I'm interested in two races in particular - the Pennsylvania state senate elections in SD-37 and SD-49. If we win both of these, along with SD-15 (which should be an easy Dem flip), and keep control of the state House, then Dems would win a trifecta in Pennsylvania. (There are no other realistic Dem flips in the PA Senate this year, and …
I'm interested in two races in particular - the Pennsylvania state senate elections in SD-37 and SD-49. If we win both of these, along with SD-15 (which should be an easy Dem flip), and keep control of the state House, then Dems would win a trifecta in Pennsylvania. (There are no other realistic Dem flips in the PA Senate this year, and none of the Dem seats are in any particular danger.)
Does anyone have any knowledge about how those two races are going?
In short, before the campaign began, Democrats were poised to pickup the easy one, were fighting for one and not so much in the other. That said, the Democratic primary in PA where these Democrats were chosen was held on April 23rd, so that’s hardly enough time for any candidate to do much of anything, let alone start raising some cash. So in essence, we know exactly what we did before looking at these reports. Have I mentioned how dumb this financial reporting schedule is? I should probably mention that.
However, this data only goes to May. Apparently PA campaign fundraising reports has a 5 month gap of no reports being required lol. The next report is on October 25th, which imo this entire schedule from top to bottom is freaking ridiculous. There’s no plausible explanation to have a 5 month gap in an election year for any state. Let alone for the preeminent swing state that determines the presidency and whether Democrats get a trifecta or not.
If Democrats win a trifecta or Treasurer or whoever the heck it is that’s in charge and came up with this very terrible reporting schedule, that needs to change, like, the day after being seated.
I'm interested in two races in particular - the Pennsylvania state senate elections in SD-37 and SD-49. If we win both of these, along with SD-15 (which should be an easy Dem flip), and keep control of the state House, then Dems would win a trifecta in Pennsylvania. (There are no other realistic Dem flips in the PA Senate this year, and none of the Dem seats are in any particular danger.)
Does anyone have any knowledge about how those two races are going?
I have 0 insider knowledge, but I can give you the fundraising numbers in each, courtesy of https://www.transparencyusa.org/pa/races?type=State%20Legislative%20%28Upper%29
SD15 D $650k R $123k
SD37 D $159k R inc $773k
SD49 D $303k R inc $500k
In short, before the campaign began, Democrats were poised to pickup the easy one, were fighting for one and not so much in the other. That said, the Democratic primary in PA where these Democrats were chosen was held on April 23rd, so that’s hardly enough time for any candidate to do much of anything, let alone start raising some cash. So in essence, we know exactly what we did before looking at these reports. Have I mentioned how dumb this financial reporting schedule is? I should probably mention that.
However, this data only goes to May. Apparently PA campaign fundraising reports has a 5 month gap of no reports being required lol. The next report is on October 25th, which imo this entire schedule from top to bottom is freaking ridiculous. There’s no plausible explanation to have a 5 month gap in an election year for any state. Let alone for the preeminent swing state that determines the presidency and whether Democrats get a trifecta or not.
If Democrats win a trifecta or Treasurer or whoever the heck it is that’s in charge and came up with this very terrible reporting schedule, that needs to change, like, the day after being seated.