Republican presidential nomination sometime in the next two weeks, before the Pennsylvania primary.

I know, I know.

There are a couple of good reasons, both well-documented, to believe the form...