Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Governor: A guide to the 2022 primary and candidates | WITF
State Senate President Professional Tempore Corman has spent his profession within the state Senate, representing a Centre County district round State School. His father, Doyle Corman, beforehand held the identical seat for a few years. Corman has made his time within the legislature and his pushback to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 response a key a part of his marketing campaign. He has allowed a 2020 “election integrity” effort to maneuver ahead within the state Senate. “The individuals of Pennsylvania have to have outcomes of what occurred,” he stated.
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Joe Gale has raised almost $100,000 all through his marketing campaign.
Gale hails from the state’s southeastern nook, the place he serves as a commissioner in Montgomery County, a closely Democratic county exterior of Philadelphia. Gale beforehand tried a run for lieutenant governor however was ordered off the poll by a choose, as he would have been too younger to take workplace had been he to have received, per the state Structure. He has touted himself as the primary elected official in Pennsylvania to endorse Donald Trump for president in 2016 and has attacked quite a lot of incumbent Republicans for previous votes that allowed mail-in voting.
Celebration: Republican
Expertise: Montgomery County Commissioner (2016 – current)
Training: Temple College (B.B.A.)
Hyperlinks: Web site | Facebook | Twitter
Candidate surveys: League of Girls Voters
Main endorsements: None at present obtainable
Fundraising complete: $99,095
Money available: $33,133
Price studying: “Gale drive in Montgomery County politics” (Brian X. McCrone, NBC Philadelphia)
Charlie Gerow
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Charlie Gerow has raised lower than half one million {dollars} over the course of his marketing campaign.
Gerow is CEO of Harrisburg-based Quantum Communications and for years has been a fixture in political media representing a Republican standpoint, although he has not beforehand held public workplace. Gerow was born in Brazil and adopted by American missionaries as a baby; he grew up in Pennsylvania. He beforehand has run unsuccessfully for Congress and the state legislature. He has declined to say if he helps former President Donald Trump’s baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud within the 2020 election, telling The Related Press, “I’m not right here to relitigate what occurred in 2020, and I feel it’s necessary for us to deal with the long run and ensure the integrity of our elections are completely preserved.”
Celebration: Republican
Expertise: CEO, Quantum Communications (2001 – current)
Training: Messiah School (B.A.), Villanova College (J.D.)
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Twitter | YouTube
Candidate surveys: League of Girls Voters
Main endorsements: U.S. Rep. Glenn “G.T.” Thomson (Pa.-15); Newt Gingrich. Extra right here.
Fundraising complete: $468,574
Money available: $179,073
Price studying: “Conservative activist Charlie Gerow to run for Pennsylvania governor” (Marc Levy, Related Press)
Melissa Hart
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Melissa Hart has seen most of her marketing campaign money come from particular person donations below $5,000.
Hart, of McCandless, is a former state senator and member of Congress. She is the one lady within the race. Since leaving Congress in 2007, she’s been working as an legal professional. She declined to say if she believed in debunked allegations of voter fraud in 2020, saying, “That’s not related to why I’m operating for workplace.” However she hasn’t been shy about difficult different gubernatorial hopefuls, denouncing their “diva-esque calls for” once they sought to forestall anybody who wasn’t a Republican from moderating debates.
Celebration: Republican
Expertise:
U.S. Home of Representatives – 4th Congressional District (2001 – 2007)
Pennsylvania Senate – fortieth District (1991 – 2001)
Training: Washington & Jefferson School (B.A.); College of Pittsburgh (J.D.)
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Twitter | Instagram
Candidate surveys: League of Girls Voters
Main endorsements: Former U.S. Rep. Phil English (Pa.-3)
Fundraising complete: $37,060
Money available: $7,200
Price studying: “Melissa Hart says financial system’s key in governor’s race, with abortion and election integrity much less pressing” (Lucy Perkins, WESA)
“5 girls to observe throughout the midterms” (Justin Sweitzer, Metropolis & State Pennsylvania)
Doug Mastriano
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Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, speaks to supporters of President Donald Trump as they display exterior the Pennsylvania State Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Harrisburg, Pa., after Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump to develop into forty sixth president of the USA.
