Allentown mayor to run for US Senate

PHILLY.COM / AP: Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski plans to run for Senate, setting up a contested Democratic primary. An announcement is scheduled for Friday…

A Pawlowski campaign consultant, Mike Fleck, Thursday that an announcement on Pawlowski’s Senate plans is expected Friday. Fleck would not say what the announcement will be, though Pawlowski has been openly weighing entering the Democratic primary.

So far former Delaware County Congressman Joe Sestak is the only Democrat running in a race that the national party sees as critical to its chances of taking back the Senate next year. But many Democrats have sought an alternative, seeing Sestak as too much of a maverick in such an important race for the party… (more)

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