RCP poll results favor Democrat Carney

By TOM KANE

PENNSYLVANIA — At least one major poll, by Real Clear Politics (RCP), favors incumbent Democratic Congressman Chris Carney in the PA House 10th District race over opponent Tom Marino.

PoliticsPA, an online political network for Pennsylvania, calls fundraising efforts by Pennsylvania Republican Congressional candidates Marino, Dave Argall and Mike Kelly anemic.

The Carney campaign office claims that Carney has raised $913,000, 70 percent more than Marino. The Marino camp counters that since Carney had no opponent in the primary and Marino had two, it was understandable he could easily raise more funds than Marino for the general election. But that will all change, they say, when Republican contributors focus on the general election.

The residents of the 10th Congressional District have traditionally selected Republicans. Josh Drobnyk, a Carney staff person, claims that Carney is the most fiscally conservative of all the Pennsylvania delegation.

In a recent article in Time magazine, political writer Joe Klein called Carney a “vulnerable” candidate, but added that he has raised 70 percent more money than Marino.

In other Pennsylvania races, as of Tuesday, August 3, several political polls are favoring Republican Tom Corbett over Democrat Dan Onorato for the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race and Republican Pat Toomey over Democrat Joe Sestak for the senate position previously held by Arlen Specter, who was defeated by Sestak in the Democratic primary.

The RCP poll, which averages the results of three political polls’, shows Corbett ahead of Onorato by 9 percentage points, 45.7 percent to 36.7 percent respectively. The three polls used for the RCP average are Rasmussen Reports, Quinnipiac and Public Policy Polling.

In the Senate race, Democrat Sestak is running even with Republican Toomey. After defeating Specter on May 18, Sestak has led, trailed and now tied Toomey.

After a divisive primary, Sestak now has the support of 70 percent of Democrats while Toomey has about the same with Republicans—73 percent.