Dent May Leave Office Early

[RandySF]

Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), “who has already said he will not seek re-election next year, confirmed he has had conversations with TV news executives about becoming an analyst, raising the possibility that he would leave his seat early and create yet another special election for his party,” the New York Times reports.

Said Dent: “I have no definitive plans.”


https://politicalwire.com/2017/12/13/dent-may-leave-office-early/

[AngusBeef]

1. Good one more seat just opened up

[diva77]

2. a rethug becoming a news analyst

what a waste

[Ken Burch]

3. (on edit) Is THE DISTRICT flippable?

(edited for clarity).

[diva77]

5. a news analyst becoming a rethug?

not sure I get your question

(maybe you meant to respond to OP instead of me?)

[Ken Burch]

6. Meant to reply to OP

Was asking if the DISTRICT was flappable. My bad.

[diva77]

7. no problem! :)

[dalton99a]

10. making the librul media more librul

[DeminPennswoods]

4. Just a little early, but if he goes

soon, Wolf might piggyback Dent's open seat with the special election for Tim Murphy's open seat in March. Or he might just leave the seat vacant until Novemember. PA Dems have had their eye on the 15th for a long time. Dent was a long time state rep and was known/thought of as a moderate during his time in the state house. That reputation is what kept him in Congress because he rarely broke with voting the GOP party line. The problem for Dems is there's been a lot of legal problems for Allentown area Dems so I'm not sure who might be up for a go at the 15th.

The best place for info is the Allentown Morning Call:www.mcall.com. Best state reporter is John Micek: http://connect.pennlive.com/staff/jlmicek/posts.html

[n2doc]

8. Trying to get ahead of the curve

Gonna be a lot of republican ex-office holders come November 2018.

[shanny]

9. Yes. And a finite number

of TV analyst gigs. Perhaps even the wing nut welfare safety net will be stretched to the limit.