Joe Sestak

Democrat Joe Sestak was elected to the U.S. House in 2006. The three-star admiral retired from the Navy in 2005 after a 31-year career that included assignments at the White House, Pentagon and commanding battle groups at sea.

Senate

PENNSYLVANIA

Democrat

Latest Joe Sestak News

Bill Clinton Cameos in 'The Hangover 2': 6 Other Weird Things He's Done Lately

By Dave Thier

(Nov. 15) -- Bill Clinton's latest project was leaked the other day, and it's not political. He's secured himself a cameo in the upcoming movie "The Hangover 2." Slick Willy showed off his ...

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Democrats Barely Hold Onto Majority in Senate

By Andrea Stone

(Nov. 2) -- In what was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dark election day for Democrats, the party will keep control of the Senate, but with a slim margin and several tea party Republicans ...

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Toomey Beats Sestak for Pennsylvania Senate Seat

By Alex Wagner

In one of the most hotly contested races in the country, tea party favorite Pat Toomey defeated Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak to win the Pennsylvania Senate seat. The two candidates had been ...

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Midterm Elections 2010: Ugly Campaigns, Scared Incumbents and Angry Voters

By Carl M. Cannon

For more than half a century, the reigning ethos in Washington was neatly articulated in the succinct wisdom of Speaker Sam Rayburn, words imparted to freshmen members of Congress when they first ...

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Governor, Senate Poll Roundup: Looking at the Closest Races

By Bruce Drake

A flood of new polls on this year's key governor and Senate races came out Sunday and Monday, and here are the ones that showed the tightest races and those where the margins are larger, but the ...

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all Pennsylvania races

Senate

Democrat

Joe Sestak

Republican

Pat Toomey

DATA FROM: CQ-ROLLCALL Politics

Governor

Democrat

Dan Onorato

Republican

Tom Corbett

DATA FROM: CQ-ROLLCALL Politics

House

House Districts

DATA FROM: CQ-ROLLCALL Politics

Latest From the Web

Apr 23, 2012

How the Pennsylvania Senate Primary Explains Democrats' Chances to Keep the Senate

Source: TheAtlantic.com

In swing states like this one across the country, Republican candidates are squabbling while Democratic senators rejoice over the lack of strong challengers.

Apr 22, 2012

Senate candidates search for spotlight

Source: Altoona Mirror - Altoona PA

The people who saw a forum for Republicans vying for the party's nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey seemed pleasantly surprised.

Apr 22, 2012

Bitter Pa. U.S. Senate GOP primary heads into last days

Source: Delaware County Daily Times - Primos PA

One problem is that everybody was mesmerized by the Republican presidential primary race that has played out for the past year.

Apr 18, 2012

Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Is Rep. Tim Holden now the underdog in the PA-17 primary?

Source: Daily Kos

Sarah Steelman (R): $179K raised, $600K cash-on-hand; John Brunner (R): MO-Gov : Dave Spence (R): $593K raised (plus $250K loan), $1.7 mil cash-on-hand; Bill Randles (R): $35K raised, $5K cash-on-hand.

Apr 17, 2012

Welch for the GOP: The endorsed Senate candidate is best of the bunch

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA

While Republicans have had some of the interest drained from the Pennsylvania Primary on April 24 by the suspension of Rick Santorum's presidential bid, they are still faced with the important task of choosing a nominee capable of winning back the U.S. Senate seat that he lost to Democrat Bob Casey in 2006.