Specter Gets First Challenger
Joe Torsella (D), a former deputy mayor of Philadelphia, filed papers on Monday to challenge Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) in 2010, according to his campaign.
Torsella is the first to announce his intentions to challenge Specter, who is consistently considered a target for Democrats.
“Today I filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to establish the Joe Torsella for Senate Committee,
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