Warren to stump for Dem Senate candidate in Pennsylvania

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will hit the campaign trail for Democratic Senate candidate Katie McGinty as the Pennsylvania Senate race heats up ahead of the November election.

{mosads}Warren, a progressive stalwart, will appear with McGinty on Sept. 9 at the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. McGinty is seeking to unseat Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).

The Massachusetts senator isn’t the only high-profile Democrat to stump for McGinty. Vice President Biden campaigned with the former gubernatorial chief of staff ahead of her heated primary in April.

“At the end of the day, this election is about whether Pennsylvania is going to have a senator who will fight for them or a senator who’s fighting for corporate profits and right-wing economic policies,” McGinty spokesman Sean Coit told the Inquirer. “Senator Warren has spent her entire career fighting for working families, and Katie’s going to stand side by side with her in the Senate.”

Toomey’s campaign pushed back on Warren’s visit in a comment to the Inquirer, painting McGinty as “the most pro-tax increase liberal in America.”

Pennsylvania’s Senate race could be pivotal in determining which party controls the upper chamber next year.

Outside groups are already flooding the state with spending and TV ads and both campaigns have been lobbing attacks at one another. So far, the race is the second most expensive Senate race this cycle, according to Open Secrets.

McGinty has been recently leading in the polls, but a survey from earlier this week had Toomey up by 7 points. He also has a significant cash advantage.