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Friday, January 9, 2009
Dwight Evans considers U.S. Senate run

Politicos say that state Rep. Dwight Evans, a Philadelphia Democrat and the powerful chairman of House Appropriations, is quietly considering a run for the U.S. Senate next year.

Hours after talk show host Chris Matthews bowed out of the speculation Wednesday, Mary Isenhour, executive director of the Pennsylvania Democrats, was mentioning Evans as one of the party luminaries considering the race. It won't be easy to defeat five-term Sen. Arlen Specter (R., Pa.), but the field of potential candidates is sure to grow.

"As of this moment, he is singularly focused on shepharding the state through this budget crisis," said Johnna Pro, spokeswoman for Evans.

Now there's a non-denial....

Evans, who has deep contacts throughout the state, has been a legislative leader for years. He ran in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor in 1994, and twice was a candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, losing to John Street in 1999 and Michael Nutter in 2007.

Click here for Philly.com's politics page.

Posted by Thomas Fitzgerald @ 2:56 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
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Posted 05:20 AM, 01/10/2009
FJG JR
Go Dwight!
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Commonwealth Confidential gives you regularly updated coverage of the state legislature, the governor and the workings of the state bureaucracy. It is also the place to turn for news of this year's races for governor and U.S. Senate. It is written by correspondents in the Inquirer's Harrisburg bureau, based right in the statehouse, and by the newspaper's far-flung campaign reporters.

Mario F. Cattabiani (left) has covered state government and politics from Harrisburg since 1994, the last six years for the Inquirer. In July, he was ranked by PolitickerPa.com as No. 1 among the "Most Powerful Political Reporters" in Pennsylvania.

Angela Couloumbis (center) joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1998, and has covered government and politics in New Jersey, Philadelphia and throughout Pennsylvania, including Gov. Rendell’s 2006 race against former Pittsburgh Steeler Lynn Swann.

Amy Worden (right) joined the Inquirer in 2000 and has covered governors, gubernatorial races, U.S. Senate races and three presidential campaigns. When not covering politics she can be found filing dispatches from disaster scenes or digging into local stories of national import.

Thomas FitzgeraldThomas Fitzgerald joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2000, and has covered Harrisburg as well as city, state and national politics for the newspaper. He was a “boy on the bus” in the 2004 presidential campaign and during primary contests in 2000 and 1996.

Tom Infield Tom Infield, a long-time reporter and editor at The Inquirer, has covered politics from many corners of Pennsylvania. He grew up in Pittsburgh, previously worked in Mercer and Lancaster counties, and has lived in both Philadelphia and its suburbs. He has closely followed campaigns for governor and U.S. Senate, as well as Philadelphia mayoral races.

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