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'''Arlen Specter''' is the senior [[United States]] Senator from [[Pennsylvania]]. He was first elected in 1980, and has been reelected five times since then. Senator Specter is widely regarded as a moderate [[Republican]], disagreeing with the Bush Administration on numerous issues. He was one of three Republicans who supported Obama's stimulus bill in 2009.

'''Arlen Specter''' is the senior [[United States]] Senator from [[Pennsylvania]]. He was first elected in 1980, and has been reelected five times since then. Senator Specter has been a moderate [[Republican]], disagreeing with the Bush Administration on numerous issues. He was one of three Republicans who supported Obama's stimulus bill in 2009.  Threatened with a conservative primary challenger for his seat in 2010, on April 28, 2009, he announced he will switch to the Democratic party, proving the 60th vote needed for Democrats to stop GOP filibusters.

He is a US Air Force veteran, serving during the [[Korean War]].

He is a US Air Force veteran, serving during the [[Korean War]].

==Political career==  

==Political career==  

Despite being a life-long [[Democrat]], Specter was elected District Attorney in Philadelphia as a Republican in 1965. He mounted an unsuccessful campaign for mayor of Philadelphia in 1967 and was defeated for reelection to a third term as district attorney in 1973. He was defeated in the 1976 Republican Primary for U.S. Senate by John Heinz and in the 1978 primary for Governor of Pennsylvania by Dick Thornburgh. Arlen Specter was elected to the Senate in 1980 and is currently serving his fifth term. In 2005, Senator Specter became Pennsylvania's longest serving U.S. Senator. He is Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and a senior member of the Appropriations and Veterans Affairs committees. Specter also made an abortive bid for the Republican nomination in the 1996 presidential race, before withdrawing and endorsing future nominee [[Bob Dole]].

Until then a Democrat, Specter was elected District Attorney in Philadelphia as a Republican in 1965. He mounted an unsuccessful campaign for mayor of Philadelphia in 1967 and was defeated for reelection to a third term as district attorney in 1973. He was defeated in the 1976 Republican Primary for U.S. Senate by John Heinz and in the 1978 primary for Governor of Pennsylvania by Dick Thornburgh. Arlen Specter was elected to the Senate in 1980 and is currently serving his fifth term. In 2005, Senator Specter became Pennsylvania's longest serving U.S. Senator. He is Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and a senior member of the Appropriations and Veterans Affairs committees. Specter also made an abortive bid for the Republican nomination in the 1996 presidential race, before withdrawing and endorsing future nominee [[Bob Dole]].

==Political views==

==Political views==