Battleground: Pennsylvania – An Election Preview from Radio PA (Part 2)

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This is “Battleground: Pennsylvania,” a special 2-hour election preview from Radio PA that examines the candidates and races appearing on the statewide ballot on Tuesday, November 8th.

Hour #1 featured interviews with Pennsylvania Attorney General candidates John Rafferty (REP) and Josh Shapiro (DEM), as well as Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Katie McGinty. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey’s campaign rejected numerous requests to take part in the program.

In hour #2, we are joined by political analyst and pollster Dr. Terry Madonna from F&M College in Lancaster for a top-to-bottom analysis of the statewide ballot. Also, we talk to founding board member Adelaide Kimball from Project Vote Smart to talk about the resources that organization makes available to voters in every state. Learn more about the candidates on your ballot at www.votesmart.org.

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Battleground: Pennsylvania – Katie McGinty

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This is the complete and unedited interview with Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Katie McGinty, taped Thursday, October 20th in the Radio PA studios in Harrisburg. Portions of this interview were aired in Radio PA’s election preview special “Battleground: Pennsylvania.”

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey was invited to take part in the program, but his campaign rejected numerous requests and invitations by Radio PA.

You can also listen to McGinty’s interview with Radio PA from last spring’s primary election. Toomey’s campaign also declined to be interviewed for our election preview special last spring.

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Battleground: Pennsylvania – The Attorney General Candidates

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These are the complete interviews with Pennsylvania Attorney General Candidates John Rafferty (GOP) and Josh Shapiro (Democrat), from WITF-Harrisburg’s “Smart Talk” radio program with host Scott LaMar.

Portions of these interviews were aired in Radio PA’s special election preview “Battleground: Pennsylvania.”

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Radio PA Roundtable – October 28-30, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, officials from Fayette County have concerns after devastating flooding in their region over the summer; veterans groups tell lawmakers about their needs in the coming years; and the state House of Representatives avoids one big vote in the stretch run of the legislative session.

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Radio PA Roundtable – October 21-23, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, professors and other faculty at the 14 state-owned universities hit the picket lines this week; and the Secretary of the Commonwealth comes to the defense of election credibility in Pennsylvania.

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Radio PA Roundtable – October 14-16, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, the final report is out on Childline – the state’s hotline for reporting child abuse and neglect; and this was National Fire Prevention Week…we speak with state Fire Commissioner Tim Solobay about the state of volunteer fire companies and other safety issues.

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Radio PA Roundtable – October 7-9, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, the countdown continues to an October 19th strike deadline for the faculty at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities; Governor Tom Wolf addresses Pennsylvania’s rising unemployment figures; and what’s with all the creepy clown sightings in Pennsylvania and other states?

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Radio PA Roundtable – September 30-October 2, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Governor Tom Wolf addresses a joint session of the state legislature on the opioid epidemic; a state lawmaker pushes for a first step toward protecting motorists from projectiles thrown from highway overpasses; and Governor Wolf was in our studio this week, talking about the potential strike by faculty at the 14 state-owned universities and efforts by the Pennsylvania State Police to prevent incidents like we’ve seen in Tulsa, Charlotte and other cities across the country.

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Ask the Governor – September 26, 2016

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This edition of “Ask the Governor” was taped Monday, September 26th, 2016 and includes conversations with the governor on…

-Protests erupting from police shootings
-Pennsylvania’s response to the bomb attacks in New York and New Jersey
-The APSCUF labor dispute with the 14 state-owned universities
-This week’s joint legislative session on opioids
-Pennsylvania’s rising unemployment numbers
-A court ruling against the Governor’s executive order dealing with homecare workers
-Autonomous vehicles
-Listener/web viewer emails and much more…

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Radio PA Roundtable – September 23-25, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, an ominous update on contract talks between the State System of Higher Education and APSCUF, the union representing the schools’ faculty; a stark reminder of the “See Something, Say Something” mantra; lawmakers talk about the casino license tied to a failed development project in Lawrence County; and the deer management debate continues to rage in Pennsylvania.

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