Congressional candidate (and AAA-Fund endorsee) Dr. Manan Trivedi just scored a huge coup. Thanks to Manan’s surging grassroots campaign, a major Pennsylvania leader has withdrawn his support for Manan’s opponent (via PoliticsPA):
Democratic State Senator Daylin Leach has withdrawn his endorsement of 6th District Congressional candidate Doug Pike, the lawmaker told PoliticsPA on Monday, an unusual decision for any politician that indicates how dramatically the district’s Democratic primary has been reshaped in recent months.
Pike, a former editorial writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, faces former Iraq war physician Manan Trivedi for the party’s nomination.
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Leach is considered one of the state’s most prominent social liberals. Earlier this year he introduced a bill in the Senate legalizing same-sex marriage.
It’s not good news for Pike, who seemed poised during the summer to lock up his party’s nomination. The former journalist, who declared his candidacy in April, was the only Democrat in the race until Trivedi entered it in September.
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