Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter and Republican challenger Pat Toomey are deadlocked 44 – 44 percent in Pennsylvania’s marquee 2010 U.S.  Senate race, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.  President Barack Obama’s job approval in this pivotal swing state remains below 50 percent at 49 – 45 percent.

Sen. Specter holds a commanding 53 – 30 percent lead in the Democratic Senate primary over Congressman Joe Sestak, a slight increase from the 44 – 25 percent margin when the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University last surveyed Pennsylvania voters October 1.

Specter, who spent more than three decades in public life as a Republican, switched parties earlier this year and held an impressive 53 – 33 percent lead over Toomey in a May 4 Quinnipiac University poll.  But that gap narrowed in the spring and summer.  Toomey took a statistically insignificant 43 – 42 percent lead in an October 1 survey, virtually unchanged from today’s 44 – 44 percent tie.

Read the full Quinnipiac University poll here

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