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Parents > United States > Pennsylvania > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline March 09, 2010 - 05:00pm
Polls Open May 18, 2010 - 06:00am
Polls Close May 18, 2010 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 18, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2015 - 12:00pm
Last ModifiedCraverguy August 15, 2010 04:16am
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionElections Bureau [Link]
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2006
NameEd Rendell Votes2,470,517 (60.31%)
Term01/16/2007 - 01/18/2011 Margin848,382 (+20.71%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 8.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Daniel "Dan" Onorato
Safe 6
Strong 7
Lean 3
Slight 12
Jack Wagner
Slight 1
Joe Hoeffel
Slight 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

06/04/2009 05/16/2010
Graph MoE
 Ignore Pollsters:
Fairbanks, Maslin, Maullin & Associates (D)
Franklin & Marshall College
Lake Research (D)
Muhlenberg College
Quinnipiac University
Rasmussen Reports
Research 2000
Suffolk University
Susquehanna Polling & Research (SP&R)

CANDIDATES
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Name County Executive Daniel "Dan" Onorato Auditor Jack Wagner St. Sen. Anthony H. Williams County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Votes463,575 (45.07%) 248,338 (24.15%) 185,784 (18.06%) 130,799 (12.72%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -215,237 (-20.93%) -277,791 (-27.01%) -332,776 (-32.36%)
Predict Avg.17.80% 15.40% 4.00% 13.67%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Quinnipiac University 
05/12-05/16		 39.00% (+1.0) 10.00% (-1.0) 11.00% (+1.0) 9.00% (+0.0)
Muhlenberg College 
05/12-05/15		 39.00% (+2.0) 10.00% (+1.0) 15.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+1.0)
Suffolk University 
05/11-05/13		 46.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 13.00% (+0.0) 8.00% (+0.0)
Muhlenberg College 
05/08-05/11		 37.00% (+2.0) 9.00% (-1.0) 15.00% (+0.0) 8.00% (+0.0)
Quinnipiac University 
05/05-05/10		 38.00% (+2.0) 11.00% (+3.0) 10.00% (+2.0) 9.00% (+0.0)
Muhlenberg College 
05/06-05/09		 35.00% (-6.0) 10.00% (+5.0) 15.00% (+7.0) 8.00% (+2.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
S Zackatron
  Philadelphia City Paper
  Uniontown (PA) Herald-Standard
  Philadelphia Daily News
D T. Timothy "Tim" Holden [L]
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  Philadelphia Inquirer
D Frank R. Mascara
D Robert A. "Bob" Brady [L]
D Dwight Evans [L]
D Michael A. Nutter [L]
I McCord 2014
  Liberty City Democratic Club (LGBT)
  Planned Parenthood Federation of America
D LeAnna M. Washington [L]

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 06, 2010 12:00am Profile Decisively Undecided  Article Craverguy 
Mar 17, 2010 11:00am News Hoeffel's petitions for gubernatorial race challenged  Article Scott³ 
Feb 06, 2010 04:30pm News Wagner wins majority of [PA Democratic State Committee] votes, but no endorsement  Article Monsieur 
Jan 25, 2010 12:00am News Williams: Race for (PA) gov. needs to address concerns of blacks  Article Scott³ 
Dec 05, 2009 09:20pm Opinion No superstar among (PA) Democratic gubernatorial candidates  Article Scott³ 
Sep 20, 2009 05:50pm Announcement Pennsylvania: Ex-Rep. Hoeffel To Run For Governor  Article COSDem 

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