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PNN Endorsements for the 2026 Midterm Election First, you have until THIS Monday, October 19th to register to vote in the midterm election. If you haven't done it yet or just want to check your registration, click here and follow the prompts. Philly Neighborhood Networks prides ourselves on our deliberative process to endorse candidates. It involves detailed questionnaires to candidates, followed by interviews to probe their thoughts about specific duties for the office to wh

By now many of you have seen the television ads that begin “I'm Brian Fitzpatrick, and I approve this message,” followed by 30 seconds of trashing his Democratic opponent, Bob Harvie, with phrases such as “Bob Harvie calls himself a king,” “Bob Harvie has his FBI files but refuses to release them,” and “Bob Harvie to independent voters: ‘join a political party or lose your right to vote.’” All of these ads include citations from the Levittown edition of Patch, a news outlet

How Did You Get on Our List? Our friends at Philly Science Action, Green Philly and Skype a Scientist didn't have a way to get a petition to everyone who wanted to protect the Academy of Natural Sciences from closing, and they asked us to help. So we created the petition you signed to save the Academy. Thank you! Here's the rub: The tool we used for the petition creates a record of each person who signs up. To date, more than 120,000 people have signed the petition - from all