Tim Holden

As state legislators toil over redesigning the congressional map, one rumor making the rounds is that U.S. Rep. Tim Holden's district could be redrawn to include Easton. Holden, a Democrat and the longest serving Pennsylvania congressman, called it a...

Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Well here we are -- in the final furlong before the April 24 primary. Can't you just feel the electricity in the air? The buzz building before the dramatic face-off between a pack of charismatic......

There Have Been Billboards ... ... and TV spots aplenty in the so-nasty-they-declared-a-truce Democratic 17th Congressional District primary between 10-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Tim Holden of Schuylkill County and Scranton lawyer Matt Cartwright. But now...

Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. If there was one shock result out of Tuesday night's primary election, it was the defeat of 10-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Tim Holden to lawyer Matt Cartwright in the redrawn 17th Congressional District. And that's........

Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Welcome to The Morning After. If you're a victorious candidate, we hope you're still sleeping off the depredations of last night's celebrations. If you're a loser, just remember, there's nothing like a little R&R,...

The League Of Conservation Voters ... ... has launched a $230,000 ad buy blasting U.S. Rep. Tim Holden for what it says is the 17th District Democrat's support for former President George W. Bush's energy plan "which included billions in......

At first glance, Congressman Tim Holden, D-17th District, seemed to be catching the dickens from both sides, getting slammed by two political action committees with contrasting roots. The liberal-leaning Blue America Super PAC, based in California, put...

The 43-year-old League of Conservation Voters, known for scoring lawmakers on their environmental records, announced Tuesday it has purchased $230,000 in ads to air in the 17th district against incumbent Democrat Tim Holden. It is the only Democratic...

Once upon a time, Joe Sestak thumbed his nose at Democratic establishment and primaried party-pick Arlen Specter for theU.S. Senate. As the story goes, he beat Specter, but lost in the general election to Pat Toomey. Now, the former U.S. congressman is...

The Democratic candidates in Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District launched their television advertisements Wednesday and the two sides have already traded barbs over the messages. Lackawanna County attorney Matt Cartwright’s ad buy...

The four remaining Republican presidential candidates, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul, and the five GOP Pa. Senate hopefuls, Sam Rohrer, Steve Welch, Tom Smith, Marc Scaringi and David Christian, filed the requisite number of...

Republican U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, who currently represents all of the Lehigh Valley, and Democrat U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, who after redistricting would represent parts of Northampton County, including Easton, each had more than $300,000 in their campaign...