Election Preview: U.S. Senate
Democratic incumbent Bob Casey Jr. faces a challenge from coal executive and Tea Party founder Tom Smith for the U.S. Senate seat.
Incumbent Democrat Bob Casey Jr. of Scranton, Lackawanna County, faces a well-funded challenge from Republican Tom Smith of Shelocta, Armstrong County, in the race for one of Pennsylvania's two U.S. Senate seats. After a relatively slow start, the race gained momentum, with competing television ads from the candidates. Smith also made news in an appearance before the Pennsylvania Press Club with remarks about abortion in which he likened a pregnancy resulting from rape to that of a pregnancy in which a child is born out of wedlock. Casey, one of eight children of the late Gov. Robert Casey, is a former teacher and attorney. He won the seat in 2006 after defeating former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, a conservative Republican. Prior to …
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