Lou Barletta

Barletta donor questioned by Congressman

August 1st, 2008, posted by RobHop

U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski is questioning a donation made by U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens to Lou Barletta’s 2002 congressional campaign, a move the Republican challenger called desperate.

Kanjorski, D-Nanticoke, called on Barletta to return a $1,000 contribution from Stevens, the Alaska senator who was indicted this week on charges of scheming to conceal thousands of dollars worth of gifts from an oil-services company.

Barletta received the contribution from the Northern Lights PAC, which is registered with the Federal Election Committee as a political action committee of Stevens, according to FEC records.  read more »

Barletta announces energy plan

June 25th, 2008, posted by RobHop

Congressional candidate and Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta proposed more drilling and the greater use of alternative fuels during a Monroe County press conference on Wednesday.

“It’s important, especially here in Monroe County, which is dependent on tourism that will affect the economy, and because so many people commute to work from here,” Barletta said.

Barletta, a Republican, is in a race to unseat U.S. Congressman Paul Kanjorski, a Democrat, for Pennsylvania’s 11th District, which includes Monroe County.  read more »

New GOP survey: Barletta would beat Kanjorski

June 17th, 2008, posted by RobHop

Republican Lou Barletta would defeat 12-term incumbent Paul Kanjorski by 5 percentage points if the election were held today, according to an internal poll released Monday by the Barletta campaign.

Conducted by Susquehanna Polling and Research, a Harrisburg-based Republican polling agency, the results show Barletta would receive 47 percent of the vote compared to 42 percent for Kanjorski.  read more »

Are You Kidding Me?!?

April 7th, 2008, posted by DanCheek

The following blog post originally appeared on my website, www.StopLouBarletta.com on 7 April 2008.
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When Lou Barletta’s supporters talk about him, they often refer to him as being “a hero”. On his official campaign website, Barletta proclaims that his motto is “Courage and Leadership for America.” All, or at least most, of this bravado is thrown Barletta’s way because of the immigration policies that he has tried, and failed, to enact.

What a lot, maybe even most, people don’t know, however, is that Lou Barletta did not devise these immigration policies. He Googled them. As reported in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette…  read more »

Barletta Campaign Threatens PA Progressive Blog

March 8th, 2008, posted by Greg Palmer

I’m still waiting for the lawsuit Lou Barletta’s Congressional campaign threatened me with two weeks ago. Are process servers on strike? Did someone in Hazleton realize how stupid this was? I wrote this article after press reports that Lou Barletta, running in the 11th Congressional District against incumbent Democrat Paul Kanjorski, declared the loan listed on his FEC reports for six years was personal and not a campaign debt.

Of course, if it was a personal loan secured by his home that may raise other violations…  read more »

Kanjo and Barletta Gearing Up for Tough Race

February 29th, 2008, posted by Greg Palmer

Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski is as close to a political icon as you can find in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Respected for steering federal funding to his economically depressed northeastern Pennsylvania district, the 12-term Democratic congressman hasn’t had to worry much about his political prospects since he was first elected in 1984.

In fact, the only serious challenge he ever faced was in 2002, when a little-known Republican mayor from the small city of Hazleton held him to 56 percent of the vote.

Sources Confirm: Barletta Will Challenge Kanjorski

February 6th, 2008, posted by Greg Palmer

Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta will seek the Republican nomination to the 11th Congressional District seat in hopes of knocking off Democratic U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, two sources familiar with his plans said today.

Both sources spoke on the condition they not be named. One of the sources said the official announcement would likely come at a rally Thursday, probably in Hazleton, on the eve of the state Republican Party’s weekend meeting in Harrisburg.  read more »

Barletta running for Congress

January 30th, 2008, posted by RobHop

Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta plans to run for Congress this year, parlaying his fight against illegal immigrants into a race against one of the state’s most entrenched Democrats, according to state Republican Committee Chairman Rob Gleason Jr.

Barletta will announce his candidacy for the GOP nomination in the 11th district seat in “a few days,” Gleason said in an interview today. The seat is held by Democrat Paul Kanjorski.  read more »

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