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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Republican Party on Saturday endorsed candidates who are closely identified with President Donald Trump to run in contested primaries to challenge the state's two leading Democrats, Gov. Tom Wolf and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. The endorsements of gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner and Senate candidate Lou Barletta came a month before the deadline to file paperwork to get on the May 15 primary election ballot. The endorsements at the Republican State Committee's winter meeting were expected after both men performed well at regional caucus straw votes in recent weeks and come with the party's financial support...

And while Mr. Toomey rightly expresses concern about the growing national debt, he seems to think it is solely the result of decisions by President Barack Obama, with help from Mr. Sestak and other congressional Democrats. He contended that earlier decisions slashing taxes while conducting two hugely expensive wars constituted sound policy, for example. Mr. Toomey is not, like former Sen. Rick Santorum, an ideological flamethrower. Yet on policy matters he probably is even more conservative than Mr. Santorum and most other current members of Congress. Mr. Sestak's views are shaped by his military career, during which he rose to...