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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

Pat Toomey

Republican Pat Toomey worked in the financial industry during the 1980s and opened a restaurant with his brothers in the 90s. He represented Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District from 1999-2005, keeping his promise to serve no more than three terms in the House. Since then, he has been president of the conservative, anti-tax Club for Growth.

Senate

PENNSYLVANIA

Republican

Latest Pennsylvania Senate Race News

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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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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Countdown to Election Day: Senate Races to Watch

By Andrea Stone

Republicans will edge close toward control of the Senate Tuesday but are unlikely to be able to seal the deal. While the GOP is widely favored to win back the House, it faces a narrower path to ...

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Pat Toomey on Economy, Tea Party and Pennsylvania Senate Race

By Jill Lawrence

Pennsylvania Republican Pat Toomey was a Wall Street trader and helped start a family restaurant business before being elected to the House in 1998. He term-limited himself to six years and rose to ...

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Latest Polls on Key Governor and Senate Races

By Bruce Drake

Our weekend roundup of polls on key governor and Senate races updates Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington and ...

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all Pennsylvania races

Senate

Democrat

Joe Sestak

Republican

Pat Toomey

DATA FROM: CQ-ROLLCALL Politics

Governor

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Democrat

Dan Onorato

Republican

Tom Corbett

DATA FROM: CQ-ROLLCALL Politics

House

House Districts

DATA FROM: CQ-ROLLCALL Politics

Latest From the Web

May 27, 2012

Nominations are long overdue; fill benches

Source: The Republican and Herald - Pottsville PA

Yet Pennsylvania's senators and the White House have taken their sweet time in nominating judges for an array of vacancies that have delayed and, therefore, denied justice in the federal courts - a situation that has been rendered even worse by the infamously obstructionist Republican minority in the U.S. Senate.

May 25, 2012

Republican Senate primary in Texas

Source: The Weekly Standard - Washington DC

As lieutenant governor, Dewhurst is also president of the state senate, and his reputation in Austin is that of an able operator and, for a very conservative party in a very conservative state, a moderating influence.

May 24, 2012

JPMorgan donations yield big dividends

Source: Mail Tribune - Medford OR

JPMorgan Chase has spent upward of $20 million on lobbying and campaign contributions in the past three years.

May 24, 2012

Dana Milbank: JPMorgan investment in Senate paying off

Source: Burlington Free Press - Burlington VT

This is richer than John Pierpont himself ever was.

May 24, 2012

Romney's Veep Pick

Source: The American Thinker

Don't expect Mitt Romney to pull a John McCain.