Rep. Joe Sestak on unseating Sen. Arlen Specter
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Penn.) defeated incumbent Senator Arlen Specter in last Tuesday’s Democratic primary race for one of Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seats. Sestak’s victory marks the end of Specter’s 30-year Senate career, and has been used to demonstrate the strength of the anti-incumbent, anti-establishment sentiment among the electorate. We speak with Rep. Sestak about his victory and how he plans to campaign in the coming months to secure the Senate seat in November.
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