Forget state House race - Farnese to take on Fumo

February 19th, 2008, posted by CindySnyder

After a week of indecision whether to run for the state House or the Senate, attorney Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. is going for the bigger prize, the Senate seat now held by Vince Fumo.

A source close to the campaign said last night that Farnese will drop his run against state Rep. Babette Josephs and join the campaign against Fumo and two other challengers for the Democratic nomination – electricians union leader John Dougherty and anti-casino activist Anne Dicker.

The primary election is April 22. The unopposed Republican candidate is Jack Morley.

Farnese, 39, ran a strong race against Josephs two years ago, losing the mostly Center City House district by 237 votes. The Senate district includes much more of South Philadelphia, where Farnese has strong family roots, and extends north into Fairmount, Northern Liberties and Fishtown.

Farnese’s grandfather, Andrew, was a longtime School Board member and became board president in 1995, with Fumo’s backing. Farnese’s uncle used to be principal of South Philadelphia High School.

Farnese’s departure from the state House race leaves Josephs facing Peggy Banaszek, 35, a former insurance project manager from the Washington Square West neighborhood, and Bobby Gormley, 34, a community activist from Grays Ferry who works for Dougherty’s union.
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Divide and conquer

On February 19th, 2008 Anonymous said:

Fumo has three opponents. Theoretically, he could win with only 26 % of the vote. He probably has that many voters in the cemetaries.

Larry Farnese’s signatures have been challenged by Dougherty, although apparently Dicker’s people were considering it as well. Usually thats a tough case to make but some of his sheets have been circulating the internet and some of the highlights are right here ->

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24107548@N04/22890393…

My personal favorite is the one where Farnese campaign manager Renee Gilinger (or someone signing her name) apparently forgot how to spell her name on the affidavit writing it first “Rene” and then writing over it with the second “e” on the end.

It may turn out to be 3 in the primary race after all.

Handwriting on the wall

On February 25th, 2008 Greg Palmer said:

Yup, and the fact that the handwriting is 100% identical for all signatures… these are almost funny to look at!