In the 17th District, which includes the rest of Northampton County, two Republicans are challenging Cartwright: Northampton County Councilman Glenn Geissinger and Matthew Connolly, who also ran two years ago. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., who went on to lose nearly as disastrously as McGovern did, winning less than 39% of the popular vote against President Lyndon Johnson.
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Ensuring an expedient and professional voting process has always been our goal and we hope that with the measures outlined here that all voters in the upcoming primary election will be satisfied with their experience. Representatives from the League of Women Voters will be at the 6abc studios from 7 a.m.to 8 p.m.to answer questions or concerns.
Polls for the presidential primary opened at 6 a.m., and the nation’s eyes are on CT as voters begin casting ballots. Ted Cruz of Texas and Gov. John Kasich of OH – have mathematically impossible odds of obtaining enough delegates before the convention.
This was the case for Democratic nominee Bernie Sanders.
But that seems unlikely since an April 20 poll conducted by Monmouth University found Clinton leading by about 13 points in Pennsylvania.
For instance, in 2008, when John McCain had already sewed up the GOP nomination, just 34 percent of the county’s Republicans went to polls.
Maryland had voter turnout of about 45 percent in the 1982 primary for a governor’s race, which wasn’t a presidential primary year. Because of proportional delegation, Sanders would have to win more than 85 percent of the vote in Pennsylvania to close the delegate gap. No state has more importance for either the Republican or Democratic party of the April 26 slate than Pennsylvania.
Rather, the delegate candidates who are elected – three in each of Pennsylvania’s 18 congressional districts – can vote for whomever they want at the convention, and the candidates’ campaigns are seeking to woo their support ahead of time. Of the 189 delegates at stake in Pennsylvania, 127 are handed out based on the results in individual Congressional districts, while 62 are pledged based on statewide totals. Only members of the Republican or Democratic party may vote in either’s primary. Observers say for the first time in recent memory, the state’s primary could make a difference on the national political stage. Unlike in previous years, the Pennsylvania primary carries unusual weight because neither party has a candidate that has obtained a majority of the necessary delegates.
Only registered Democrats and Republicans are allowed to participate in Delaware’s primary election.
The Secretary of the State’s office and the State Election Enforcement Commission will also hold two separate conference calls during the day on Tuesday to share information about potential problems or complaints at the polls and coordinate the appropriate response. The fall contest could help determine control of the U.S. Senate. Independents will not be able to vote in either Republican or Democratic primaries.
– Undeclared – U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster of Everett.
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In congressional races, U.S. Rep. Rep. Chaka Fattah of Philadelphia is running for a 12th term in a four-way primary as he faces trial on federal racketeering and bribery charges in May.
