Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper, who represents Pennsylvania’s 3rd District in the northwest corner of the state, is down six points among likely voters to businessman Mike Kelly according to the most recent Franklin & Marshall College Poll.
Mrs. Dahlkemper was a member of the Stupak Seven, a group of ostensibly pro-life Democrat members of congress led by Bart Stupak of Michigan who pledged not to vote for ObamaCare unless the wording of the bill was changed to make it certain that it would provide for no funding of abortions. The wording was never changed but after much huffing and puffing and the promise of a meaningless executive order from the President, the seven voted for the bill anyway on March 21.
According to F&M, Mrs. Dahlkemper is down 44 to 38 percent among likely voters with 20 percent undecided and 42 to 38 percent among those registered to vote with 18 percent undecided. Just 38 percent of registered voters rate her job performance as excellent or good and 39 percent believe she deserves re-election while 47 percent think it’s time for a change.
Kelly leads in every county in the district except Erie.
Mrs. Dahlkember defeated six-term Congressman Phil English in 2008 to take the seat.
F&M also notes that registered voters in the 3rd District favor Republican Pat Toomey for senate 34-28 percent over Democrat Joe Sestak, and Republican Tom Corbett for governor 41 to 28 percent over Democrat Dan Onorato.
Only 36 percent of those in the district rate President Obama’s job performance as positive, while 30 percent rate Gov. Ed Rendell’s job performance as positive.