1. Specter of Defeat.
- Author
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Zwick, Jesse
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POLITICAL candidates , *DEMOCRATS (United States) ,PENNSYLVANIA state politics & government, 1951- - Abstract
The article profiles Joe Sestak, a Pennsylvania congressman who is engaged in a battle for the Democratic Party nomination for senator from that state with Arlen Specter, the incumbent. The article notes that Specter, in 2010 a Democrat, was a long time member of the Republican Party. A number of issues are examined including Specter's support from U.S. president Barack Obama and Ed Rendell, the governor of Pennsylvania, and from organized labor. Also examined is Sestak's support for health care reform and the war in Afghanistan.
- Published
- 2010