
Pennsylvania's Democratic Senate race raises simmering divisions inside the party
CNN
In the beginning stages of Pennsylvania's high stakes Democratic Senate primary, even the most progressive of candidates are downplaying the label.
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey's decision to retire next year means that for the first time in more than a decade, voters in what has become one of the country's most hotly contested swing states will not see an incumbent senator on the ballot in 2022. The opening has gifted Democrats both a chance to expand their narrow advantage and -- depending on who captures the nomination -- the opportunity to introduce a pathbreaking new lawmaker to the Senate's mostly wealthy and buttoned-down, White male ranks. Following President Joe Biden's victory last November -- and his early success in coalescing Democratic lawmakers behind his agenda -- overlapping questions of representation and ideology are simmering again in Pennsylvania as the Senate primary field grows.More Related News













