Oct 28 2010

Joe Sestak Aims for Second Upset in Tight Pennsylvania Senate Race

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Delaware Republican Christine O’Donnell isn’t running for the Senate in Pennsylvania, but you might get the idea that she is. She’s on the local news around here, she’s in radio and TV ads, and she’s part of Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak’s stump speech in his Senate campaign against Republican Pat Toomey. [...]


Oct 21 2010

Sestak and Toomey Trade ‘Extremist’ Accusations in Pennsylvania Senate Debate

Democrat Joe Sestak and Republican Pat Toomey accused each other of being “extreme” and outside the mainstream in the first debate of a Pennsylvania Senate race that’s suddenly turned into a dead heat. Sestak lumped Toomey with Sarah Palin, Christine O’Donnell and George W. Bush. But Toomey went the whole hour without mentioning House Speaker [...]


Oct 20 2010

Democrat Joe Sestak Catches Up to Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania Senate Race

After a series of polls showing him behind, Democrat Joe Sestak is making a strong sprint to the finish line in the race against Republican Pat Toomey for the Senate seat now held by Arlen Specter, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Oct. 17-18. Sestak leads Toomey by 46 percent to 45 percent [...]


Oct 7 2010

Is Joe Sestak Married?

U.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 [...]


Oct 6 2010

How Old Is Joe Sestak?

U.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 [...]


Oct 2 2010

Pennsylvania Senate Polls: Toomey Up 9 in One, Leads Sestak by 3 in Another

Two polls still have Republican Pat Toomey ahead of Democrat Joe Sestak in the Pennsylvania Senate race but one of them shows Sestak pulling within the margin-of-error in the race to succeed Democrat Arlen Specter. Toomey is ahead of Sestak by only 45 percent to 42 percent with 11 percent undecided in a Susquehanna Polling [...]