Skip to content
RollCall logo

Been There, Endorsing Joe: Yeakel Sides With Sestak Over Specter

By Roll Call Staff
Posted November 6, 2009 at 5:25pm

specter mug.jpgThe Democrat narrowly defeated by Arlen Specter in the 1992 Senate race is still against him despite the party switch.

Lynn Yeakel is scheduled to endorse Sestak Nov. 12 in Philadelphia.

A little-known businesswoman at the time, Yeakel challenged Specter after seeing him question Anita Hill during the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearings. Specter won that race by a slim margin of 49 percent to 46 percent.

“I’ve known Joe for four years and he has the character and integrity to represent our party and our Commonwealth in Washington,” Yeakel said.

Recent Stories

A sign on Election Day earlier this month at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Is 2024 the year for a third-party candidate to break through with dissatisfied voters?

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., will be the focus of President Joe Biden's event on Wednesday.

White House goes at ‘MAGA’ Boebert over opposition to Biden agenda in Colorado

Speaker Mike Johnson and his wife, Kelly, pose with West Virginia lawmakers and fourth grader Ethan Reese in front of the Capitol Christmas Tree on Tuesday.

Speaker Mike Johnson invokes ‘reason for the season’ at Capitol Christmas Tree lighting

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a swearing-in ceremony with Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol after she was sworn in on the House floor on Tuesday.

Celeste Maloy sworn in; House now at full capacity

Martin O’Malley, nominee to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Nov. 2.

Biden pick for Social Security chief OK’d by Senate panel

Capitol Lens | Air apparent