Sestak beats Specter in Pa. Dem Senate race [View All]

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Source: MSNBC

WASHINGTON - Sen. Arlen Specter has been defeated in a Pennsylvania primary in his bid for a sixth term after taking the risky step of switching to the Democratic Party.

Voters Tuesday picked U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak as the party's nominee and rejected the 80-year-old Specter in his first Democratic campaign.

The vote also was a defeat for President Barack Obama, who supported Specter when he abandoned the Republican Party last year.

Specter was seeking his sixth term — but the first in his new party. Sestak gained traction in recent weeks by tagging him as an opportunist, even airing an ad that showed Specter saying he had abandoned the Republican Party so he could win re-election.

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