Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) has now all but officially announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate. Over the holiday weekend, the retired Rear Admiral–who’s been dancing around the question for weeks now–continued a listening tour of every county in Pennsylvania.
At a stop in Northampton County yesterday, he spoke of his candidacy as a fait accompli. “This isn’t something I wanted to do four months ago, but it has to be done,” Sestak told Lehigh Valley Live. “Someone has to be in this race that’s credible.”
In late May, TPMDC broke the news that Sestak had been raising money from supporters for an intended Senate primary run against freshly minted Democrat Arlen Specter. Sestak has been critical of Specter since Specter switched parties earlier this spring, calling him an unreliable Democrat and questioning his fitness to serve another term.
