Specter’s Primary Fight: It’s Official

By Roll Call Staff

Posted April 15, 2009 at 8:01am

After a long drumroll, Sen. Arlen Specter finally has the long-threatened 2010 primary fight.

Former Rep. Pat Toomey sent out a news release this morning announcing that he has posted a videtaped message on his campaign web site.

“If Pennsylvania’s senior senator stood up for taxpayers and job creation – instead of routinely voting against taxpayer interests – I would feel less compelled to run. Unfortunately, he does not,” says Toomey.

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Congressional staffers transport food for Republican senators through the Ohio Clock Corridor during the Senate’s reconciliation vote-a-rama on Thursday.

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing last month.

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., seen at a hearing earlier this week, was among Republicans who voted against a motion to proceed to the reauthorization measure.

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The Capitol dome is lit on the evening of April 4, 2025.

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Protesters chant outside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee office where Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner was meeting with Democratic senators in Washington on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)