Campaign poll shows Allyson Schwartz ahead

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: …The campaign’s survey of likely primary voters found [Congressman Allyson] Schwartz leading opponents Kathleen McGinty, a former Department of Environmental Protection secretary, and businessman Tom Wolf, as well as state Treasurer Rob McCord.

It found Schwartz receiving 34 percent of the vote, with McGinty at 15 percent, Wolf at 11 percent and McCord at 10 percent, according to a memo describing the results. With the primary contest not until next year, the poll found 30 percent of likely primary voters (48 percent in the Pittsburgh region) undecided.

While she strongly led the Philadelphia region — with 61 percent, compared to 9 percent for McGinty and 6 percent for the other two — Schwartz also came out on top in the Pittsburgh region, though the area’s high proportion of undecided voters meant she could do it with 15 percent, compared to McGinty’s 14 percent… (more)

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