Scenes from the Pennsylvania Senate Race

Pennsylvania Senate Race
Mark Peterson / Redux for TIME

Swing State
The challenge to Specter's long reign is representative of Democrats in other states. Just a little over a year since the election of Obama and the Democrats ascension in the House, the party is anxiously eyeing the November elections, with at least a half-dozen seats in the Senate in danger.

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