“Capping weeks of build-up, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman announced today that he’s seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

“The Allegheny County pol announced his candidacy on Twitter, quipping that if voters send him to Washington, he will be “100 percent sedition-free.”

“Fetterman, the former mayor of Braddock, Pa., outside Pittsburgh unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination in 2016, finishing third in a three-way primary. Former Wolf administration aide, Kathleen McGinty, who won the nomination, ended up losing in November to U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.

“Last fall, Toomey announced his retirement from politics, blowing both the 2022 Senate field and the 2022 GOP field for governor wide open.”

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