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Pennsylvania

BumRushDaShow

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4. Would love to have 2 blue Senate seats out of PA

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2022, 05:52 PM

May 2022

The only time that happened during my lifetime was briefly in 2009 when Specter switched from Republican to Democrat and Casey was the other Senator. Specter ran for his seat that next year as a Democrat in 2010 and was primaried by Joe Sestak, who eventually lost to teabagger Toomey, and that was the end of that.

Before that, you'd have to go back to the late '40s with a brief overlap of 2 (D)s.

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'Critical to make this seat a blue seat': John Fetterman's wife on Pennsylvania race - ABC News [View all] Rhiannon12866 May 2022 OP

Kicking for visibility SheltieLover May 2022 #1

K&R 2naSalit May 2022 #2

What she said. Thanks for the post. twodogsbarking May 2022 #3

She was very good, it must have been tough for her to get out there with all the recent stress Rhiannon12866 May 2022 #5

Would love to have 2 blue Senate seats out of PA BumRushDaShow May 2022 #4

It's hard for me to believe that PA is a "swing state," but then I'm thinking of my childhood friend Rhiannon12866 May 2022 #6

If you compare people like Dick Thornburgh and Tom Ridge BumRushDaShow May 2022 #7

Awww, geez, I remember Tom Ridge, Homeland Security guy. Rhiannon12866 May 2022 #8

Both Ridge and Thornburgh were PA governors BumRushDaShow May 2022 #9