Democrat Charlie Crist Counting on Florida #39;s Youth Vote
Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist teams up with University of Florida College Democrats to engage millennial voters in the upcoming governor #39;s race.
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The Democratic candidate for governor of Pennsylvania on Wednesday defined the middle class as taxpayers earning less than $90,000 annually, leaving open the possibility that his proposed tax hikes for others would take effect above that level.
For me, the middle class is somewhere in the $70,000 to $90,000 [range] on the individual tax return, said Tom Wolf, a businessman who is trying to upset Republican Gov. Tom Corbetts bid for a second term.
In a debate, Mr. Wolf said he wants to cut the states income tax for middle-class workers. He has said he intends to raise taxes on wealthier families, but hasnt provided the details.
Mr. Corbett, trailing by as many as 20 percentage points in recent polls, tried to pounce on the Democrats revelation.
So two teachers [filing jointly] who make over $90,000, you would consider above the middle class? Mr. Corbett asked.
Assuming those teachers still had their jobs, replied Mr. Wolf, who blames the incumbent for thousands of teacher layoffs due to cuts in education funding.
It was their second debate of the campaign, in which polls show Mr. Corbett struggling against a challenger whos never held elected office. A Franklin and Marshall College poll on Sept. 22 showed Mr. Wolf leading among likely voters, 57 percent to 37 percent. A Morning Call-Muhlenberg College survey on Sept. 18 showed the Democrat with a 21-point lead, 54 percent to 33 percent.
Mr. Corbett is calling attention to the Democrats plans to raise taxes, including his proposal to impose a new 5 percent severance tax on the states burgeoning shale gas industry. Mr. Wolf says he would use hundreds of millions of dollars from that source to restore some of the education funding that Mr. Corbett didnt replace when federal stimulus money from the Obama administration dried up.
Pressed for specifics on his planned tax increases Wednesday, Mr. Wolf, who said he wants to cut taxes for the middle class, didnt divulge much.
Ive as been specific as I can, he said. Ill be specific when I understand what kind of [budget] hole this governor has left the next governor.
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After sleeping on Secret Service DirectorJulia Piersons testimony, Rep. Elijah Cummings, the most senior Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, had a change of heart and is now calling for Piersons resignation.
The president is not well servedI think this lady has to go Ms. Pierson, Cummings, D-Maryland, said during a radio interview with Roland Martin on NewsOneNow this morning.There has to be drastic changes.
It appears that the latest news about an incident in Atlanta, where the president ended upon an elevatorwith a contractor who wasconvicted felon and who had concealed a firearm, was the final straw for Cummings.
Im convinced that she is not the person to lead that agency. My trust has eroded, Cummings later told Diane Rhem during another interview today on WAMU. This is supposed to be the No. 1 protective agency in the world, guarding the most protected person in the world, the most protected house in the world. And it appears they are not doing a very good job.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she subscribes to Cummings analysis that Pierson, should resign.
I agree with his analysis, yes,Pelosi, D-Calif., said during a news conference today at the Capitol. If thats what he is suggesting, I support his suggestion. But if you follow up and say, tell me why you think she should leave, I dont have the knowledge that he has so I am subscribing to his superior judgment and knowledge on the subject.
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In the race to fill a Democrat-held House seat in eastern Massachusetts, the Republican candidate now has a slight lead following an early sprint by his Democratic opponent.
Republican Richard Tisei now leads Democrat Seth Moulton by 41% to 39% among likely voters in the contest to represent the Sixth Congressional District in northeast Massachusetts, according to a poll released Wednesday by Emerson College. Early in September, Mr. Moulton was in the lead by 44% to 36%.
The poll surveyed 429 likely voters was conducted Sept. 26-29, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.68 percentage points.
Mr. Moulton beat 18-year incumbent John Tierney in the Democratic primary in early September, but since then an enthusiasm gap has emerged between the Democrat and his general election opponent, according to the Emerson pollsters. They found that 50% of Tisei supporters were very enthusiastic about the race, compared to 34% for Mr. Moulton.
Pollsters attributed the Republican enthusiasm to the opportunity to turn the seat red for the first time in 18 years. Mr. Tisei lost an earlier bid in 2012 by just 1% of the vote.
Mr. Moulton, a Harvard Business School graduate and former Marine who served in Iraq, became the first Massachusetts Democrat to defeat a sitting member of Congress from his own party in 22 years, when he won the primary. Retired generals David H. Petraeus and Stanley McChrystal have backed him.
Mr. Tisei is a former state Senate minority leader and had an edge over Mr. Tierney in polls before Mr. Moulton prevailed in the primary.
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Republican congressional candidate Elise Stefanik, 30, says her generation "can't just complain about the problems we have to help solve them as well, because we're ultimately inheriting them." Mike Groll/AP hide caption
Republican congressional candidate Elise Stefanik, 30, says her generation "can't just complain about the problems we have to help solve them as well, because we're ultimately inheriting them."
If the Republican Party were to hang up a wanted sign for the new face of the party, the kind of person they need to help them connect with voters they've had a hard time reaching, Elise Stefanik may just be the person they'd find. She describes herself as a "big tent Republican," and House Speaker John Boehner recently held a fundraiser for her.
She's young, single and a candidate for Congress in an area of New York known as the North Country. If she wins, Stefanik would be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. She recently turned 30, and rather than hide from her youth, she embraces it.
She recently gave a short speech at the Saratoga County Republican Committee rally, where party faithful gathered at the fairgrounds for barbecued chicken and a chance to chat up the candidates. "Who is ready for a new generation of leadership in Washington?" she asked.
Stefanik was a Republican operative in her late 20s a little more than a year ago when she decided to run. No one asked her to. She expected to take on a popular Democratic incumbent. Then he announced his retirement, and she was in the right place at the right time. She says she has traveled more than 100,000 miles in this massive rural district in the Adirondack Mountains.
Along the way, she won a difficult primary and won over local GOP leaders like John Herrick, chairman of the Saratoga County Republican Committee. "I felt early on that we needed somebody who was young. We needed a female on the ticket. Good diversity for us, and she fit the bill. She's a great candidate," he says.
Nationwide, the Republican Party has struggled to get support from people in Stefanik's very demographic. It has also had a hard time getting women past primaries and into office. Republican Rep. Ann Wagner from Missouri has taken a leadership role in trying to get more Republican women elected to the House.
"One of my biggest surprises and frankly disappointments was the fact that there were only 19 Republican women in a conference of 234. And that's not representative of our country's demographic," Wagner says.
But it's not just about demographics. Wagner has been advising Stefanik and wants to work alongside her in Congress. "This is one I want really, really badly," she says.
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