Poll: NY Dems could win all top posts (Siena College Poll) [View All]

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From Yahoo News - Associated Press

Led by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Democrats could be positioned for an electoral sweep in New York that would leave them in control of every statewide elected office for the first time in more than six decades.

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(According to) the first post-primary statewide poll, out Monday from Siena College's Research Institute, reported that Spitzer is maintaining a huge lead — 72 percent to 21 percent — over John Faso, a former state Assembly minority leader, in the race to replace Pataki.

The three-term governor announced last year he would not seek another term; he is eyeing a 2008 run for president.

The poll had Clinton leading her Republican challenger, former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer, 62 percent to 33 percent.

In the race to replace Spitzer as attorney general, former federal Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo led former Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, a Republican, 53 percent to 36 percent. Democratic incumbent Alan Hevesi was ahead of Christopher Callaghan, a former Saratoga County treasurer, 56 percent to 23 percent, in the state comptroller's race, according to the poll.

And this, among all the many other reasons, is I love New York. Yay us!