Republican Joe Peters is making the case that he’ll be the best nominee for the party in this year’s Attorney General race.
His campaign’s consulting firm Eagle Consulting Group conducted a poll that tested Peters against his primary opponent State Sen. John Rafferty.
They found that by Rafferty leads Peters by a 16% to 10% margin, with a massive 74% undecided.
Then both candidates’ messages were tested without including their names.
“Candidate A for attorney general started his career as a cop, spent 17 years in the attorney general’s office and became the state’s top drug prosecutor, served as a federal mafia prosecutor who put away Philly Mob boss Little Nicky Scarfo, and served two presidents in top positions in the White House Drug Czar’s office. Candidate B has served in the state Senate for 13 years and chairs the Transportation Committee, worked for three years in the attorney general’s office and operates a private law practice. Are you more likely to support candidate A or candidate B?”
Candidate A, Peters, got 62% while Candidate B, Rafferty, received 11%. 27% were undecided.
“The Republican primary for Attorney General is wide open but voters overwhelmingly say they prefer a career prosecutor like me rather than a career politician like Sen. Rafferty,” Peters said. “I am the most qualified and experienced person in this race as I am the only candidate — of either party — who has local, state, national and international law enforcement experience.”
The IVR poll was conducted on March 9th and surveyed 230 likely Republican voters. The margin of error is +/- 5.55%.
PoliticsPA reached out to the Rafferty campaign and spokesman Mike Barley sent the following statement: “I guess it’s not surprising that Kathleen Kane’s former press secretary Joe Peters is spinning bogus poll numbers to the press.”
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I delight in, lead to I discovered just what I used to be taking a look for. You have ended my 4 day long hunt! God Bless you man. Have a nice day. Bye
http://www.artinheart.org/bored/discussion/68766/writing-on-pest-controller
Peters and Rafferty should be jockeying for support from Philadelphia’s newest Republican – Seth Williams:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160314_On_the_rocks__Democratic_D_A__Williams_turns_to_GOP_pols_in_Harrisburg.html
Interesting push polling.
Lol Joe Peters. NFW.
Senator John Rafferty is doing a great job as senator. Perhaps he needs to stay there and help fight the Gov. ? Joe is much better equipped for the AG job. Elect Joe Peters
The poll isn’t biased. They are the facts. Peters has a much better background than Rafferty. The party owes it to Rafferty because he took a back seat last time in 2012 to give the nomination to Dave Freed. Peters has first ballot position and a good record – he has a shot.
Gee, that Candidate A vs B comparison didn’t seem loaded/biased at all. LOL
I disagree. Rafferty is the chosen candidate of my party – he has been annointed and no one should question it. But he only has 16%? I like Joe and Rafferty – but I got to go with Joe. He has more experience and will be a better candidate in the Fall against Zappala – although I really hope the Dems nominate Shapiro. We can’t wait to run again him – zero experience in the courtroom and has a spotty ethics record as a Commissioner from what I am hearing.
Best choice on the Republican side
Really Mike? Who wasn’t a press sec for Kathleen Kane?
So how is this news? Joe Peter’s campaign released a push poll hitting his opponent and the poll still has him losing the race. Impressive stuff.