McGinty beats Sestak in Pa. Senate primary

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Katie McGinty is projected to win the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary, holding off insurgent Joe Sestak with the help of White House support.

...snip...

McGinty, the former chief of staff to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, will take on vulnerable Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) in November.

She had been trailing Sestak in polls, but closed the gap in the final weeks leading up to the Tuesday primary, even taking the lead in some polls.

McGinty’s last-minute surge was due in large part to endorsements from President Obama and Vice President Biden.


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/277738-mcginty-beats-sestak-in-pa-senate-primary

[iandhr]

1. In keeping with my Simpsons theme.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. #5! And thank you President Obama & VP Biden.

[wisteria]

4. Yes, yes!

[mrmpa]

3. Fuck this shit.............

are voters so dumb. She has done nothing in her career. She has kowtowed to frackers. She will fucking lose to Toomey. This is fucking ridiculous.

[wisteria]

5. Sestak lost to Tomey once, I was never convinced he would win against him this time.

This could shape up to be the year of the woman. It would be about time PA had a woman Senator.

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. ^^^ THIS ^^^

[mrmpa]

7. I'm a woman.........

and I could not stand McGinty's advertisements where she said "it's our turn". No, don't run as a woman run on your record & your ideas for Pennsylvnians.

That's it.

[fbc]

8. Looks like Sestak and Fetterman split the progressive vote.

[malthaussen]

9. Yeah, Fetterman got almost 20%

So that narrative writes itself.

-- Mal

[Chef Eric]

10. A win for the fracking industry.

A loss for everybody else.