NYT/AP: TV Ads Fail to Move Penn. Voters in Poll [View All]

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TV Ads Fail to Move Penn. Voters in Poll
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: September 21, 2006

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The front-runners in the race for Senate and governor maintained their leads as televised political advertising increased, a statewide poll released Thursday found.

For the Senate, Democratic challenger Bob Casey led incumbent Sen. Rick Santorum 45 percent to 38 percent among registered voters, according to the Keystone Poll from Franklin & Marshall College. The result was virtually unchanged from the pollsters' August survey.

Green Party candidate Carl Romanelli, whose candidacy is expected to help Santorum by drawing support from Casey, was supported by 5 percent. Twelve percent were undecided.

In the governor's race, Democratic incumbent Ed Rendell led Republican Lynn Swann 52 percent to 34 percent, compared with 53-34 percent in August. Fourteen percent were undecided....

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Santorum aired a spot featuring actors supposedly portraying four big donors to Casey's campaign meeting in a smoke-filled jail cell. The senator's campaign later conceded that none of the men had given money to Casey's Senate campaign and that two had contributed to Santorum's campaign, which donated the money to nonprofit groups....

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Pennsylvania-Elections.html