The Importance of Ideological Edge in Senate Races

If Federman resigned, the whoever Shapiro replaced him with, maybe Giselle Federman, she would have to be up at the same time. And I don't think Democrats want to take that chance because there is a not insignificant possibility that Donald Trump would win Pennsylvania. If he were even a senator left, Senator,. I think he'd be subject to much harsher treatment by the press and a similar pressure campaign to say that he is not capable of serving as the state's representative in the Senate.