Rep. Tim Holden

Democrat  •  17th District, Pennsylvania  •  10th Term  •  Sworn In 1993
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05/30/12
Texas Republican Rep. Ralph Hall Holds Off Tea Party Challenger ...

It delivered a knockout blows to Reps. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, Don Manzullo, R-Ill., and Tim Holden, D-Pa., in their primary losses earlier this year. Texas expanded its congressional delegation from 32 to 36 seats this year due ...

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05/30/12
Politico.com: Silvestre Reyes Falls, Ralph Hall Wins

Dick Lugar, Illinois Rep. Donald Manzullo and Pennsylvania Rep. Tim Holden — fall to younger challengers. Another veteran member, GOP Ralph Hall, the dean of the Texas congressional delegation who, at 89 years old, ...

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05/07/12
A Tim Holden Post Mortem | PoliticsPA

Two weeks ago, Lackawanna County Attorney Matt Cartwright unseated Rep. Tim Holden, the dean of the Pa. congressional delegation. Details, reports and analyses after the fact shed some light on how an incumbent who'd ...

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04/25/12
Rep. Tim 'The Fracker' Holden Goes Down in Pennsylvania Primary ...

Jason Altmire in a highly competitive member-vs-member Democratic primary for the 12th district, while Rep. Tim Holden (D) was defeated in a primary by lawyer Matt Cartwright in Pennsylvania's new 17th district.

Source: Susie Madrak
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04/24/12
Pennsylvania Primary: Blue Dog Democrats Lose Seats

The League of Conservation Voters "targeted Representative Tim Holden for defeat explicitly because he has opposed policies that will curb harmful global warming pollution and build a clean energy economy," said Gene ...

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04/24/12
Ten-Term Democrat Holden Loses in Pennsylvania Primary ...

Ten-term Representative Tim Holden of Pennsylvania was defeated in a Democratic primary on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, losing to Matt Cartwright, a lawyer, who made Mr. Holden's vote against President ...

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04/24/12
Longtime Rep. Tim Holden loses try for Democratic nomination in ...

Holden, who was elected to Congress in 1992 and was one of its conservative so-called Blue Dog Democrats, lost to personal injury attorney Matt Cartwright, who spent nearly $400000 in the race.

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04/23/12
Pennsylvania Rep. Tim Holden is a magnet for outside spending ...

Outside groups have spent more than $572000 in the semi-rural central Pennsylvania district, most of it to defeat Rep. Tim Holden. The only other House races that have drawn more outside spending so far have been special ...

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04/18/12
Daily Kos: Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Is Rep. Tim Holden ...

PA-17: Is Rep. Tim Holden actually shaping up to be an underdog in the Democratic primary? I don't know if I'd go that far, but Roll Call's Shira Toeplitz makes a good case for it in an excellent local color piece on the race, ...

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04/17/12
Why the presidential race is going to be closer than you think

That seems unlikely. This is going to be — unless something drastic changes — a very, very close election. League of Conservation Voters targets Holden primary: Rep. Tim Holden's (D-Pa.) tough primary just got tougher.

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04/17/12
Campaign for Primary Accountability - Roll Call: Redistricting Makes ...

Roll Call: Redistricting Makes Blue Dog Holden an Underdog. April 17, 2012. SCRANTON, Pa. — They don't know Rep. Tim Holden here. The conservative Democrat spent the past 20 years representing a district less than 100 miles away, ...

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04/17/12
New League Of Conservation Voters Ad Targets Tim Holden ...

has launched a $230000 ad buy blasting U.S. Rep. Tim Holden for what TIM HOLDEN it says is the 17th District Democrat's support for former President George W. Bush's energy plan "which included billions in special tax ...

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04/16/12
Cartwright Says He'd Have Supported Obamacare - Politics in Stereo

POSTED 04.16.2012 ON PoliticsPA. Matt Cartwright, the Lackawanna County attorney challenging Rep. Tim Holden, now says he would have supported the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which Holden... READ MORE ...

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04/16/12
Save us Chuck Woolery | Lessons from the House cash dash

Among them: Democratic Rep. Tim Holden of Pennsylvania, whose $438000 haul was overshadowed by opponent Matt Cartwright, who raised $707000. Cartwright, a liberal attorney, supplied nearly $400000 from his own pocket. Tennessee ...

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04/16/12
NEPArtisan » Battle For NEPA Comes Down To 1 Race

As PoliticsPA reported the money on hand for the Congressional candidates of PA, looking specifically at NEPA, there appears to be just one race – the 17th Congressional District – Rep. Tim Holden vs. Matt Cartwright.

