Lehigh Valley News- Politics- tea party-type candidate rises in US- PA 15th district congressional race

[1] Independent Jake Towne Skyrockets to a “Stunningly High” 8% in the Polls

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” - Harper Lee from “To Kill a Mockingbird”

Today the incumbent released some startling numbers[2] from a recent poll paid for by his campaign.  The results:  Towne 8%, Republocrat A 53%, Republocrat B 27%.  Scott Kraus of the Morning Call reported my total as “stunningly high” and he is correct - it is a tribute to both the hard work of the campaign’s volunteers in spreading the message so far, and the growing discontent of the district with the Washington, DC establishment.  This is impressive since it is still quite early in the election season, and I have not been able to spread the message to a high amount of residents just yet - we obviously have 92% left to cover - and I have not yet even begun to fight.

The incumbent career politician released this poll mainly to make the other career politician look bad in comparison, but no doubt he should have deleted my totals.  The 15th District is widely looked upon by both the Democrat and Republican national parties as a top 5 battleground race, and millions of dollars will be spent. Opposing the Republocrats in the general election is myself, the campaign’s valiant volunteers, and a powerful message to serve the people and solve the problems rather than mudslinging and [3] refusal of my campaign’s request to debate.  The Republocrats are fiddling while Rome burns.