Pennsylvania is likely Democrats’ best pickup opportunity next year as they lay the groundwork to defend or possibly expand their 50-50 Senate majority
Rep. Conor Lamb speaks to people at his first campaign stop in New Castle, Pa., Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. | Dave Dermer/AP PhotoRep. Conor Lamb became a rising Democratic star when he brandished his image as a Marine JAG officer and flipped a Republican House seat in Pennsylvania in 2018. Now, he’s putting his brand of moderate politics to the test in what could be the most competitive and critical Senate primary in the country.
Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, 30, is one of the 2022 U.S. Senate candidates who is in favor of eliminating the filibuster. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo for Democrats’ agenda and vocally criticizing moderate members in the chamber over the filibuster. In a fundraising appeal this week, he pledged he “will NOT be a Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema-type senator.”
“I got to advocate for it in the campaign, then vote for it, and was proud to do so,” he said. “I think that puts me somewhere in the middle of where we are as a party.”
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