Chester County Democratic Committee

From the archives: at the earliest local TEA party rally, 4/4/09, PA Rep. Curt Schroder (R-155) speaks to the demonstrators in front of the Chester County Courthouse while Congressman Joe Pitts (R-PA 16) looks on.

by email, 8/24/10: The Lois Herr for Congress campaign is proud to announce that two major organizations have endorsed Democrat Lois Herr for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District. They are the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO and the Sierra Club. The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO’s Executive Council announced its endorsement in a letter signed by President Richard W. Bloomingdale [...]

excerpts from Dave Boyer, “Seeking the magic money threshold,” at Inquirer Editorial Board / SayWhat, 8/6/10: …The Sunlight Foundation compared congressional fund-raising totals this year with the previous “wave” election years of 1994 and 2006, when voters tossed out incumbents in large numbers. It found that incumbents who raise more than 70 percent of the [...]

Media release, August 9, 2010 — Lois Herr, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District, has signed a nationwide pledge to “Fight Washington Corruption.” The pledge was drafted by tens of thousands of citizens nationwide under the sponsorship of MoveOn.org. “This pledge includes exactly the kinds of reforms that are needed to [...]

By Mike McGann, Staff Writer, Chester County Press, 8/7/10 In a year with a few familiar faces and high-profile election rematches in the southern Chester County area, this one might be, surprisingly, a little under the radar: Lois Herr’s run against U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts in the 16th Congressional District. And while some of the [...]

by Chris Bowman, from wcborodems.org/, 7/5/10 I’m working in Philadelphia this summer, and on my way to lunch this past Friday I was stopped by a Greenpeace volunteer asking for donations. One stat she mentioned particularly struck me: “In ten years, if we do not change our environmental impact, practices and policies, we will cause [...]

Media release from Lois Herr 2010, 7/23/10 When the U.S. House voted on Thursday afternoon to give final passage to the bill extending unemployment compensation, it should have surprised no one that Congressman Joe Pitts cast a NO vote. After all, he had voted against the extension earlier, when the bill was first before the [...]

from Lois Herr 2010 campaign, 7/15/10:    Campaign finance reports released today show Democratic challenger Lois Herr (D, PA-16) continues to outraise incumbent Joe Pitts among individual contributors. Herr has raised about $168,000 from citizen-donors (97% of her total), while Pitts has raised $13,000 less. Almost 60% of Pitts’ contributions have come from big-business and special-interest [...]

email from Lois Herr for Congress, 6/10/10 Let me share two sentences from the polling memo we just received: * “Given her strong early standing Herr has the potential to pull one of the biggest upsets of 2010.” * “Pitts appears to be in the greatest danger of losing his seat since he was first [...]

Congratulations to all Democratic winning candidates, and to all others who ran, thus contributing to the progress and experience of the ChesCo Dem party! Here for contested races are the ChesCo and state or district results: PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 226). . . . . 226 100.00% REGISTERED VOTERS – TOTAL . . . . . [...]