Meehan and Badey File for 7th Congressional District

Both major candidates have now filed in the race for the newly drawn district.

Update @ 4:31 p.m.Both major candidates have now filed in the heating up race for Congress in the newly drawn 7th Congressional District.  Republican incumbent Pat Meehan announced today he has filed 4,750 signatures with the PA Department of State to become an official candidate.  A minimum of 1,000 signatures is required.  Democrat George Badey says he has submitted in excess of 3,000 signatures, gathered from all 5 counties in the 7th.  Badey says he is “gratified by the support ”which he garnered in about 3 weeks since enterting the race only recently.  He says a formal announcement of his candidacy will come in the next couple of weeks.


In the heating up race for Congress in the newly drawn 7th Congressional District, Republican incumbent Pat Meehan announced today he has filed 4,750 signatures with the PA Department of State to become an official candidate.  A minimum of 1,000 signatures is required.  His likely Democratic opponent, attorney George Badey, is expected to make an announcement later today about the number of petitions he will have filed by COB.  It's expected that Badey, who is a late entrant in the race and therefore had less time to gather signatures, will file 2 or 3 times the 1,000 requirement but less than the number filed by Meehan.

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