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Question him as well have is not clear whether barr will go before the committee's chairman that schedule politics can be good for business but uh.
>>might calendar change mean even more money for pennsylvania.
Our business reporter justin, backover he's here to dig into that question just rob it's no accident.
Bernie, sanders and joe biden are focusing on pennsylvania.
>>our state holds a 189 delegates which are key to securing the nomination.
Yet by the time our primary rolls around the candidate has more or less been decided so would moving the primary up make us more competitive and in turn bring in more revenue local business leaders seem to agree.
>>whether it's a tweet a town hall all or a campaign announcement.
You can't deny pennsylvania is under the political microscope.
>>pennsylvania's a purple state this election and that scrutiny can translate into revenue yet that stardom other presidential candidate coming to the area.
You get a few 100 people that come to one area so they're gonna maybe and come out of town the sellout if you rooms in hotels they get uber take them to and from the event yet by super tuesday.
We usually already have a sense of who's winning the nomination.
>>so would moving up pennsylvania's primary translate into more dollars and cents sissay been with the lehigh valley chamber of commerce says yes it would increase commerce throughout the commonwealth making pennsylvania more essential in the political process would probably entice candidates to spend more time here.
>>use the bernie sanders town hawes an example, the a few 100 people that come to artsquest they come to bethlehem.
They're going to the restaurants they go into the bars there were 2.6 million viewers for that town hall.
We're still getting 45 a regional and national media mentions a day but kasey hill gert ceo of artsquest says even without officially moving the primary.
>>the seemingly never ending election cycle has already benefited the lehigh valley when you look at the crews are brought in from dc in washington, a new hotel rooms on a monday and tuesday night that's a pretty good shot in the arm and that's good for places like hotel bethlehem any kind of recognition that you did to drive tourism here to drive companies to think about moving its the measurable what amuses.
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