Pro-Sportsmen Candidates Lead Narrowly In Polls With less than 10 months until Election Day, polls on races in California, Pennsylvania and Missouri indicate candidates who have positively supported firearms-related issues are holding narrow leads. In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) leads potential challenger State Comptroller Steve Westly (D) 39 percent to 34 percent, but is neck and neck with State Treasurer Phil Angelides (D) 41-40 percent, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. In Pennsylvania, Gov. Ed Rendell (D)—who has a mixed record on firearms issues—leads potential challenger and ex-Pittsburgh Steeler Lynn Swann (R) 48 percent to 36 percent, a Quinnipiac University poll shows. In Missouri, U.S. Sen. Jim Talent (R) has taken a 46-41 percent lead over challenger State Auditor Claire McCaskill (D) after months of trailing, a Rasmussen Reports poll shows.