WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski, one of the credit union movement's strongest allies on Capitol Hill, is down by nine points in his effort to win a 13th term, according to poll released this week by Franklin & Marshall College.
The poll of 547 registered voters taken last week found that Kanjorski (D-Pa.) is trailing Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta 44% to 35%.
The survey showed that only 35% of voters in his district, which includes most of Northeast Pennsylvania, believe he deserves to be re-elected. Only 51% of registered Democrats said they plan to support him while 69% of Republicans plan to vote for Barletta.
The loss of Kanjorski, the No. 2 Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, would be a major loss for credit unions. He has been the main sponsor of all of the measures providing regulatory relief to credit unions in the last few years, including the Credit Union Bank and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act, which passed the House and is pending in the Senate. He is also the sponsor of the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act which provides more comprehensive regulatory relief.
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