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  • Absentee Voting

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  • Ads

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  • Affiliate COPE

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  • al

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  • Ballot Initiatives

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  • Blogroll

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  • Blogs

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  • Campaign Finance

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  • Contributors

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  • Election 2006

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  • Election Results

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  • Governor Races

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  • hi

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  • House Races

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  • id

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  • il

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  • ky

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  • Labor

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  • Labor Affiliates

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  • Legislative Branch

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  • ma

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  • md

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  • me

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  • mi

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  • mo

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  • nj

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  • nm

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  • nv

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  • oh

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  • Political Internal

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  • Political News and Resources

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  • Polls

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  • Public Pages

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  • Senate Races

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  • State Government

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  • State Legislation Tracking

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  • Traditional Media

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  • Voter Info

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  • Voter Registration

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  • wa

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  • wi

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PA-07: Superb Fundraising Gives Sestak a Shot Against Weldon

Posted by lreznick on July 20th, 2006

It is generally difficult for a first-time House candidate, such as Pennsylvania Democrat Joe Sestak, to raise piles of campaign money — especially when the challenger is seeking to unseat a veteran incumbent who has not faced serious opposition in many years. But Sestak, a former Navy vice admiral, is defying that logic in his campaign against 10-term Republican Rep. Curt Weldon in Pennsylvania’s 7th District.

CQPolitics.com has changed its rating on the race to Leans Republican from the less competitive Republican Favored — a move spurred by the exceptionally strong fundraising numbers that Sestak recently reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), along with other factors suggesting that his bid is increasingly competitive.

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