Holly Otterbein
@hollyotterbein
National political reporter @Politico. Mom to the two cutest kids. Always (but not only) covering Pennsylvania. Say hi at [email protected].
🚨 The Philadelphia city worker strike is over. 🚨 Mayor Cherelle Parker and AFSCME D 33 Prez Greg Boulware reached a deal early Wednesday morning, ending a work stoppage that lasted eight days and ab 4 hrs.
Progressive Chris Rabb is officially in the race for retiring Rep. Dwight Evans’ seat.
I'm running!
Scoop: Andrew Yang says he's been in touch with Elon Musk and his team as the tech mogul moves to create a third party to upend America’s political system. “I’m happy to help give someone a sense of what the path looks like.” politico.com/news/2025/07/0…
NEW: 2 Republicans voted against Trump's megabill. Here's everything you need to know about @RepBrianFitz, the swing seat moderate whose break from his party came with quite a bit of drama today. By @hollyotterbein: politico.com/news/2025/07/0…
219-213 procedural vote on the Trump megabill passes after being held open for nearly 6 hours Multiple calls from Trump and a vigorous whip effort made it happen Brian Fitzpatrick is the only NO He did not come back to change his vote
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
Roy Cooper watch: Rep. Ross tells me she thinks he’ll run and she’s texted him about it “His people have said that he’ll make the decision … in the next week or two” Rep. Foushee said she wants “the best Democrat to run” for the seat -> Cooper politico.com/newsletters/in…
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) says on MSNBC he’s “unlikely” to run for #NYGOV now:
The 2019 vibe will never make sense to future generations. The Federalist was selling “Kamala is a Cop” merch. Trump was running on prison reform. Basically the only cycle when “I was a tough prosecutor” was not something a Dem wanted to run on
yes, she made a bet in early 2017 that her presidential ambitions ran through defining herself as an ultra progressive and not as a so called moderate tough-on-crime DA, she wasn’t forced to do that in 2019 because of an ACLU survey, and then she vacillated when it didn’t work
New: Voters in one of the most divided states in the country moved closer together on immigration, climate change and other hot-button topics after spending just a few days together. "Democracy does work as intended when people actually are civil." politico.com/news/2025/07/0…
Gillibrand apologizes to Mamdani over ‘jihad’ comments -- via @JCColtin politico.com/news/2025/07/0…
NEW: Sen. Lisa Murkowski stares me down for more than 10 secs after I ask her to respond to Sen. Rand Paul’s critique of the deal she struck to get her to a YES and pass the OBBB. “Do I like this bill? No. But I tried to take care of Alaska’s interests.” w/ @frankthorp
As far as I can tell this is now OUT of the bill following our reporting
This multi-trillion-dollar Trump agenda bill is brought to you by the Pennsylvania Senate election of 2024.
VP Vance breaks tie on the final amendment, representing deal with Murkowski (She supported), 51-50. Final passage vote NOW
There it is — Sharif Street jumps into the race for Dwight Evans' seat in the House. He's launched his campaign website at streetforus.com and updated his bio at @StreetForUs.
New: Dwight Evans' retirement could kick off a fierce battle between establishment Dems and progressives. PA Dem Party chair Sharif Street could launch as soon as Tuesday, sources said. Pro-Israel groups are reportedly eyeing the race. w/ @nicholaswu12 politico.com/live-updates/2…
Looks like the Great Philly Garbage Strike of 2025 is already off to a smooth start