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Fetterman ran for mayor of Braddock against the incumbent, Pauline Abdullah, in 2005. With backing from the town's young residents, he won the Democratic primary by a single vote. [18] [3] Fetterman won the general election; [19] he did not face a Republican opponent. [18] In the 2009 Democratic primary for mayor of Braddock, Fetterman faced ...
Toomey had previously run for the seat in 2004, narrowly losing to Specter in the Republican primary. Specter later died in 2012. Specter later died in 2012. After the Republicans took control of the Senate following the 2014 Senate elections , the election in Pennsylvania was seen by many as a top target for the Democrats, who hoped to regain ...
Fetterman succeeded Republican incumbent senator Pat Toomey, who did not seek re-election after two terms. This was the only U.S. Senate seat to flip parties in 2022 . In the May 17 primary, Fetterman won the Democratic nomination with 59% of the vote. [ 2 ]
Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said he would vote to confirm his colleague Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as secretary of State if selected by President-elect Trump. ... who ran against ...
John Fetterman was sitting, alone, in the corridor outside the hotel ballroom where Pennsylvania's Democratic Party committee members were gathered, looking every bit like someone who didn't ...
The lieutenant governor suffered a stroke in May, but returned to the campaign trail at the end of summer to earn the win.
He was re-elected in 2012 by 9 percentage points (when he ran ahead of Obama by almost 4 points) and in the blue wave of 2018 by 13 percentage points. [12] [13] [14] The race was considered to be competitive given the state's nearly even partisan lean. Most polls showed Casey to be the slight favorite to win. [15]
Among the contenders is Jeff Bartos, a Philadelphia-area real estate investor who has served as the state party’s finance chair and unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant governor against Fetterman ...