Joe Sestak Announces for Senate Seat in 2016

• . Former Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak has long been notorious for refusing to share details about his electoral plans. He utterly stonewalled activists, officials, and reporters alike last year when asked if he'd seek his old seat in the House; indeed, we only knew for sure that he wasn't running when the filing deadline passed and he hadn't submitted petitions. This cycle, Sestak again refused to answer questions, but even more confoundingly, he started raising money—a lot of money—for lord only knows what reason.
  Well, now we finally know, too. Sestak announced on Tuesday that he's getting an extremely, extremely early start on the 2016 Senate race. While it's obviously weird for a legitimate candidate to jump into a race three-and-a-half years ahead of time, I think this is good news. Sestak nearly defeated Sen. Pat Toomey during the disastrous year of 2010, and if he wants it this badly, he's probably our best hope of unseating Toomey the next time he's up for election.
  It also removes Sestak from this cycle's gubernatorial picture, which is good news, too. That's one fewer big-name candidate with a large warchest causing havoc in the Democratic primary, and it probably makes life easier for frontrunner Allyson Schwartz as well—which means it makes life even rougher for GOP Gov. Tom Corbett.