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April 27, 2016

Establishment Democrats Win Senate Primaries in Maryland, Pennsylvania
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In what's been described as a dual victory for the Democratic
establishment, candidates backed by party leadership won the Senate
primaries in Maryland and Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, Katie Mc Ginty
defeated former Pennsylvania Congressmember Joe Sestak, to face
Republican Senator Pat Toomey in November. Vice President Joe Biden had
stumped for Mc Ginty while the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
spent more than $2 million on TV ads to support her. In Maryland,
Congressmember Chris Van Hollen defeated progressive Congressmember
Donna Edwards for the Democratic Senate nomination. He'll run to replace
retiring Senator Barbara Mikulski in November. Edwards would have been
Maryland's first black senator and the second black woman ever to serve
in the U.S. Senate. And Maryland State Senator Catherine Pugh won
Baltimore's Democratic mayoral primary, defeating 11 other candidates,
including Black Lives Matter activist De Ray Mckesson.
Topics:Democratic Party2016 Election Pennsylvania

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