By Jackie Kucinich
Roll Call Staff
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Few Congressional candidates get the chance for a rematch less than six months after a loss.
That makes Republican Tim Burns’ strategy of employing the same campaign playbook he used during his unsuccessful bid to replace the late Rep. John Murtha (D) all the more curious.
It has been almost five months since Burns lost the special election to Mark Critz (D), a former Murtha aide. And despite losing by a surprisingly healthy margin, Burns is by and large running the same race all over again. Continue reading ‘For Murtha’s Old Seat, A Surprising Sameness’