Senate Democratic Party Favorites Notch Wins in Two States
- House member Van Hollen easily wins nomination in Maryland
- Party backed McGinty, who defeats Sestak in Pennsylvania
Representative Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, listens at the Bloomberg Link Economic Summit in Washington on April 30, 2013.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
The U.S. Senate candidates favored by the Democratic establishment in Washington knocked off anti-establishment insurgents in Maryland and Pennsylvania primaries, aided by big spending and endorsements.
In Maryland, Representative Chris Van Hollen turned back a challenge from fellow Representative Donna Edwards, who made an explicit push for Marylanders to elect the only black woman in the Senate and attacked Van Hollen as too willing to compromise.