The big GOP loss no one is talking about

Could 2016 become a textbook example of win the battle, lose the war? By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Across America, Democrats wail in anguish while Republicans rejoice in total control of the federal government. Confident of the outcome of the election, Democrats were quite sure that Hillary Clinton would defeat Donald Trump and they would regain control of the U.S. Senate. It didn’t quite work...

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If you’d rather stay away from other topics, it’s a good option By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times I considered writing about my opinions on the outcome of the election for this article…but, it was a rough week. Just reading other people’s thoughts on Facebook has left me exhausted. In an effort to lower my blood pressure and re-charge my battery, I turned to my coping mechanism...

Like their parents, Chesco students backed Clinton over Trump

For the first time in six elections, the kids didn’t pick the actual winner Pictured here are St. Agnes School students at the 2016 Chester County Kids Voting Kick Off Ceremony. Students from 41 county schools cast their ballots in the Kids Voting project. DOWNINGTOWN — “I wish that whoever is elected leads our country with courage, integrity and intelligence. And that any challenge thrown...

GOP sweeps local State House races

Dinniman the lone Democrat to win in legislative races By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Although Democrats fared well in Chester County at the top of the ticket — Hillary Clinton, despite losing Pennsylvania and nationally to Donald Trump, won Chester County by nine points and Democrats swept the three statewide row office races — but Republicans swept Congressional races and state house races,...

Dems mailer crossed the line in 158th race

Both parties deserve hit for tone and conduct of 2016 campaign By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times And so, finally, it comes to an end. There’s little glory to be had by either party — whether you look at the national operations, or the local county parties — as no one has much to be proud of for the their conduct and willful deceptions in advertising. While there is a price to be paid for that...

Letter: Hogan should recuse himself rom Roe investigation

To The Editor, Last week, the Chester County Democrats filed a complaint providing serious and concrete evidence that Republican Candidate Eric Roe has committed voter fraud. Following the appropriate legal avenues, they filed a complaint detailing Roe’s years of living in Washington D.C. and overseas both with the Chester County District Attorney and the Attorney General’s office, whose offices...

Chesco GOP hits Rzucidlo over mailers, story quotes

WEST CHESTER – Chairman Val DiGiorgio blasts the local Democratic Party and candidate Susan Rzucidlo for a mailer that hit homes of Chester County voters today that falsely attributes quotes to a local news source when it was actually a quote from a press release that the Democratic Committee of Chester County generated themselves. Chairman Val DiGiorgio stated, “This is an unethical and disgraceful...

Endorsements: Vote ‘No’ on Judicial Ballot question

In addition to the many elective offices on the ballot Tuesday, Pennsylvania’s voters will also get to decide whether judges can stay on the bench for an additional five years past the current retirement age of 70. Except, of course, that you could be confused by the text of the ballot question: “Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require that justices of the Supreme Court, judges,...

Candidate Q&A: Andy Dinniman, 19th Senate District

Andy Dinniman Editor’s Note: Once again, we posed the same nine questions to our legislative candidates and offered to publish them without edits or modification to allow our readers to get an unfiltered view of their positions on some of the top issues of the day in Pennsylvania. We will run the answers of all of the candidates for a given race at the same time — assuming all have responded. 1....

Candidate Q&A: Jack London, 19th Senate District

Jack London Editor’s Note: Once again, we posed the same nine questions to our legislative candidates and offered to publish them without edits or modification to allow our readers to get an unfiltered view of their positions on some of the top issues of the day in Pennsylvania. We will run the answers of all of the candidates for a given race at the same time — assuming all have responded. 1....