PITTSBURGH -- Presidential hopeful John McCain is mapping out a strategy to help him win the Pennsylvania vote.

While senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battle it out to represent the Democratic party in November's presidential election, Republican McCain has hired a campaign director strictly for Pennsylvania.

McCain hired Ted Christian to front his campaign through the Keystone State.

Christian has also worked on President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign and Rick Santorum's Senate campaign in 2006.