PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS Editorial: Next week’s primary gives voters a chance to weigh in on 15 contested state House races, a few special elections, a race for auditor general, and a battle for the Democratic candidacy for attorney general…
Kane, who has an impressive endorsement from Bill Clinton, has served as prosecutor in Lackawanna County for more than a decade. She specialized in sexual-abuse cases, public corruption and fraud cases, as well as murders, assaults and rapes. She makes her case that prosecutions should not be colored by political ambitions, and vows to prosecute crime regardless of political party. Her familiarity with the state’s court system will help. In fact, her focus on “crime” instead of “issues” won us over. She would push for more transparency in the chemicals used in fracking, and recognizes the perils confronting the state’s consumers, which get more complicated by the day.
In Pennsylvania, the attorney general’s post has been a springboard to higher office. We find Kane’s single-minded focus on being a prosecutor encouraging. We also think this is a state with a paucity of women in higher office, and her victory could encourage other candidates to begin to even out the balance…. (more)
