Early this morning, Democratic Senatorial candidate Katie McGinty announced the backing of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. That caps an election season in which Ms. McGinty has been able to claim the support of top Democratic leaders in her four-way primary against Braddock Mayor John Fetterman, former Congressman Joe Sestak and Pittsburgher Joseph Vodvarka.

“Katie is a true champion for working families, with a proven record of taking on big challenges and delivering for people,” said Mr. Obama in a statement released by the McGinty campaign.

”She spent her entire career working to promote clean energy and combat climate change, and worked closely with my administration to implement the Affordable Care Act and expand Medicaid coverage to more than 500,000 Pennsylvanians. I know Katie will take that same tenacity and drive with her to the Senate to ensure affordable, available heath care, to protect Social Security and Medicare, and to uphold and enforce Wall Street reforms.”

“Pennsylvania is near and dear to my heart, and there is no one better to represent its working men and women in the Senate than Katie McGinty,” said Mr. Biden, who spent his early childhood in Scranton. “She’ll be there for Pennsylvania’s middle class families, day in and day out.”