Sestak will now face Republican candidate Pat Toomey in the November election for this key senate seat.
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So when the Democrats lost a key Senate seat in the Massachusetts special election a couple of months ago, it was expected that the health care bill would be defeated easily.
The Conservatives will be hopeful of holding on to Monmouth, and Neil Kinnock s old seat of Islwyn is a key Labour target seat, as the party strives to win an overall majority.
The normally low-key Carter ripped into the seat holder, William Higgins, who has filed for an injunction with a New York court to block the Dec 6. vote.