Republican Chuck Hagel, the former Nebraska senator, will endorse Democrat Rep. Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania's competitive U.S. Senate race. Hagel, who served in the Senate from 1997 through 2008, told the Associated Press that Sestak has demonstrated a willingness to put the nation's interests ahead of his party's. Hagel refused to comment about Sestak's Republican opponent, Pat Toomey.
"The two-term Nebraska senator will speak about Joe's independence and focus on doing what's right not for Wall Street or Washington special interests but for Pennsylvania's working families," according to Sestak's campaign. Hagel and Sestak will appear together tomorrow in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Sestak and Toomey are running for the Senate seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter.
