Senate race tightens in Pennsylvania, new poll shows

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A new poll finds that Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate is now too close to call.

A survey of likely Democratic voters released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University shows Rep. Joe Sestak has closed the gap with fifth-term Sen. Arlen Specter.

The Quinnipiac poll gives Specter a 44% to 42% edge. The sampling error margin is 3.2 percentage points. Fourteen percent are undecided.

Barely a month ago, Sestak trailed by 20 points or more in some polls before he began airing TV ads.

The telephone survey of 945 likely Democratic primary voters was conducted from May 5 through Monday.

The primary election is Tuesday.

-- Associated Press