August 5, 2026
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On September 9, Dr. Steven Porter – running to represent Pennsylvania’s 3rd district in the US Congress – announced that his attorney had filed an appeal to a Senior Commonwealth Court Judge’s decision to throw him off of the ballot.Â…
Pennsylvania’s Oil City Derrick reports James Fryman, the Libertarian nominee in the state’s Fifth District U.S. House race, joined the Democratic and Republican candidates at a Chamber of Commerce forum on Friday.…
The Constitution Party has been suing to get on the Pennsylvania ballot. An update from Ballot Access News:
On September 12, at 6:30 p.m., U.S.
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The Constitution Party of Pennsylvania “has sued the state’s chief elections official, claiming the party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates are unfairly being denied spots on the November ballot,†the AP reports.…
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In Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional district, which includes Erie and the surrounding area, an independent candidate for US Congress has been removed from the ballot, but “has no intention of dropping out of this race.”…
Pennsylvania’s Oil City Derrick reports that James Fryman will seek the Fifth District U.S. House seat in that state as a Libertarian. Fryman “said he chose to run ‘to give voters an alternative to the same old Republican and Democratic representation they have had.'”…
Pennsylvania’s Bucks County Courier-Times reports Eighth District U.S. House candidate Jay Russell decided to end his Constitution Party run “two days before a hearing challenging his candidacy was set to take place. 
The Pennsylvania Libertarian Party “has rounded out its list of candidates for the top of the ticket in this year’s election,” and “substituted candidates for several who qualified for the ballot by the Aug.…
Pennsylvania’s Bucks County Courier Times reports farmer Jay Russell has entered the state’s Eighth U.S. House District race as the Constitution Party candidate. The newspaper says Russell “has run for a series of offices, including state representative, township supervisor and county commissioner†over the past 15 years, “but has never won an election.