2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
The 2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 2, 2010, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Pennsylvania. Incumbent U.S. senator Arlen Specter ran for reelection to a sixth term but lost in the Democratic primary to U.S. representative Joe Sestak. Republican nominee Pat Toomey won the general election over Sestak. Toomey had previously lost the 2004 Republican primary to Specter narrowly, announced on April 15, 2009, that he would challenge Specter again. Specter soon switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party, citing his disagreement with the increasingly conservative positions of his former party. Specter faced U.S. representative Joe Sestak in the Democratic primary, which was characterized by attacks between the two Democratic candidates, was one of the most-watched races of the 2010 election cycle. Sestak ultimately defeated Specter in the May 18 primary with 53.9 percent of the vote. Toomey easily defeated...
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