"Late Push Puts McGinty On Top"

"An intense last-minute push by establishment Democrats and environmentalists to shore up their preferred Senate Democratic nominee paid off in Pennsylvania [Tuesday] night, as former White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Katie McGinty won the right to take on Republican Sen. Pat Toomey in November. ...

n the Senate Democratic primary, McGinty handily defeated former Rep. Joe Sestak 43 percent to 33 percent, with 98 percent of precincts reporting. Braddock Mayor John Fetterman placed third with 19 percent of the votes. ...

But the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and outside groups including the Environmental Defense Action Fund spent heavily in the final weeks of the campaign to push McGinty over the finish line. Even President Obama lent a voiceover in a 30-second television spot for McGinty after both he and Vice President Joe Biden endorsed her candidacy."

Jennifer Yachnin reports for E&E Daily April 27, 2016.