More Petition Notes

The press releases are flying furiously. Here are a few notes from emails received, regarding candidate petitions turned in last week.

Patrick Murphy, the freshman Democrat representing the 8th congressional district, turned in over 5,750 signatures.

Republican Dan Meuser, trying to unseat freshman Democrat Chris Carney who represents the 10th congrssional district, turned in over 4,100 signatures.

Democrat Bob Roggio, who would like to defeat Republican Rep. Jim Gerlach of the 6th congressional district, was the first congressional candidate in the state to quality for the ballot. While not providing the number of signatures, the press release did say that over 100 volunteers circulated his petitions.