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Express-Times – “Mr. Towne Should Go to Washington”
I am very honored and humbled to have received the endorsement of the Express-Times, a major local newspaper in the 15th congressional district, this morning. Under a headline, “Mr. Towne Should Go to Washington” the Express chose to endorse my candidacy rather than Republocrats Mr. Dent and Mr. Callahan after my clear victory at the [...]
Debate at the State – Towne Claims Victory
Independent congressional candidate Jake Towne claimed a clear victory at the “Debate at the State” – held and co-sponsored by Easton’s historic and beautiful State Theatre. The Express Times was the main sponsor, and is commended by the campaign for its commitment to hear all candidates. When Towne challenged Mr. Dent on the constitutionality of [...]
Upcoming Events and Republocrats Shun Debates
Jake will have an online chat at noon today with the Morning Call. (It’s over, view the transcript here.) He will also be talking to the East Penn Taxpayer’s Association tonight at 7:30 pm in Emmaus, details below. Independent congressional candidate Jake Towne has had a tough time locating opponents Mr. Charlie Dent and Mr. [...]
Jake Towne Challenges Republocrats to Pay for their own Healthcare
At the WFMZ-TV debate last Tuesday, independent congressional candidate Jake Towne challenged both Mr. Dent and Mr. Callahan to take some kind of paycut, not enlist in the pension plan and pay for their own healthcare. With all the job losses and paycuts in the private sector, the least either of these career politicians could [...]
Towne for Congress Raises Over $57,000!
Towne for Congress has raised $53,375 per its most recent FEC filing. An additional $4,000 was raised from 63 donors on October 14th during a 24-hour online money bomb. A flood of support was received after Towne soundly defeated his bickering career politician opponents during a televised debate on WFMZ last night and subsequently was [...]
Money Bomb Today!! And WFMZ Debate Footage!
The campaign has an urgent need to raise another $4,000 to pay for TV ads in the final couple weeks prior to the election. Watch the ad here or below! Please consider donating as for some very affordable rates we can get the message out to key demographics. The schedule of ads will be published [...]
New TV Ad and Televised Debate Tomorrow!!
Wednesday evening at 8 PM EST on WFMZ-TV Channel 69 will be a live debate between myself and my two career politician opponents, Mr. Dent and Mr. Callahan!! Tune it to watch as it should be a fun time showing the audience how inept the Republocrats are! Track record so far: First Debate – A [...]
Where in the 15th Congressional District are John Callahan and Charlie Dent?
From a recent press release: This week, both Mr. Callahan and Mr. Dent failed to show up at the second local debate in a row, which turned the evening into another “victory by TKO” for independent congressional candidate Jake Towne. While all three candidates will appear on this week’s WFMZ-69 televised debate, Towne is excluded [...]
Interview with the Pottstown Mercury
Today I gave an interview with Nancy March, editor of the Pottstown Mercury newspaper as part of their “Ask the Candidate” program (Part 1 and Part 2). Before the interview began we were talking about the Mercury’s expose on the ineptitude of the federal stimulus plan as I had predicted in a January 2009 article [...]
Interview with Two Zombies!!
I hope everyone enjoys this campaign video, “Interview with Two Zombies” and shares it everywhere!! Many thanks to Dan, Jane, Clayton Glabis, and John for volunteering as zombies, cameramen, editors, directors, etc. to make this entertaining video!! The campaign’s second revision of a 30-second radio ad is here. Thanks to a one-day September online money [...]
Letters to the Editor over Debate Barring
The Morning Call devoted a half page elaborating why they are barring my campaign from their debate. The article did not address 1) why the Morning Call first offered myself an invite which I accepted back in June, then rescinded this offer and 2) the deficiencies in the poll, which are highlighted here. While I [...]
Response to Morning Call’s Skewed Poll
“… that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment — the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution — not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply “give the public what it wants” — but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, [...]
Towne Dominates Dent and Callahan on the Internet
One place where Jake Towne’s independent congressional campaign is already dominating his establishment-backed career politician opponents is on the web. Towne’s website has an Alexa global traffic rank of 1.2 million, which means only 1.2 million websites have more traffic. Callahan’s website has far less traffic, with 8.4 million websites – including Towne’s – having [...]
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