State Sen. Mastriano, of Franklin County, has been one of the vital vocal proponents of Donald Trump’s baseless 2020 conspiracies a couple of “stolen” election; he organized a post-election listening to in Gettysburg in late 2020 that includes Rudy Giuliani and a telephone look by Trump. The previous Military officer was exterior the U.S. Capitol constructing on Jan. 6 throughout the rioting by a mob of pro-Trump insurrectionists, and he has been subpoenaed by a committee investigating the occasions of that day to testify. He additionally led protests in spring 2020 about COVID-19-related shutdowns.
Celebration: Republican
Expertise: Pennsylvania State Senate – thirty third District (2019 – current)
Training: Japanese College (B.A.); U.S. Military Warfare School (M.S.); Air College (M.S.); Nationwide Intelligence College (M.S.); College of New Brunswick, Canada (Ph.D.)
Hyperlinks: Web site| Fb | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
Candidate surveys: League of Girls Voters
Main Endorsements: Pennsylvania Management Convention (tie with Invoice McSwain)
Fundraising complete: $1.4 million
Money available: $1.1 million
Price studying: “Frontrunning Pa. governor candidate nonetheless centered on unproven election fraud claims” (David Wenner, PennLive)
Invoice McSwain
FILE – Invoice McSwain takes half in a discussion board for Republican candidates for governor of Pennsylvania on the Pennsylvania Management Convention in Camp Hill, Pa., Friday, April 1, 2022. (AP Photograph/Matt Rourke, File)
McSwain, of Chester County, is a Trump-appointed former federal prosecutor and former U.S. Marine. He typically clashed with Democratic officers in Philadelphia throughout his time as U.S. Lawyer there. However he was blasted by Donald Trump for not doing sufficient to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election: McSwain has blamed his former boss, Lawyer Common William Barr, for reining in efforts to problem the result. McSwain has stated if elected, his “priorities could be strengthening our financial system, lowering crime, selling faculty selection and pro-family insurance policies, and securing our elections.”
Celebration: Republican
Expertise: U.S. Lawyer for the Japanese District of Pennsylvania (2018 – 2021)
Training: Yale College (B.A.), Harvard College (J.D.)
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Twitter | YouTube
Candidate surveys: League of Girls Voters
Main endorsements: Commonwealth Companions Chamber of Entrepreneurs; Pennsylvania Management Convention (tie with state Sen. Doug Mastriano); York County GOP; former opponent Jason Richey
Fundraising complete: $2.4 million
Money available: $1.7 million
Price studying: “Invoice McSwain, ex-federal prosecutor below Trump, joins GOP governor major” (Marc Levy, Related Press)
“Trump slams Invoice McSwain, who’d sought his endorsement for GOP governor major” (Related Press)
Dave White
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Dave White has acquired his high donations from a PAC managed by Bob Asher.
A steamfitter who began his personal HVAC firm, White additionally served on Delaware County Council. He says he would advocate for the “identical pro-business, pro-worker agenda” of former President Donald Trump.
Celebration: Republican
Expertise:
Delaware County Council (2012 – 2017)
Ridley Township Board of Commissioners (2009 – 2012)
Training: Cardinal O’Hara Excessive College
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
Candidate surveys: League of Girls Voters
Main endorsements: Butler County GOP; North-East Central Republican Alliance (NECRA PAC); Pennsylvania GOP Southeast Caucus
Fundraising Complete: $5.1 million
Money available: $171,308
Price studying:
“Amid Trump-initiated turbulence within the Pennsylvania governor race, Dave White makes his transfer” (Katie Meyer, WHYY)
“Former Delco councilman Dave White declares bid for GOP gubernatorial nomination” (Kathleen E. Carey, Delco Each day Occasions)
Nche Zama
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Nche Zama has primarily acquired smaller donations and no main PAC assist.
Dr. Zama, a cardiothoracic surgeon, got here to the USA as a teen from his native nation of Cameroon. He has stated he desires to enhance the state’s training system, well being care and financial system, although his web site has few coverage specifics.
Celebration: Republican
Expertise:
Director of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgical procedure, Arnot Well being (2018 – current)
Training: College of Massachusetts (B.S.); Cleveland Clinic/ Cleveland State College (Ph.D.); College of Cincinnati (M.D.); Harvard College (M.S.)
