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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 19, 2013

Jeffrey Nugent Says Brother Ted Nugent Is Wrong On Background Check Expansion

Source: The Huffington Post

Outspoken rocker Ted Nugent is now catching heat from his own brother on his uncompromising stance on gun rights.

May 19, 2013

Week in News: Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker in Handcuffs

Source: Point Pleasant Patch - Point Pleasant NJ

Clark- Around 6:30 p.m. Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, aka Internet celeb "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker," was arrested at the Greyhound Bus Terminal in Philadelphia, by members of the Philadelphia Police Department, announced Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow.

May 19, 2013

It's sweet vs. sweet in D.C. fight

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia PA

Even a chocolate bar, it turns out, comes with politics attached.

May 19, 2013

Area Votes in Congress

Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA

Here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress voted on major issues last week: Dodd-Frank financial rules.

May 19, 2013

Local senior health program that works may lose Medicare funding

Source: PhillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia PA

A Doylestown-based health care provider is in danger of losing Medicare funding despite results that show its proactive approach saves money and improves outcomes for seniors with chronic illnesses.