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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 ...
Rand Paul's Victory, Arlen Specter's Defeat, and the Quest for Authenticity
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyVoter rage is the reigning cliché emerging from Tea Party favorite Rand Paul's lopsided victory over establishment candidate Trey Grayson in the Kentucky GOP Senate primary. Coupled with the Pennsylvania primary defeat of Arlen Specter -- a very new Democrat but a very old senator -- the Kentucky results suggest that voters are getting ready to storm the castles of power, wielding hoes and pitchforks. Forgive me from deviating from press-pack orthodoxy, but after covering the Kentucky Senate race, I just do not see things in those monochromatic terms. Paul's campaign speeches avoid the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Joe Sestak Catches Up to GOP's Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocratic Rep. Joe Sestak has not only caught up to Sen. Arlen Specter in their race for the Democratic senate nomination in Pennsylvania, he now has moved into a statistical tie with former Republican Rep. Pat Toomey, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted May 4-10. Toomey leads Sestak by just 42 percent to 40 percent with 16 percent undecided. The margin of error is 2.9 points. Sestak had come within three points of Toomey in this poll in March, but fell back to an eight-point deficit in early April. Toomey does better among Republicans for support (81 percent) than Sestak ...
Specter, Sestak in Dead Heat in Pa. Primary Race, but Sestak Has the Momentum
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRep. Joe Sestak and Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania are headed for next Tuesday's Democratic Senate primary in a statistical tie, although Sestak appears to have the momentum, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted May 5-10. Specter leads Sestak by 44 percent to 42 percent among likely primary voters, with 1 percent preferring someone else and 14 percent undecided. Quinnipiac had Specter ahead by 47 percent to 39 percent about a week ago and by 53 percent to 32 percent in early April. A Muhlenberg College/Daily Call tracking poll conducted May 8-11 showed Specter and Sestak ...
Joe Sestak Gains Ground on Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocratic Rep. Joe Sestak has not only passed Sen. Arlen Specter in the race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Pennsylvania, he now has caught up with former Republican Rep. Pat Toomey in a general election match-up, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted May 6. Toomey is leading Sestak by a statistically insignificant 42 percent to 40 percent with 10 percent preferring another candidate and 9 percent undecided. In mid-April, Toomey had led by 47 percent to 36 percent. Sestak has become better known now that the primary race has heated up. In January, 27 percent of voters did ...
John Kerry Decries Return of 'Swiftboating' in Pennsylvania Senate Race
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAs the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania senate between Arlen Specter and challenger Joe Sestak has become preoccupied with Sestak's military record, Massachusetts senator John Kerry weighed in, saying he will not comment on the charges. The victim of an orchestrated assault on his military record during his 2004 presidential run against George W. Bush, Kerry said he refuses to participate in "swiftboating" another Democrat. "What troubled me most about the 2004 smears was that lies were permitted to pollute the public dialogue even after they were thoroughly and publicly disproven by the ...
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