A busy week campaigning across the 5th district:
The highlight of the past week was the opening of the Centre County Democratic Campaign Headquarters in State College. Over 200 people were on hand to celebrate the opening that included a round of rousing speeches from candidates and campaign representatives including Greg Stewart and Jay Paterno for the Obama campaign, Auditor General Jack Wagner, State Representative Scott Conklin and candidate for state representative Joanne Tosti-Vasey. I want to thank and congratulate Centre County Democratic Chair Diane Gregg, Greg Stewart, Ben Flatgard and everyone else involved in getting the headquarters up and running. Having a facility like this in downtown State College is going to be a tremendous help to all the candidates and the people who are working on the campaigns.
This week I made a trip to Harrison Valley in Potter County for Tioga / Potter Counties Farm Bureau picnic. I got the chance to field some questions on issues that concern the farming communities in a rural part of the district. Not surprisingly, the subject of natural gas drilling that is going on throughout the district also came up.
The weeks events also included a visit to New Bethlehem for the Clarion County Fair, to Pleasant Gap in Centre County for a parade and to Oil City in Venango County also for a parade. The week concluded with Kelly and I attending Dan Surra’s “Night at the Races” annual fundraiser Saturday evening and on Sunday I attended the AFL-CIO regional trap shoot held at the Fox Township Sportsman’s Club in Elk County.
The coming week will close out July and we’ll be into August with 3 months to go until Election Day.
Mark B. McCracken
Your Candidate For Congress
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