TIMES HERALD / AP: …The Nov. 4 election is a particularly sensitive one for Republicans. Six of seven GOP-held state Senate seats in the closely divided Philadelphia suburbs are up for re-election, and the loss of two seats could leave the 50-member chamber deadlocked. Meanwhile, Republicans are defending their generous complement of 13 seats to Democrats’ five in the U.S. House…
A poll from Quinnipiac University … found that, with eight weeks before the election, Wolf led Corbett 59 percent to 35 percent among more than 1,100 people deemed likely to vote. Of Wolf’s supporters, 51 percent said their vote is mainly against Corbett. More than half of the people asked — 55 percent — viewed Corbett unfavorably.
Generally, the worry for Republicans is that party voters who are turned off by Corbett will simply stay home… (more)
