U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Gov. Tom Wolf led their likely Republican opponents by wide margins in the first major independent poll of their election races this year.
Casey, a Democrat, had the support of 43 percent of voters compared to 25 percent for Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, according to the Franklin & Marshall College poll released Wednesday. Wolf, also a Democrat, topped each of the three major Republican governor candidates by at least 17 percentage points, with state Sen. Scott Wagner showing best in a head-to-head matchup against the governor. CONT.
Borys Krawczeniuk, Times-Tribune