- United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2010
The 2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania will take place on
November 2 ,2010 .Incumbent Senator
Arlen Specter has announced that he plans to seek another term asPennsylvania 's Senior Senator in 2010. He has held the seat since 1980, and will be 80 years old in 2010. He reiterated his intent onApril 16 2008 , but also revealed that hisHodgkin's disease had returned. [cite news
url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20080416_Specter_plans_noon_press_conference_to_discuss_cancer_recurrence.html
title=Specter looks past cancer recurrence to 2010 elections
date=April 16 2008
publisher=Philadelphia Inquirer
accessdate=2008-04-16]Several intriguing challengers could emerge from the Democratic race. One would be
Philadelphia MayorMichael Nutter . Another possibility that developed recently has been the idea that the host ofMSNBC 'sHardball ,Chris Matthews , may be interested in challenging Specter for the seat. Matthews's contract with MSNBC expires in 2009. [cite news
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/magazine/13matthews-t.html
title=The Aria of Chris Matthews
author=Mark Leibovich
date=April 13 2008
publisher=The New York Times Magazine
accessdate=2008-04-16] Matthews said that it was his boyhood dream to be a Senator during an appearance onThe Colbert Report in April,2008 . [Interview on Colbert Report, http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=165840]Pennsylvania tends to lean Democratic, having gone for
Al Gore in2000 andJohn Kerry in2004 . However, Specter is rather popular, and maintains moderate views.References
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