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Is Joe Sestak Married?
By jeanette friedman - Politics DailyU.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, a two-term Democratic incumbent from Pennsylvania's 7th District (since January 2007), is running for the U.S. Senate against Pat Toomey, a former Republican congressman who served from January 1999 to January 2005. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about Sestak's life. Is Joe Sestak married? Yes. Who is Joe Sestak's wife? Susan L. Clark-Sestak. What does Susan Clark-Sestak do for a living? Susan is a defense-policy analyst and is now helping her husband ...
Washington in 60 Seconds: RNC Launching 'Fire Pelosi' Bus Tour
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! It's back-to-work day for Congress today as the House and Senate buckle up for their final work period before members of Congress face one angry electorate. In the next 60 seconds, read about the congressional to-do list HERE and everything else happening in Washington: - All Aboard! Michael Steele and the RNC will launch a cross-country bus tour Wednesday, complete with a giant image of Nancy Pelosi emblazoned across the side, promising loyal Republicans the bus "won't quit cruising until we've kicked out-of-touch Democrats and their radical leaders out of power ...
Joe Sestak Refuses Questions on Alleged White House Job Offer
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyInside the opulent Mansfield room on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) received a warm ovation Tuesday from the 58 Democratic senators who could be his new colleagues in November if he wins the Pennsylvania Senate race. But walking into the formal senators-only lunch, Sestak was dogged by reporters with questions about his past, specifically about allegations that Sestak made during his heated primary battle against Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) that the White House had offered him a job in the administration to drop his bid to unseat Specter. Controversy ...
Joe Sestak Starts with a Small Lead Over Pat Toomey in Pa. Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNow that he scored his victory over Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary, Rep. Joe Sestak has moved ahead of former Republican Rep. Pat Toomey for the first time this year, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted May 19. Sestak leads Toomey 46 percent to 42 percent with 3 percent preferring another choice and 9 percent undecided. Besides serving in Congress, Toomey had headed the conservative Club for Growth and his entry into the race on the Republican side was what prompted Specter to switch parties. The margin of error is 4.5 points. Toomey and Sestak each get ...
Sestak Beats Specter in Pa. Senate Primary, Paul Wins in Kentucky
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyRep. Joe Sestak ended an era Tuesday by defeating five-term Sen. Arlen Specter for the Democratic Senate nomination in Pennsylvania. Specter had the nation's top Democrats in his corner after switching to their party last year, and his final ad push featured President Barack Obama saying, "I love Arlen Specter." But Specter's Republican history and an anti-incumbent mood propelled Sestak to an improbable upset. It was a bipartisan night of rejection for the Washington establishment. Kentucky Republicans struck the first blow by choosing political newcomer Rand Paul as their Senate nominee. ...
Arlen Specter Loses Pa. Senate Race: No Escape for a Political Houdini
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyArlen Specter's Senate career began in the flush of the Reagan Revolution and will come to a close in the Tea Party era. Over those 30 years, he has been a Republican and a Democrat, a relentless interrogator of prospective judges and justices, a force for medical research, a champion earmarker for his state, and an accidental feminist indirectly responsible for an influx of women into the upper chamber. Specter, who lost Tuesday to Rep. Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania's Democratic Senate primary, is 80 years old, twice a survivor of cancer, and twice a survivor of such close political calls that ...
Specter-Sestak Dogfight Tops Senate 'Super Tuesday' Primaries
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyJoe Sestak saved the unkindest cut for last: He is reminding Pennsylvania voters in a wickedly effective TV ad that Sen. Arlen Specter used to be ... a Republican. And that's been enough to turn Tuesday's Democratic Senate primary into a cliffhanger. Obviously it was no secret that Specter had been a GOP senator for 29 of his 30 years in Washington. But the ad -- the sight of Specter in the embrace of George W. Bush and former Sen. Rick Santorum, Specter hovering beside Sarah Palin -- apparently was too much for many Democrats. Now polls show the race is even. The suspenseful Pennsylvania ...
Tuesday Primary Election Results: Will the Incumbents Survive?
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyEditor's note: As the first primary Super Tuesday approaches, we've asked Politics Daily writers around the country for their latest perspective on what to expect in the various races. As results become available, we'll update the various sections with results and further analysis, so be sure to check back as the returns come in. Update, May 18: Jill Lawrence reports here on Rand Paul's victory in Kentucky and the latest in the Arlen Specter and Blanche Lincoln races. Jill Lawrence: Will Arlen Specter Be the Next Victim of Anti-Incumbent Fever? Pennsylvanians will send the nation signals ...
Sestak and Specter a Point Apart in Latest Pennsylvania Poll
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRep. Joe Sestak is in a statistical tie with Sen. Arlen Specter heading into Tuesday's primary in Pennsylvania that will decide the Democratic senate nominee, with Sestak leading 42 percent to 41 percent with 16 percent undecided, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted May 12-16. The margin of error is 3.2 points. A quarter of voters say they may yet change their minds on who to support. Sestak's strong showing comes despite the fact that 43 percent of likely voters haven't heard enough about him to form a favorable or unfavorable opinion. When Sestak was asked on CNN's State ...
2010 Elections: Confused Voters Want Revenge and Results?
By David Corn - Politics DailyVoters are confused. Especially independent voters. Sorry, this is not a very Jeffersonian sentiment, but it seems that many voters this year are nurturing two contradictory sentiments. They want Washington to work -- which is natural in a time of economic trouble. They also want gridlock -- that is, a distribution of power in Washington that is likely to lead to stalled government. Recent elections have demonstrated popular frustration with Washington: Republican and Democratic incumbents have been booted. And the politerati are closely watching Tuesday's primaries to assess the intensity of ...
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