The 11th congressional district race is already starting to heat up. Republican challenger Lou Barletta, the mayor of Hazleton, who has made illegal immigration his signature issue, is taking on incumbent Democrat Paul Kanjorski.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission which references an unpaid bank loan Barletta received during his 2002 congressional campaign. Barletta says the loan was to him personally and then he made a personal loan to the campaign.
The National Republican Congressional Committee has come back with comments about Kanjorski putting relatives on his campaign payroll. No formal complaints filed in this regard (I don't think there are rules against this.)
Read the whole story in a 2/20 Politico blog entry, "DCCC files complaint against top GOP recruit," by Josh Kraushaar
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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This is the first shot it what promisses to be a campaign about anything but issues.
Gort, it does look interesting. Closer to your area than mine -- I'll count on you to keep close track of it.
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