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Twitter | YouTube | Instagram
Candidate surveys: League of Girls Voters
Main endorsements: None at present obtainable
Fundraising complete: $263,052
Money available: $134,455
Price studying: “Pa. is sick and desires a physician, says GOP Gov. candidate Nche Zama” (Stephen Caruso, Pennsylvania Capital-Star)
PENNSYLVANIA— Any Pennsylvania residents who use Tom’s of Maine toothpaste and have noticed a strange taste or smell from the product aren’t alone, according to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, which recently detailed how bacteria was found in some of the company’s products and black mold was discovered at a facility.
The agency this month issued a warning letter to Tom’s of Maine Inc. about its “significant violations” of manufacturing regulations for pharmaceuticals, and discussed a May inspection of the facility in Sanford, Maine.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a type of bacteria that can cause blood and lung infections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was found from June 2021 to October 2022 in samples of water that was used to make Tom’s Simply White Clean Mint Paste, the letter stated. The water was also used for the final rinse in equipment cleaning.
Gram-negative cocco-bacilli Paracoccus yeei, which is associated with several infections, according to the Hartmann Science Center, was in a batch of the company’s Wicked Cool! Anticavity Toothpaste, the letter stated.
Ralstonia insidiosa, a waterborne bacteria, according to the Journal of Medical Microbiology, was repeatedly found at water points of use at the facility, the letter stated.
“A black mold-like substance” was discovered within one foot of equipment that came into contact with products, according to the letter, which stated the substance was at the base of a hose reel and behind a water storage tank.
The company received about 400 complaints related to toothpaste odor, color and taste, including in relation to products for children, but the complaints were not investigated, the letter said.
“We have always tested finished goods before they leave our control, and we remain fully confident in the safety and quality of the toothpaste we make,” Tom’s of Maine said, according to News Center Maine. “In addition, we have engaged water specialists to evaluate our systems at Sanford, have implemented additional safeguards to ensure compliance with FDA standards, and our water testing shows no issues.”
In the federal administration’s letter, dated Nov. 5, the agency directed the company to provide multiple risk assessments, reserve sample test results from all unexpired batches, and a water system remediation plan, among other things. The administration requested a written response from Tom’s of Maine within 15 working days.
With reporting by Anna Schier of Patch.
The Orphan Society was formed by a committee of wealthy Philadelphia women, notably Sarah Ralston and Rebecca Gratz, who each took the role of social reformer very seriously.
Gratz, the daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant, also formed the Female Association for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances, the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, and the Hebrew Sunday School. Gratz College in Elkins Park is named after her.
“She never married,” Barnes said. “She did things like put her money and her time toward doing that kind of public service.”
Ralston, the daughter of onetime Philadelphia mayor Matthew Clarkson, also formed the Indigent Widows and Single Women’s Society, which ultimately became the Sarah Ralston Foundation supporting elder care in Philadelphia. The historic mansion she built to house indigent widows still stands on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, which is now its chief occupant.
Women like Ralston and Gratz were part of the 19th-century Reform Movement that sought to undo some of the inhumane conditions brought about by the rapid industrialization of cities. Huge numbers of people from rural America and foreign countries came into urban cities for factory work, and many fell into poverty, alcoholism, and prostitution.
“These are not new problems, but on a much larger scale than they ever were,” Barnes said. “It was just kind of in the zeitgeist in the mid- and later-1800s to say, ‘We’ve got to address all these problems.”
The reform organizations could be highly selective and impose a heavy dose of 19th-century moralism. The Indigent Widows and Single Women’s Society, for example, only selected white women from upper-class backgrounds whose fortunes had turned, rejecting women who were in poor health, “fiery-tempered,” or in one case, simply “ordinary.”
St. Joseph Prep’s Khyan Billups (24) runs past Parkland’s Blake Nassry (7) during the PIAA Class 6A football quarterfinals at Pennridge High School on Nov. 22, 2024. (Alan Sylvestre | lehighvalleylive.com)Alan Sylvestre | lehighvalleylive.com contributor
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