Pennsylvania+Senate+Race

The race for the Pennsylvania Senate seat is between Democrat Joe Sestak and Republican Pat Toomey. Sestak comes for the left of his political party and Toomey comes from the right of his. Both candidates are trying to move to the middle where the Pennsylvania voters are. Sestak might have an advantage because there are more voters registered democrats than republicans but Toomey has the support of the Tea Party. Early polls predict this to be a close race.

Joe Sestak won the democratic primary and beat out incumbent Arlen Specter for the nomination. Sestak was endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice America during the primaries because unlike Specter he is pro-choice. While he was campaigning for the seat in congress in 2007, Sestak stated he supported ending the war in Iraq but when he was elected to the House he supported the re-deploying of forces. He also supported the additional deployment of troops to Afghanistan in late 2009. As of October 2010 he supports the gradual drawdown of troops from Iraq. [|Joe Sestak's Campaign Site] [|Joe Sestak Ad]

Pat Toomey held a seat in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 15th District from 1999 to 2005. He then ran for the senate seat but he narrowly lost the republican primary to incumbent Arlen Specter. From 2005 to 2009 he served as president of the Club for Grwoth. Club for Growth is an organization affiliated with the Political Action Committee and Republican Party. Toomey is pro-life.  [|Pat Toomey's Campaign Site] [|Pat Toomey Announcing He Will Run for Senate] [|Pat Toomey Ad]

Pennsylvania Demographics  Education: Income: Race:
 * High School Graduate: 86.8%
 * Bachelor's Degree or higher: 25.9%
 * Median Income: $50,272 - lower than national average
 * Poverty Rate: 11.9% - higher than national average
 * White: 81.6%
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Black: 10.1%
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Hispanic: 4.6%
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Asian: 2.4%

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">October 13, 2010 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/10/13/gloves-pennsylvania-senate-race-new-ads-cries-foul-and-new-poll

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">October 21, 2010 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/10/21/pa-senate-race-extreme-face

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">November 1, 2010 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A04AA20101101

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sestak's ad featuring his dog. "Cleaning up the mess" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9SbDnoaYX8&feature=player_embedded#!

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">On November 2, 2010 Pat Toomey defeated Joe Sestak and won the Pennsylvania Senate seat. Toomey got 1,995,026 votes while Sestak got 1,916,730 votes. Toomey won 51 to 49 percent.