Chris Potter
Government & Accountability EditorNearly three decades after leaving home for college, Chris Potter now lives four miles from the house he grew up in -- a testament either to the charm of the South Hills or to a simple lack of ambition. In the intervening years, Potter held a variety of jobs, including asbestos abatement engineer and ice-cream truck driver. He has also worked for a number of local media outlets, only some of which then went out of business. After serving as the editor of Pittsburgh City Paper for a decade, he covered politics and government at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He has won some awards during the course of his quarter-century journalistic career, but then even a blind squirrel sometimes digs up an acorn.
And yes, that is his real hair.
He can be reached at 412-930-8006 or at cpotter@wesa.fm.
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The 14th Ward Independent Democratic Club endorsed Bhavini Patel in her bid to topple first-term Congresswoman Summer Lee.
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The spot was aired by Moderate PAC, which purports “to strengthen Moderate House Democrats,” but whose only significant donor on record is Jeffrey Yass, an eastern Pennsylvania hedge-fund manager whose contributions to conservative candidates and causes like school vouchers has loomed increasingly larger in recent years.
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The 14th Ward encompasses the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, where U.S. Rep. Summer Lee’s longstanding criticism of Israel has become increasingly controversial since the outbreak of war in Gaza.
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Stein is back, and she hopes to capitalize on widespread disenchantment with Democrats and Republicans in her 2024 bid for the White House.
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Laurie MacDonald on Monday abandoned her bid to replace U.S. Rep. Summer Lee in the 12th Congressional District.
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When conservative justices overturned Roe in June of 2022, both parties knew it would transform the political landscape and the lives of women and families.
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In a statement Tuesday, the congresswoman said she initially had been unaware that other scheduled speakers had a track record of making antisemitic and homophobic statements.
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The campaign in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District has been dominated by the war in Gaza, as first-term Congresswoman Summer Lee’s criticism of Israel has been attacked repeatedly.
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A legal effort is underway to remove Laurie MacDonald from the April 23 primary contest for the 12th Congressional District.
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After meeting for more than 10 hours Friday, the region's umbrella labor group has named its preferred candidates for state and federal office in the 2024 elections, backing just one Republican alongside a slate of Democrats.