Q&A 167th District: Anne Crowley

The is The Times’ final installment of paired Q&As with local legislative candidates. Today we present the answers from the candidates in the 167th State House district. They were both supplied with the exact same questions and the answers are unedited. 1. Why are you running? Anne Crowley It is critical that we move the Pennsylvania in a new direction. We must invest in our families and...

The Times endorsements 2014: State Representative

Today, The Times, continues our formal endorsements of candidates, with six state Representative races today. We did not choose to make endorsements in every state house district in the county, in part as they are not primary coverage areas as yet, or we did not feel an endorsement was appropriate. Our endorsements started yesterday with Congressional candidates and wraps up with state Senate and...

Numbers, both in polls and finance reports tell a story

While Corbett’s numbers suggest a Democratic opportunity, can they raise enough $$ to take advantage? By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Not to beat a dead horse, but there are even more bad poll numbers this week to make even the stoutest of Republicans more than a tad worried about not just the fate of Gov. Tom Corbett, but whether an electoral tsunami could hurt down-ballot candidates, but...

Corbett faces trouble from his own party

Legislators annoyed by, but not scared by, Gov.’s budget line-item veto By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Yogi Berra, the baseball legend and armchair philosopher once said, “when you get to a fork in the road, take it.” Based on his action last week, Gov. Tom Corbett appears not to have taken this sage advice — and crashed right into the Burma Shave billboard located at the fork in the...

Crowley kicks off race against Milne in 167th

Ready for rematch against Rep. Milne; backed by Dinniman State Sen. Andy Dinniman is backing Easttown’s Anne Crowley in her rematch with State Rep. Duane Milne for the 167th State House District race. She formally kicked off her campaign, Sunday. MALVERN — Anne Crowley says she is more than ready for a rematch with State Rep. Duane Milne for the 167th State Representative seat, and kicked off...

Democrats step up in legislative races

GOP faces opposition in all but two races in Nov. elections By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Petition season is over, and unless there are some write-in candidates, we know who will appear on the May primary ballots. And, although I took the Democrats to task for seeming to have a shortage of candidates, they’ve managed to challenge all but two legislative races in Chester County. Yes, there shouldn’t...

Leisenring withdraws from 167th race

Milne will face Democrat Crowley in fall election Ted Lesienring By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times It looks like the number of primary races for state legislative seats in the county is down to one, after Ted Leisenring opted to end his challenge to State Rep. Duane Milne in the 167th District, last week. Milne, first elected in 2006, will take on Democrat Anne Crowley — who lost narrowly to Milne...