Tuesday, November 2, 2010 is election day in Pennsylvania. There are many important races. We are electing a new governor and a new U.S. Senator. Other races include U.S. congressional seats.
Get out and vote! Polls are open from 7 am to 8 pm.
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Who said this election wasn’t important? Arlene Specter’s career has taken a giant nose-dive after losing his bid to be the Democratic candidate for the US Senate to relative newcomer Joe Sestak. Specter was soundly defeated 54% to 46%. Specter was seeking his 6th term in the US Senate. Sestak (D) will face Pat Toomey (R) in November. Toomey received the highest number of votes on either side of the aisle. 666,870 vs. Sestak’s 564,169.
This loss sends a message to the White House. Obama endorsed Specter and was unable to persuade Sestak to bow out. Look for more sweeping changes in November folks.
The other very important race was for governor. Rendell’s term is ending and his replacement will be either be Dan Onorato (D), Allegheny County Executive or Tom Corbett (R), PA Attorney General. Both candidates held large leads over their challengers. Corbett received the largest overall number of votes of any candidate, including Onorato. Corbett garnered 584,606 votes and Onorato received 459,530. Local candidate Joe Hoeffel (D), Montgomery County Commissioner received the least number of votes of the Democratic candidates with 129,379 votes.
The Specter-Sestak battle has become a nail-biter. However, Specter is a more well-known commodity and that could push Specter over the edge in Tuesday’s primary if turn-out is high. Pat Toomey, the Republican contender has a slight lead over both Specter and Sestak.
Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato is leading the Democratic hopefuls for governor with 27% The rest trail miserably with less than 5%. That includes Joe Hoeffel, Montgomery County Commissioner.
Tom Corbett is the leading Republican contender for governor with a commanding lead over challenger Sam Rohrer.
45% of Pennsylvanian’s support (in varying degrees) the Tea Party Movement.
55% of Pennsylvanian’s think our state is headed in the wrong direction!
Rendell’s popularity is 41% favorable, 47% unfavorable.
Eight in ten Pennsylvanian’s support the legalization of marijuana.
50% support the privatization of the state liquor store system, while 37% are opposed to the change.
69% support the continued practice of electing judges rather than appointing them!
Results are based on a poll conducted by Franklin & Marshall College and the Daily News.
A large percentage of voters are still undecided how they are voting. There are many key races and items for consideration. Get out and vote!
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