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04/16/12
First quarter fundraising: Winners and losers | Fundraising Firms

Rep. Tim Holden (D-Pa.): The moderate Pennsylvania congressman faces a very well-funded primary challenge from attorney Matt Cartwright, who raised $325000 and self-funded $380000 in the first quarter. Holden actually ...

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04/16/12
Lessons from the House cash dash | Odd Onion

Among them: Democratic Rep. Tim Holden of Pennsylvania, whose $438000 haul was overshadowed by opponent Matt Cartwright, who raised $707000. Cartwright, a liberal attorney, supplied nearly $400000 from his own ...

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04/16/12
Cartwright Says He'd Have Supported Obamacare - Politics in Stereo

POSTED 04.16.2012 ON PoliticsPA. Matt Cartwright, the Lackawanna County attorney challenging Rep. Tim Holden, now says he would have supported the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which Holden... READ MORE ...

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04/16/12
Save us Chuck Woolery | Lessons from the House cash dash

Among them: Democratic Rep. Tim Holden of Pennsylvania, whose $438000 haul was overshadowed by opponent Matt Cartwright, who raised $707000. Cartwright, a liberal attorney, supplied nearly $400000 from his own pocket. Tennessee ...

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04/16/12
NEPArtisan » Battle For NEPA Comes Down To 1 Race

As PoliticsPA reported the money on hand for the Congressional candidates of PA, looking specifically at NEPA, there appears to be just one race – the 17th Congressional District – Rep. Tim Holden vs. Matt Cartwright.

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04/16/12
NEPArtisan » Battle For NEPA Comes Down To 1 Race

As PoliticsPA reported the money on hand for the Congressional candidates of PA, looking specifically at NEPA, there appears to be just one race – the 17th Congressional District – Rep. Tim Holden vs. Matt Cartwright.

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04/15/12
Congressman Tim Holden's bashing by Super PACs is intriguing ...

At initial glance, Congressman Tim Holden, D-17th District, seemed to be throwing a dickens from both sides, removing slammed by dual domestic movement committees with resisting roots. The liberal-leaning Blue America Super PAC, formed in California, put

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04/15/12
Congressman Tim Holden's bashing by Super PACs is intriguing ...

At initial glance, Congressman Tim Holden, D-17th District, seemed to be throwing a dickens from both sides, removing slammed by dual domestic movement committees with resisting roots. The liberal-leaning Blue America Super PAC, formed in California, put

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04/15/12
Congressman Tim Holden's bashing by Super PACs is intriguing ...

At initial glance, Congressman Tim Holden, D-17th District, seemed to be throwing a dickens from both sides, removing slammed by dual domestic movement committees with resisting roots. The liberal-leaning Blue America Super PAC, formed in California, put

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04/14/12
Campaign for Primary Accountability - Heard on the Hill — Roll ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Rep. Tim Holden (D-Pa.) was burning up the phone lines to his Congressional colleagues in March, just a few weeks ahead of his competitive primary. Dozens of Democratic House Members anted up ...

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04/14/12
Campaign for Primary Accountability - Heard on the Hill — Roll ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Rep. Tim Holden (D-Pa.) was burning up the phone lines to his Congressional colleagues in March, just a few weeks ahead of his competitive primary. Dozens of Democratic House Members anted up ...

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04/13/12
DownWithTyranny!: Wonder Why Corrupt Blue Dog Tim Holden Is ...

Local papers are reporting that Holden, who has never represented over 70% of the newly redrawn 17th CD, is still refusing to face Cartwright man to man and debate him in front of voters. U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, in the midst of ...

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04/13/12
Pennsylvania: Members Rally to Fund Embattled Holden | At the ...

Rep. Tim Holden (D-Pa.) was burning up the phone lines to his Congressional colleagues in March, just a few weeks ahead of his competitive primary. Dozens of Democratic House Members anted up more than $70000 for ...

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04/13/12
Congressman Holden under attack from PACs | Election 2010

Democrat Tim Holden, who is facing Lackawanna County attorney Matt Cartwright in the 17th District primary, is under attack from political action committees based in Texas and California. The Campaign for Primary Accountability, a Dallas- based Super PAC,

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04/13/12
DownWithTyranny!: Wonder Why Corrupt Blue Dog Tim Holden Is ...

Local papers are reporting that Holden, who has never represented over 70% of the newly redrawn 17th CD, is still refusing to face Cartwright man to man and debate him in front of voters. U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, in the midst of ...

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Phone: 202-225-5546
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