Fracking Divides Field in Democratic Pennsylvania Senate Debate

  • Front-runner in next month’s primary wasn’t on the stage
  • Candidates vying to replace retiring Republican Pat Toomey
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Democratic Senate candidates from both ends of Pennsylvania accused the front-runner, Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, of flip-flopping on energy issues in the first televised debate in one of the nation’s most-watched campaigns of the year.

Fetterman, who is far ahead in the polls, didn’t participate in the debate.