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Arlen Specter-Joe Sestak Race Heats Up in Pennsylvania (Time.com)

Arlen Specter-Joe Sestak Race Heats Up in Pennsylvania (Time.com)
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Time.com - Pennsylvania's switch-hitting Senator Arlen Specter suddenly faces a tough primary fight against opponent Joe Sestak

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Timecom Pennsylvania Up Heats Race Sestak Specter-Joe Arlen

Spectre Loses

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter has been defeated in a Pennsylvania primary in his bid for a sixth term after taking the risky step of switching to the Democratic Party. Voters Tuesday picked you.S. Rep. Joe Sestak as the party's nominee and rejected the 80-year-old Specter in his first Democratic campaign. Ref. USAToday

Arlen Specter-Joe Sestak Race Heats Up in Pennsylvania (Time.com) History & Civil Business Politics

In "Mini-Super Tuesday" Primaries, Defeats for Party Establishments on Both Sides of the Aisle

For Democrats, thirty-year Senate veteran Arlen Specter lost his bid for reelection in Pennsylvania, while Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln now faces a runoff vote against Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter. In Kentucky, Tea Party candidate Rand Paul easily beat Secretary of State Trey Grayson in the state's Republican race. We hear from Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation magazine, the Reverend Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Alexis Simendinger of the National Journal, and Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News. Ref. Source 2