Statewide Candidates Gather at Forum to Discuss Issues
Attorney general and state treasurer candidates spoke.
Voters in Northwest Philadelphia had a chance to hear from three candidates running for statewide offices in the Democratic primary on Tuesday night at a community forum held at West Oak Lane Charter School. Kathleen Kane and Patrick Murphy are running against each other for their party’s nomination for attorney general, and Rob McCord is running for re-election as the state treasurer. In her speech, Kane introduced herself as a native of Scranton who moved back to her hometown after getting her law degree from Temple Law School to join the prosecutor’s office. Having prosecuted over 3,000 cases, she said her experience ranged “from the crime scene to the courtroom and back to the classroom.” The mother of two small boys, she has made a …
