Rendell joins McGinty’s Senate campaign as chairman

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: Democrat Katie McGinty rolled out some heavy artillery in her Senate bid Monday, announcing that former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell would serve as campaign chairman.

Rendell, who also was mayor of Philadelphia and chairman of the Democratic National Committee, could provide needed firepower, particularly in fund-raising, as McGinty takes on former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, a retired Navy rear admiral, in the 2016 primary…

McGinty served in Rendell’s Harrisburg cabinet as secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. Before that, she headed the Council on Environmental Quality in the Clinton administration. She worked with then-Vice President Al Gore… (more)

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