Tonight the wife and I attended a party on the deck at Molly Maguires in Jim Thorpe. The party was a fundraiser for Ron Rabenold, candidate for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The deck was crowded with Carbon County Democratic activists, friends of Ron, and people who are tired of the inadequate representation that Carbon County residents are currently receiving in Harrisburg.
I doubt if the campaign made much money, since tickets were only $12, and that got you two beers and a hotdog. I do know that a number of attendees did make additional contributions.
It is an unfortunate fact that electoral success is often dependent on which candidate spends the most money. The Connecticut Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate , for example, was way ahead in the polls until his opponent, the CEO of World Wide Wrestling, began to dump millions into the race.
It would be a tragedy if Carbon County continued to be represented in the state House by a mediocrity who overwhelmed Rabenold by outspending him.
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