Congressman Jim Gerlach

U.S. Rep Jim Gerlach , R-PA, who is running for the PA Republican gubernatorial nomination, has the upper edge in the integrity category on his opponent PA AG Tom Corbett. Even though Corbett recently charged 10 Republicans in the PA “bonusgate” scandal, this was over a full year after he announced charges in July, 2008 against 12 Democrats involved in the scandal. Jim Gerlach has exhibited integrity, leadership and common sense while representing PA’s 6th congressional district in Congress. Laura Vescey points to comments made by Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman T.J. Rooney said that "state Democratic Party insiders are more afraid of having the ... Read Full Story

U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach , who is running for the PA Republican gubernatorial nomination against PA Attorney General Tom Corbett, has struck fear in the hearts of PA democrats for the 2010 PA gubernatorial race. U.S. Rep Gerlach's strong voting record in the U.S. congress promoting a strong economy, reducing the size of government, cutting taxes, and creating jobs is a a greater threat to any democratic candidate for PA governor. Laura Vecsey reports in The Patriot-News, that PA State Democratic Party Chair T.J. Rooney says Jim Gerlach would be a bigger challenge in 2010 to the democrats than Gerlach's Republican challenger for the ... Read Full Story

In August 2009, U.S. Rep Jim Gerlach , the only Republican PA gubernatorial candidate with proven results creating jobs, cutting taxes and cutting government waste, called on PA Attorney General Tom Corbett to either suspend his PA Republican gubernatorial campaign or resign his position as Attorney General. Despite raising money and political support for his gubernatorial effort since March from within the same political circles as those he is supposed to be investigating, Corbett officially announced his candidacy September 14 th and has refused to either step down as Attorney General or suspend his campaign. Attorney General Tom Corbett continues to fail to acknowledge ... Read Full Story

The above video is part 3 of an interview with PA Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach . See Political Policy posts dated 10/27/09 for part 1 of his interview and dated 10/29/09 for part 2 of his interview. In this final interview Rep. Gerlach outlines his leadership proposals on the following issues: Expanding PA Gaming - Rep. Gerlach recognizes the economic development gained with the slots online in PA, but is cautiously optimistic about expanding gaming in PA from a social values perspective. Before expanding gaming in PA Gerlach believes, "we need to wait and see what the social consequences are as ... Read Full Story

The above video is part 3 of an interview with PA Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach . See Political Policy posts dated 10/27/09 for part 1 of his interview and dated 10/29/09 for part 2 of his interview. In this final interview Rep. Gerlach outlines his leadership proposals on the following issues: Expanding PA Gaming - Rep. Gerlach recognizes the economic development gained with the slots online in PA, but is cautiously optimistic about expanding gaming in PA from a social values perspective. Before expanding gaming in PA Gerlach believes, "we need to wait and see what the social consequences are as ... Read Full Story