© 2024 90.5 WESA

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

Politics & Government

Federal Prosecutor Latest To Run For Murphy's House Seat

90.5 WESA | By Associated Press

Published October 16, 2017 at 11:41 AM EDT

A fifth Democrat, and eighth candidate overall, has announced his run for a southwestern Pennsylvania congressional seat being vacated by GOP Congressman Tim Murphy.

Conor Lamb announced his candidacy Saturday. He recently resigned as an assistant U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh and is the nephew of Pittsburgh City Controller Michael Lamb. This will be the first run for public office by 33-year-old Conor Lamb.

Murphy is resigning effective Oct. 21 after the anti-abortion lawmaker urged his former mistress to get an abortion.

Lamb joins former Allegheny County Councilman Mike Crossey, Veterans Affairs official Pam Iovino, physician Bob Solomon and Westmoreland County Commissioner Gina Cerilli on the Democratic ticket.

Three Republican state lawmakers are also running: state Rep. Rick Saccone of Allegheny County, and state Sens. Guy Reschenthaler of Allegheny County and Kim Ward of Westmoreland County.

Tags

Politics & Government Tim Murphy Congress Conor Lamb Politics

Associated Press

The Associated Press is one of the largest and most trusted sources of independent newsgathering, supplying a steady stream of news to its members, international subscribers and commercial customers. AP is neither privately owned nor government-funded; instead, it's a not-for-profit news cooperative owned by its American newspaper and broadcast members.

See stories by Associated Press

Politics & Government

Recount called in U.S. Senate race between Republican Dave McCormick and Democratic Bob Casey

Jordan Wilkie | WITF

The U.S. Senate race is going to an automatic recount, requiring already exhausted election officials to reprocess seven million ballots in under two weeks.
Politics & Government

Casey isn’t seeking to count illegal votes, despite claims by Musk

Oliver Morrison

Voters listed as unregistered in Pennsylvania can cast a provisional ballot in the hopes that elections officials will find their registration later. Sen. Bob Casey's campaign has been trying to find voters who might have been listed as unregistered by mistake, though such cases seem rare.
Politics & Government

Senate race between McCormick and Casey headed toward a recount, and possibly litigation

Marc Levy | Associated Press

The U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania between Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick is headed for a statewide recount, as counties continued Wednesday to sort through outstanding ballots and the campaigns jousted over which ones should count.

Load More