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| PA-10 Pennsylvania District 10 Marino (R) vs. Carney (D) | Updated: Sep-17-2010 | |||||
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SHAMOKIN, WILLIAMSPORT & CARBONDALE TO NORTHEAST PA Before Chris Carney won in 2006, Republicans held this seat for more than four decades. Carney voted for the trillion-dollar government takeover of healthcare twice and for the failed trillion dollar Obama stimulus. This November he faces former United States Attorney Tom Marino, who was previously elected to serve as the District Attorney of Lycoming County. It looks like a tough year for the Tax and Spend Carney. (bh) |
Marino (R) | 40 % | 30-Sep-2010 | |||
| Carney (D) | 43 % | Lycoming College | ||||
| Marino (R) | 40% | 25-Sep-2010 | ||||
| Carney (D) | 36% | Critical Insights | ||||
| Marino (R) | 52 % | 01-Aug-2010 | ||||
Chris Carney (D) |
Tom Marino (R) |
Carney (D) | 37% | Ayers-McHenry | ||
| $1,169,332 Total | $232,718 Total | Avg-Presidential-Vote | R+15 | |||
| $792,891 Cash | $11,137 Cash | KeyHouseRaces Rating | TOSS-UP-D | |||
Tom Marino has suffered bad press involving his giving a reference letter he gave to a convicted felon while working for the Justice Department. He also is badly underfunded. Marino may still win in this Republican-voting district, but he’s turned out to be a bad candidate.
ping
Yes, I know what you mean about Marino. But NE PA is just a cesspool. There’s just nobody up there who is clean. It’s kind of like North Jersey Lite. It used to be a mafia stronghold and the old mafia ways still rule the roost in politics and business. I just don’t think anybody up there in government, Republican or Democrat really plays by the rules-you just can’t play by the rules there and win. Marino may be the best of what’s available up there, unfortunately.
ping
Too bad he’s underfunded. Luckily his is the most Republican out of the targeted seats in PA.
It’s a pretty cheap media market up there. Much of it is boonies. Marino has name recognition so that will make up for some of the money disadvantage.
A less ethically challenged GOP candidate would have this seat in a cakewalk, I believe. Marino still might ride through on Corbett’s and Toomey’s coattails. Both the governor and senate races have been stuck for the past month or so. Onorato has gained some on Corbett as nobody knew who he was until he started advertising. But still both races consistently show Corbett/Roomey up 6-8 points.
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