However, the Medicare prescription drug benefit has changed, and if the nearly 3,000 seniors I have met through 12 town halls can represent a sample of opinion, many seniors do not yet understand the prescription drug program and do not plan to sign up for coverage.

Fitzpatrick who was an attorney at a firm active in county affairs was the candidate preferred by county Republican Party leaders. Philadelphia television station NBC 10 later reported that Fitzpatrick had conceded the election to Murphy. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district.

He is a member of the Republican Party. He was reelected to Congress in 2010 and 2012. Michael G.