Former Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak announces presidential bid

Joe Sestak, a retired three-star Navy admiral and former two-term congressman from Pennsylvania, on Sunday became the latest Democratic contender to announce a bid for the presidency

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By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. The 67-year-old Sestak is a latecomer in an already-crowded Democratic field — his entry brings the number of candidates to 24 — but said his decision to delay his announcement was because of the return of his daughter’s brain cancer.

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