The nine Republicans crisscrossing a congressional district rectangle 160 miles wide and 100 miles deep are dividing into distinct groups — those with enough money for TV commercials and those relying on gasoline to take their message around.

State Sen. Jake Corman, R-Benner Township, said Saturday that he will not participate in a League of Women Voters forum on gerrymandering that was scheduled for Thursday evening to fit his own schedule.

STATE COLLEGE — Former president Bill Clinton will campaign for his wife in State College on Thursday, the Clinton campaign announced Saturday.

Political rhetoric and reality hit home last week after Barack Obama’s national campaign manager, David Plouffe, declared that “our campaign will not be defined by Pennsylvania.”

After four weeks of running for Congress, the 12 candidates have encountered deeper economic worries than expected among the people who live in the sprawling 5th District.

With seven weeks to go until Pennsylvania’s April 22 primary, 5th Congressional District Republican Matt Shaner has already spent more than $350,000 of his own money on the race, a campaign finance report shows.

Hillary Clinton supporters woke up to disappointment Wednesday after Barack Obama’s Wisconsin and Hawaii victories, and prospects for an important Democratic primary in Pennsylvania sank as Obama’s star soared.

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Here are the candidates who filed nominating petitions as of 5 p.m. Tuesday: