John Hanger drops out of gov race, down to 5 people now

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http://www.yorkblog.com/ydrpolitics/2014/03/13/democrat-john-hanger-withdrawing-from-guv-race-cites-tom-wolfs-surge/

Democrat John Hanger, a former state environmental protection secretary, is withdrawing from the guv race, he said in a statement Thursday morning.

One of the reasons he gives is Tom Wolf‘s rise in the polls. From Hanger’s statement:

Our second goal of winning the Democratic primary simply slipped beyond our reach. Tom Wolf’s television campaign has been startlingly effective, and he has taken a commanding lead, having reached support of 40% or more. His strong rise in the polls impacted the campaigns of all his competitors and stopped momentum that we had in January, though we alone among the competing campaigns did not lose ground in some polls.

Tom Wolf’s surge that stalled our January momentum meant that our recent polling was not strong enough for us to raise the funds for television and radio advertising needed for victory at the end of this campaign. Furthermore, and crucially for our campaign, it is now probable that winner of the Democratic primary will get considerably more than 30% of the primary vote, a target we cannot reach.

[Curmudgeoness]

1. I can't say that I am sorry.

I will never forgive his performance on Gasland....and that matters to me.