PA-Sen: Former Rep. Chris Carney Considers 2016 Senate Bid

[RandySF]

There might just be a race after all.

Democratic 2010 Senate nominee, Joe Sestak, has been preparing for another challenge against Sen. Pat Toomey since 2013. But he may have to defeat former Rep. Chris Carney in a party primary before he’ll have a shot.

Carney is “weighing” a Senate campaign and will decide “fairly soon” whether he wants to pursue one.

“I have been encouraged by many folks who have approached me about running, and I’ve had many conversations with people from across the commonwealth,” Carney told National Journal, adding that he would think about “what’s best for my family and the people of Pennsylvania.”

Though Democratic operatives have been searching for an alternative to Sestak, Carney was not high on their list. The former Congressman was a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, a caucus identifying as moderate and conservative that holds views unpopular with the liberal Democratic electorate, including opposing abortion rights.

http://www.politicspa.com/pa-sen-former-rep-chris-carney-considers-2016-senate-bid/63066/

[femmocrat]

1. Why don't the party honchos like Sestak?

With his high name recognition, he sounds like the best bet at this point. I never heard of Carney. Was he defeated or did he not seek reelection?

[brooklynite]

2. ...because he lost to Toomey last time?

That said, Gov. Rendell told me Sestak was the only candidate who would be strong enough to win...

[PeteSelman]

3. Sestak was a victim of the 2010 wave.

In a Prssidential year he should be able to pull it off.