From the Post Gazette.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s unionized clerks have declared “war” on Gov. Tom Corbett’s plan to dismantle Pennsylvania’s government-operated wine and spirits sales operation.

On Monday, PLCB employees met at four hotels in Western Pennsylvania to discuss their game plan going forward and to vote on a temporary dues increase.

On its Facebook page, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23 asked employees to “spend your Martin Luther King Jr. holiday saving your job. … This is no time to ‘sit back and see what happens’ — this is WAR!” At the meetings, leaders asked members to “fight the threat” of privatization.

Read the full article: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11019/1118940-454.stm#ixzz1CdwuQlFt

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Governor Christie talks about about taking on the tough issues in New Jersey. Video from the 2011 State of the State Address.

“We are showing other states that sometimes to create real change you’ve got to go all in and show a little Jersey attitude. And this month new governors are taking office around the country Republicans and Democrats, using new jersey as an example. The stakes are high.” – Governor Chris Christie

Youtube Link

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Among the 400+ individuals named to Tom Corbett’s transition team were several who hail from Lancaster County.

AGRICULTURE

• PA State Senator Mike Brubaker
• John Barley, CEO of Versant Strategies
• PA State Senator Noah Wenger
• Jim Adams, President & CEO of Wenger Feeds
• Mike Firestine, Senior VP of Fulton Bank

LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

• Scott Martin, Lancaster County Commissioner

CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE

• Rick Sheetz, Executive Deputy Attorney General of Criminal Law Division, Office of Attorney General

LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

• Jack Zimmer, President and CEO, Associated Builders & Contractors
• Scott Sheely, Executive Director, Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board

BUDGET, PENSIONS & REVENUE COMMITTEE

• PA State Rep. John Bear

h/t Capitol Punmanship (who also has the full list).

A few other interesting facts about the list.

• 43 CEO’s
• 1 Pastor
• 1 Father
• 2 Tea Party Leaders
• 12 State Senators
• 9 State Representatives

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The gears of 2012 are rolling. I started seeing these ads the day after the election on Tuesday and I have to say that whoever came up with the campaign is a genius. Here is what I’m seeing here in PA. My guess it others are seeing similar ads around the country right now.

Here is one for Senator Elect Pat Toomey

And another one for Governor elect Tom Corbett.

And one for Senator Elect Marco Rubio.

Judging by the ads it looks like they are targeting people who are fans of a high profile candidates supported by Romney’s Free Strong America PAC.

Clicking on the ad takes you to the Mitt Romney facebook fan page where you land on a tab with this video. At the time of this post the video has 11,239 views and his fan page has 670,929 likes.

YouTube Link

Whoever is running this behind the scenes is doing a great job and I would love to take a peak at the before and after stats on this campaign.

c/p @ TechRepublican.com

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For those of you not up all night watching returns come in here is a quick summary.

Pennsylvania Governor Results

Corbet 54.5% Onorato 45.5%

Pennsylvania Senate Results

Toomey 51% Sestak 49%

Pennsylvania House Results

PA House Results

Results By District

1. Brady D (unopposed)
2. Fattah D 89% Hellberg R 11%
3. Dalkemper D 44.4% Kelly R 56%
4. Altmire D 51% Rothfus R 49%
5. Pipe D 28% Thompson R 66%
6. Trivedi D 43% Gerlach R 57%
7. Lentz D 44% Meehan R 55%
8. Murphy D 46% Fitzpatrick R 54%
9. Conners D 27% Shuster R 73%
10. Carney D 45% Marino R 55%
11. Kanjorski D 45.5% Barletta R 54.5%
12. Critz D 50.8% Burns R 49.2%
13. Schwartz D 56.4% Adcock R 43.6%
14. Doyle D 68.8% Haluszczak R 28.2%
15. Callahan D 39% Dent R 53.5%
16. Herr D 34.6% Pitts R 65.4%
17. Holden D 55.6% Argall R 44.4%
18. Connolly D 32.8% Murphy R 67.2%
19. Sanders D 23.3% Platts R 71.9%

Final Count Republicans 12 Democrats 7. Interesting to note that every incumbent won except for 3 (Carney, Murphy and Dalkemper) who lost to their Republican Challengers.

PA Election Returns

NY Times Results

Politico Results

*unofficial election results.

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