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The Democrats are worried about the 4th district…

Politico.com is reporting that the Democratic National Campaign Committee plans to spend $554,000 in TV advertising on behalf of current congressman Jason Altmire in the 4th district as he tries to fend off a challenge from former congresswoman Melissa Hart.

The DCCC is dispatching $35 million to buy ads in 31 districts nationwide. They’re spending less than a third of that money helping out their incumbents. It seems pretty clear that the Democrats are nervous about their ability to hold onto this seat. They ought to be! Congresswoman Hart is running a strong, issue-focused campaign and an excellent grassroots effort.

If you’d like to get involved, there are several opportunities to help with door-to-door efforts in the next few weeks:

Saturday 7/12, West Deer Township (Allegheny County), 4 PM - evening
 
Saturday 7/19, Pine Township (Allegheny County), 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Sunday 7/20,  Indiana Township  (Allegheny County),12: 30 PM - evening
 
Saturday 7/26, Mercer County, meeting at 10:00 AM in Hermitage
Sunday 7/27, West Deer Township 12:30 PM - evening
 
Satuday 8/2, Murrysville, Delmont and Export (Westmoreland County), 1030am - evening
Sunday 8/3, Murrysville, Delmont and Export, 12:30 PM - evening
 
Also, on Friday 8/1, Congresswoman Hart will be walking in West Deer Township Community Day Parade and needs a few volunteers to walk with her. Line-up is at 6 PM.

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Mike McMullen at mpmreferee@yahoo.com

About Megan Ritter

Megan Ritter recently graduated from Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA, with a degree in history and political science and a concentration in Holocaust and genocide studies. She served as the chair of the SHU College Republicans, as the campus chair of Students for Santorum, and as the political columnist for the university newspaper. She interned for the non-profit public interest group Students for Saving Social Security where, most notably, she staked out a Hillary Clinton appearance dressed in an ostrich suit and carrying a sign asking Clinton to “get her head out of the sand and fix Social Security.”

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One Response to “The Democrats are worried about the 4th district…”

  1. Mike Ubbens Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    Thanks for posting this Megan! Let’s get the west involved in this race and win back our GOP seats!

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