FiveThirtyEight tilts towards McGinty win in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Democratic candidate Katie McGinty is favored to win the state’s US Senate election in November, according to new predictions by Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight.

Silver currently gives McGinty a 53.7 percent chance to win the election.

Republican incumbant Pat Toomey however leads in the most recent FiveThirtyeight poll, but he trailed in seven of the nine polls prior.

Source: Fivethirtyeight

Toomey endorsed by Sen. John McCain for Senate campaign

As he continues his reelection campaign for the U.S. Senate, Toomey picked up a key endorsement Friday from established conservative Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

McCain, the Republican nominee in the 2008 presidential election, appeared alongside Toomey at the Folsom Veterans of Foreign Wars post during a campaign stop in support of the one-term Pennsylvania senator.

Source: NewsWorks.org

Josh Shapiro picks up key endorsement in state’s AG race

Former GOP candidate for the Pennsylvania Attorney General race Joe Peters has endorsed Democrat Josh Shapiro for the upcoming election over fellow Republican John Rafferty.

Peters, who won 36 percent of the GOP primary votes, praised Shapiro as an independent focused on the goals of the commonwealth, not the party. Peters was the spokesperson for former Attorney General Kathleen Kane.

Source: PoliticsPA