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Hey, You Sank My Re-Election Chances!

Yet another Republican congressman faced a corruption scandal last night after the FBI raided the homes of his daughter and a close friend to investigate whether he had illegally helped them to win lobbying contracts.   Curt Weldon, who has represented Pennsylvania’s 7th district since 1986, was already in a tight race for re-election, but […]

Yet another Republican congressman faced a corruption scandal last night after the FBI raided the homes of his daughter and a close friend to investigate whether he had illegally helped them to win lobbying contracts.

 

Curt Weldon, who has represented Pennsylvania’s 7th district since 1986, was already in a tight race for re-election, but the raids threaten to rob Republicans of another seat in next month’s mid-term elections. ~The Times

The race between Sestak and Weldon had already become extremely competitive before the revelations of possible corruption on Weldon’s part.  Now the FBI raid all but guarantees that the scandal will dominate the final weeks of the race.  In the current atmosphere, with corrupt and unethical GOP Congressmen dropping like flies, Weldon seems almost certain to lose. 

Update: Weldon questions the timing of the raid in a “they’re out to get me” moment worthy of Jim Traficant.

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