. >> at one time, lackawanna county was one of the oldest counties in the the nation. the median income fall slightly below the state median income. our major industry is health care. manufacturing used to be, but it has been on the slide for years. it's a big hit here even before the recession. it is considered working class and is targeted a lot by presidential candidates because it is full of swing voters, people who have shown that it will go -- that they will go both ways when presidential elections roll around. jobless rates are much higher

at one time lackawanna county is one of the -- was one of the oldest counties in america. the median income falls below the state income. big employers is education, health care. manufacturing has -- used to be -- it's been on the slide for years and has taken a big hit even before this recession. it's considered working class and it gets, you know, it's targeted a lot by the presidential candidates because full of swing voters, people showing they will go both ways when presidential elections were all around. the unemployment rate was much higher than the rest of the nation during recessions. this latest recession we were actually lucky. we were more in line with the national rate although we're a little bit above it. because the nature of the recession and certainty about the economy, that's going to be the key factor in the race. and the interesting thing is they haven't really talked about that much yet. >> the congressman has been there 26 years. most people tell me say that's long enough and time for a change. when americans voted for change, they didn't want to chan