Frontrunner Emerges To Challenge Tom Corbett

03.04.13 | Sarah Harnisch

The name of a five term Congresswoman is being touted as a democratic front runner to challenge Tom Corbett in the next Pennsylvania Gubernatorial election. Montgomery County congresswoman Allyson Schwartz has yet to declare her candidacy, but has given every indication that she will challenge Corbett in 2014.

She's dispatched aides to stir up interest in her likely candidacy at recent gatherings of Democrats and liberals, including the Pennsylvania Progressive Summit that drew about 600 attendees to the Harrisburg Hilton this weekend. That summit chatter translated into Schwartz winning an impromptu straw poll at the event.