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Rematches Invite ‘Retread’ Label, Familiar Themes

By Simone Pathé
Posted June 2, 2015 at 10:46am
It’s a Senate rematch for Toomey, left, and Sestak, right. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

It’s a good thing neither former Rep. Joe Sestak nor Sen. Patrick J. Toomey has grown a mustache in the past six years.

That’ll give ad-makers for both campaigns plenty of footage to work with as the two men face off in a rematch of Pennsylvania’s 2010 Senate race.

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