HumanEventsOnline:
Irey vs. Murtha (Race of the Week)
National focus on the race in PA district 12 between Diana Irey and
John Murtha:
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When Rep. John Murtha (D.-Pa.) had his now-celebrated exchange with
Republican colleague Jean Schmidt of Ohio last November over whether
the U.S. should pull out of Iraq, one of his constituents sat down
with her husband and three children. "I was very upset by what he was
saying because I felt very strongly we are at war, we're there in
Iraq, and we need to win in order to complete the mission", recalled
Washington County (Pa.) Commissioner Diana Irey, "So I asked my family
whether they felt I should run against him or not. They all agreed
that I should".
By May, West Virginia Business College graduate and three-term
Commissioner Ivey had wrapped up the nomination against an incumbent
who had not faced a serious GOP challenge since he first won his seat
in a special election in 1974. She raised more than $300,000 from all
50 states ; much of it coming from Irey's fellow conservatives angry
at Murtha for his new role as cheerleader for an "exit strategy".
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