Casey lead (over Santorum) narrows [View All]

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Casey's lead over Santorum narrows
Thursday, August 24, 2006
BY BRETT LIEBERMAN
Of Our Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race continues to tighten, as a new Patriot-News/WGAL Keystone Poll shows Democrat Robert P. Casey's once wide-advantage over U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., is down to 5 percentage points.

Yet several pollsters and analysts see little momentum for Santorum in the Keystone Poll, which shows Casey leading 44 percent to 39 percent, or other recent polls that have buoyed Republicans facing a tough political environment because of the Iraq war and President Bush's low approval ratings.

The poll shows Republican Lynn Swann has done little to close the gap in the gubernatorial election. Democrat Gov. Ed Rendell leads Swann 53 percent to 34 percent.

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