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Inside Pa.’s toughest races (and its toughest Republican)
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
October 7, 2026
Former U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb has read more Pennsylvania polling than almost anyone who isn’t paid to, probably because, for nearly a decade, that was a...
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John Fetterman is a predictable chaos agent
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
September 18, 2026
In a post-industrial decay shot worthy of the Levi’s advertisement that helped put him on the map 16 years ago, John Fetterman stood in front of the M...
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A bus pass for a 5-year-old charter school student?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
September 11, 2026
On Jan. 21, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a district that puts its own kindergartners on a yellow bus may hand a charter school kindergart...
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Pa. ending mandatory life for felony murder creates a mess
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
August 10, 2026
In late July, Pennsylvania missed a deadline to replace a sentencing law the state’s highest court struck down, and roughly 1,100 inmates may now ask ...
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The skill games, gambling lobbies’ battle for Pennsylvania
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
June 11, 2026
At a gas station off Interstate 70, I watch as a cousin of mine in Bentleyville drops a twenty into a Pace-O-Matic console. This slightly bedraggled P...
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