The  race to be Pennsylvania’s next governor is the closest it's been to date, but Republican State Attorney General Tom Corbett still holds a 10-point lead over his Democratic opponent, Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato. 

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state finds Corbett earning 49% of the vote to Onorato’s 39%, his best showing so far this year. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, while eight percent (8%) are not sure.

A month ago, Corbett was ahead 49% to 33%.

In surveys since February prior to this one, the Republican's support has ranged from 45% to 52%, while the Democrat's in the same period has fallen in the range of 26% to 36%. Onorato has never posted a lead in the race.

Republican Pat Toomey continues to hold a modest advantage over Democrat Joe Sestak in the race to replace Arlen Specter as U.S. senator from Pennsylvania.

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This statewide telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters in Pennsylvania was conducted on June 29, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/-4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Corbett leads among both male and female voters in Pennsylvania.  Among voters not affiliated with either political party, he holds a double-digit advantage over Onorato.

Most Pennsylvania voters (54%) favor repeal of the recently passed health care law. That's slightly below the national finding. Forty-two percent (42%) oppose repeal. These numbers include 40% who Strongly Favor repeal and 32% who are Strongly Opposed. 

Seventy-seven percent (77%) of voters in the state who Strongly Favor repeal favor Corbett, while 79% who Strongly Oppose repeal support Onorato.

Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Pennsylvania voters favor an Arizona-like immigration law in their own state, while 28% oppose such a law.  Another 14% are undecided.

Corbett earns 65% support from those voters in the state who favor an immigration law like Arizona’s. Onorato picks up 68% of the vote from those voters who oppose that kind of law in their state.  

Corbett is viewed Very Favorably by 22% of voters and Very Unfavorably by 10%.

For Onorato, Very Favorables are 21% and Very Unfavorables 15%.

Figures for both men have changed little since their primary victories in May. At this point in a campaign, Rasmussen Reports considers the number of people with strong opinions more significant than the total favorable/unfavorable numbers.

Forty-seven percent (47%) of voters in the state approve of the way Barack Obama has handled his role as president, while 53% disapprove of his job performance.  These findings are roughly in line with those found nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll. 

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