PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: After weeks of unchallenged command of the state’s television markets, businessman Tom Wolf has sprinted into the lead in the Democratic primary for governor, according to a Harper Polling survey.
According to the Republican-leaning firm, the former state revenue secretary had the support of 40 percent of Democratic voters, nearly three times that of his nearest competitor, U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz of Montgomery County, who had 14 percent.
They were followed by a closely bunched group of rivals. The differences among their single-digit totals were within the poll’s margin of error. State treasurer Rob McCord had 8 percent; former Auditor General Jack Wagner had 7 percent, as did former DEP Secretary John Hanger. Another former DEP chief, Katie McGinty, had 6 percent; while 19 percent were undecided. Lebanon County Commissioner JoEllen Litz is also seeking the Democratic nomination, but the GOP firm did not include her in its poll… (more)
