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 [...]
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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. [...]
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 [...]
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The article did not address 1) why the Morning Call first offered myself an invite which I accepted back in June, then rescinded this offer and 2) the deficiencies in the poll, which are highlighted here.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, [...]
Front Page Coverage in the Express Times!!
Sometimes I guess it isn’t such a bad thing to be left out of a debate or two if the result is front page news coverage In today’s Sunday edition of the Express-Times newspaper with the headline “Some Debates Exclude Jake Towne,” reporter Lynn Olanoff covers my being left out of a debate sponsored [...]
Upcoming Events and Debate Schedule!!
The campaign debate and events schedule is listed below. It is time to take on the Republocrats! College Hill Neighborhood Association Candidates’ Forum, Monday, September 13, 7-9 PM at Lafayette College. Oechsle Hall, Room 224 (#62 on this map, Parsons and Hamilton on College Hill in Easton). Open Q&A. Press Release HERE. Delta Kappa Gamma/League [...]
Morning Call Invites Jake Towne to Debate Dent and Callahan!!!
The district’s largest newspaper, the Morning Call, has invited Jake to debate with the “two-headed, one-party” candidates, incumbent Republican Charles Dent and Democrat John Callahan. The campaign immediately accepted the invitation. The event will be held in October prior to the November 2nd election day at a date, time, and venue to be announced later. [...]
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