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  Wagner wins majority of [PA Democratic State Committee] votes, but no endorsement
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Last EditedMonsieur  Feb 06, 2010 04:33pm
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AuthorDan Hirschhorn
News DateSaturday, February 6, 2010 10:30:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionLANCASTER—Auditor General Jack Wagner demonstrated the depth of his party support here Saturday, winning a majority of Democratic State Committee votes and more than twice the number of his chief gubernatorial rival, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato. But Wagner failed to reach the two-thirds threshold needed for an endorsement, yielding an open primary in which the state party as a whole will not back a candidate in the five-way race.

Still, it was a striking show of support for Wagner, who, despite months of talk that Onorato was the front-runner, remains favored by a wide swath of party rank-and-file.

The vote was forced to go to a second ballot when no candidate garnered a two-thirds vote in the first. State Senator Anthony Williams (D-Philadelphia) won overwhelming support from Philadelphia committee members, forcing Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel out after the first round. In preliminary counts from the second round, Wagner won 153 votes, followed by Onorato with 76. Williams won 48, and there were 27 abstentions, many from Montgomery County members who support Hoeffel. After addressing regional caucuses in the morning, Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty didn’t even have his name entered into nomination.
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