Bill Kortz, life long democrat entered this race “For All the Right Reasons”, just as he entered the race for State Representative in 2006 when it became abundantly clear that’s some of our State Representatives were out of touch with the citizens of Pennsylvania. As a member of the Appropriations Committee for the State House of Representatives Bill Kortz the working class candidate is in the unique position to see first hand the economic devastation tax breaks for the wealthy and the unjustified Iraq War Policy by the Bush administration and his republican allies, including now long time republican, conveniently turned democrat, Arlen Specter, have reeked on Pennsylvania and our nation..Read More

Meet the Democrat Who Won’t Give Specter a Clear Field
CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS – POLITICS
May 26, 2009 – 12:04 a.m

In the three weeks since Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter left the Republican Party, Democrats have mostly succeeded in clearing a path for their prized defector.

But Specter still has one announced challenger in the Democratic primary — Bill Kortz, a little-known state representative from western Pennsylvania who announced his candidacy a week before Specter’s party switch and who says he is staying in the race.

Kortz, who is serving his second two-year term in the state House, said his candidacy is being driven by economic issues — job losses, home foreclosures and bank failures that he says have decimated working families.

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