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Joe Sestak is running for president, here are some congressional basics

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Former Rep. Joe Sestak leaves the set after the Senate Democrats primary debate with Katie McGinty and Braddock, Pa., Mayor John Fetterman at WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, April 5, 2016. One of the three Democrats will be selected in the April 26th primary to run against Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call

By Nathan Ouellette

Posted June 25, 2019 at 5:00am

A latecomer to a crowded presidential field, former Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president Sunday.

Sestak, now the 24th Democrat to launch a bid for the presidency has run twice for Senate in Pennsylvania, losing to Sen. Patrick J. Toomey in 2010 and falling short of his party’s nomination in 2016.

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