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Metcalfe goes after anti-Corbett group

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State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Cranberry, says he will convene a House State Government Committee hearing next month to see if a group running ads attacking Gov. Tom Corbett is violating state elections law by not disclosing its contributors.
 
"Based on their activity, they've certainly been working to try to influence the outcome of an election...I think it's clear in the law, that if somebody is going to make expenditures and try to influence the outcome of an election, as they have done, then they need to report that," he said, speaking to a group of reporters in the capitol newsroom Thursday afternoon.

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Harris went Indy on deadline

Published by Tim McNulty on .

Darlene Harris

Will 422 be Darlene Harris's lucky number?

Allegheny County voter registration records confirm the Pittsburgh City Council president changed her registration to independent on April 22, preserving her ability to run against Democrat Bill Peduto in the November mayor's race. The documentation was officially stamped at 4:22 p.m. that day, just 38 minutes before the party-switching deadline.

Mrs. Harris confirmed the party switch to the Post-Gazette yesterday but would not elaborate on her political intentions.

She was previously a Democrat. State law requires independent general election candidates to be disaffiliated with their parties at least 30 days before the primary. Since the 30-day deadline was Saturday, April 20, she had until April 22 to make the switch.

She has until Aug. 1 to make a decision. To get on the ballot she would need 485 petition signatures from registered city voters -- that total equals 2 percent of the votes cast in the last citywide election for controller in 2011.

No other Democratic names previously associated with the mayor's race -- including Controller Michael Lamb, state Sen. Jim Ferlo or city councilman Ricky Burgess -- switched their registration, according to the records.

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Burger Brunch: Five stories to read this afternoon

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1. O'Toole and Smydo pick apart Peduto's campaign, analyzing his sucess and quoting the candidate in between mouthfuls of victory Doritos. (For more policy, see Moriah's story.) And the spectre has been raised: Will Darlene Harris run as an independent?

2. For that matter, no one knows what Jack Wagner's plans are, though he's barred from running in November as an independent.

3. Gov. Tom Corbett has no Latino staff members, but heck, if you can find one, let him know! Giess what: That is an actual quote. Karen Langley has the story on his non-apology. (My favorite bit: "When the woman responded that she was 'sure' there were Latinos, Mr. Corbett turned, apparently toward an audience, and asked: 'Do any one of you want to come to Harrisburg?' People off-camera laughed, and the governor raised his hands and said,'See?'")

4. Pittsburgh inches up an itty-bitty bit in population.

5.  And Rob Rogers closes out the day:

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