Toomey, Sestak and the chocolate factory
Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich went to his hometown, Hershey, in Dauphin County, Penn. ? home of America’s most famous chocolate factory. He asked union members of Chocolate Workers Local 464 ? Hershey Chocolate Plant, which has faced job losses over the last several years, about which candidate, Republican Pat Toomey or Democrat Joe Sestak, they’ll be supporting this November.
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