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Those PG endorsements

I know what you're thnking, now that you've pored over the election results in yesterday's and today's paper: How did the PG editorial board do with its endorsed candidates on election night? In short, not as well as in recent primaries...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 9:21 AM by Tom Waseleski

Filed under: election, candidates, primary, judicial
Meet the candidates. We did.

Susan Mannella The Pennsylvania primary is 13 days away and the Post-Gazette editorial writers have finished our meetings with candidates in contested races. We have been fortunate to listen as 43 candidates described their varied backgrounds, skills...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 11:46 AM by Susan Mannella

Filed under: election, mayor, judges, primary
Onslaught of the candidates

I don't know what you'll be doing in the next two months, but members of the PG editorial board will be spending a lot of time with candidates in the May 19 primary. If they all show up, we'll be interviewing 54 candidates for possible endorsement...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2009 11:14 AM by Tom Waseleski

Filed under: pennsylvania, election, Allegheny County, endorsement, mayor, May 19 primary, judges, candidates
America is back

Tom Waseleski With Barack Obama's landslide victory in the electoral vote last night, I was reminded of a very different election outcome on a very different night. In 1984, Republican President Reagan won a second term with his own drubbing of Democrat...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 12:41 AM by Tom Waseleski

Filed under: obama, election, landslide, reagan
Obama by a landslide

Tom Waseleski Newspaper endorsements -- people love 'em or hate 'em. At the Post-Gazette, we think they're important if you intend to have editorials that speak out for the paper on issues of the day. To the relative few newspapers that run...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 9:49 AM by Tom Waseleski

Filed under: mccain, obama, election, endorsement
Hart vs. Altmire

Tom Waseleski Too often voters complain that politicians are all alike and it doesn't matter who wins an election. If you agree with that, you're not paying attention to the battle between Melissa Hart and Jason Altmire for the right to represent...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2008 12:27 PM by Tom Waseleski

Filed under: Republicans, Altmire, election, hart, democrat

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Those PG endorsements

Meet the candidates. We did.

Onslaught of the candidates

America is back

Obama by a landslide

Hart vs. Altmire