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TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 05:14 AM Oct 2019

Joe Sestak walked across Pa. in a failed Senate bid. Now he's crossing New Hampshire in a run for

Joe Sestak walked across Pa. in a failed Senate bid. Now he’s crossing New Hampshire in a run for president.


It’s a long walk for a long shot. But he’s done longer. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Sestak, a former U.S. representative from Delaware County, will take his signature campaign move — the literal statewide walk — to New Hampshire this month. Moving east to west, he plans to cover about 100 miles over seven days.

In 2015, Sestak walked 422 miles across Pennslyvania to launch his bid for Senate. He lost the primary to party-backed Katie McGinty, who went on to lose to Republican Sen. Pat Toomey.

This time around, Sestak, 67, a former three-star admiral and national security adviser to President Bill Clinton, faces an even steeper climb. He polls at 1% or lower. He has yet to qualify for a debate. He held his first fund-raiser at a Chinese restaurant in Wayne last month. There was no suggested donation amount.

To the casual political observer, it may be hard to remember he’s running. In the early states where most of the candidates gather for large events, Sestak often speaks toward the end, when most of the crowd has left. (He countered that the people who remain are the real undecided voters and that he’s resonating with them.)

Read more: https://www.inquirer.com/news/joe-sestak-walking-across-new-hampshire-president-2020-delaware-county-congressman-20191007.html
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Walkin' Lawton! NT TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #1
Really? DownriverDem Oct 2019 #2
Yes, he is still listed here as one of the choices that members can select. nt TexasTowelie Oct 2019 #3
 

TidalWave46

(2,061 posts)
1. Walkin' Lawton! NT
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 07:53 AM
Oct 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

DownriverDem

(7,026 posts)
2. Really?
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 08:29 AM
Oct 2019

I like Joe, but didn't know he was running.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
3. Yes, he is still listed here as one of the choices that members can select. nt
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 09:07 AM
Oct 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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