Democrats' Outlook Unclear in Race to Succeed Rendell in Pa.

Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, Ed Rendell, can't run again in 2010 because of term limits, and right now there's no clear favorite in the Democratic gubernatorial field, while Republicans have a leading candidate but a lot of undecided voters when it comes to a GOP primary, according to a Franklin & Marshall poll conducted Oct. 20-25.

The top three candidates among the Democrats are Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato at 10 percent, state Auditor General Jack Wagner at 9 percent, and Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel at 6 percent. Two others are at 3 percent each. But the most significant figure for the moment is the 66 percent who are undecided.

On the Republican side, state Attorney General Tom Corbett leads four-term Rep. Jim Gerlach by 30 percent to 8 percent, with 5 percent preferring someone else and 57 percent undecided.