WASHINGTON – Democratic Congressional Candidate Mark Critz, running to replace the late Congressman John Murtha, brought in the big guns on Sunday to encourage voters to go to the polls Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s 12th District special election. Former President Bill Clinton joined Critz in Johnstown, Pa., the hometown of Murtha, to rally voters out for Critz, “Think of every person you will pass between now and the polls closing. Don’t pass them, say something to them tell them to vote, tell them to vote for Mark.”
Almost 500 people clamored to hear what the 42nd President had to say about the congressional candidate. Clinton spoke of Critz’s many years of service working for Murtha, and his experience in dealing with the issues of building roads, cutting taxes, bringing jobs to the area and having to be the man under Murtha who figured out how to make these plans a reality. “One of the biggest assets that Mark Critz has, is one of the biggest reasons to vote for him, is that when Jack was in congress he (Critz) had to figure out the how question, how are you supposed to solve these problems,” said Clinton.
Critz reminded those in attendance about the major issues affecting their district, jobs and cap and trade, and argued that he was the man with the knowledge to turn the region into the energy capitol of the world and bring in the jobs. “We have coal, we have Marcellus shale gas, we have solar power down in Mt. Pleasant, we have wind power with Gamessa up in Ebensburg and we have nuclear with Westinghouse up north of Pittsburgh. Western Pennsylvania could become the energy captiol of the world and I’m so excited to go to work and make that future for western Pennsylvania.”
The Democratic candidate also had a message for his opponent, Republican Tim Burns, not to forget who the election was all about, “This election is not about Washington D.C., it’s about Johnstown, Pennsylvania, it’s about Washington, Pennsylvania, it’s about Waynesburg, and Uniontown, it’s about Kittaning and Apollo, this is about us, it’s not about them, it’s not about him, it’s about doing things back here.”
Critz continued, taking a few swipes at Burns for his campaign message that has heavily focused on aligning Critz with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and being a Washington insider. “I believe my opponent is somewhat confused because I’ve seen his commercials and he mentions Nancy Pelosi way more than he ever mentions me. And a local newspaper, the Herald Standard, told him in their editorial section maybe he should move to California if he wants to run against Nancy Pelosi and I support that.”
One topic that could not be avoided was how close the race is with less than 48 hours until the polls close. Recent polls suggest the candidates are virtually tied and Critz used today’s rally to get in one last plea, “In an election this close we can’t take a single vote for granted. You know 36 years ago in February of 1974, Congressman John Murtha won his special election by 122 votes out of 120 thousand cast. We can’t leave one vote on the table. We have to go out and get every single vote.”
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