Andrew Giuliani holds a slim lead over party-backed candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin forward of the June 28 gubernatorial main, in response to a brand new ballot of main voters.
The previous White Home aide had the help of 28.1% of probably Republican voters in comparison with 22.8% for Zeldin, in response to the survey carried out by longtime pollster John Zogby.
Former Westchester County Government Rob Astorino got here in third with 13.7% and businessman Harry Wilson garnered the help 10.3% of respondents.
“We’re in a very good place,” Giuliani informed The Put up Thursday. “Increasingly more persons are beginning to hear our message and it’s a message of hope.”
Giuliani enjoys comparatively excessive title recognition amongst GOP voters due to his well-known father, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, which he has leveraged within the race. Giuliani has additionally attacked Zeldin as a purported pawn of ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo based mostly on feedback made whereas the Lengthy Island Republican was a state senator.
“I don’t imagine that this ballot is reflective of the present state of the race based mostly on knowledge that I see on a weekly foundation,” GOP state Chair Nick Langworthy, who's supporting Zeldin, informed The Put up.
Gov. Kathy Hochul had the help of 49.4% of Democrats included within the survey whereas Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau) respectively received 14% and 10%.
The survey, which confirmed 1 / 4 of GOP voters as undecided, is the newest signal that the Republican race for governor stays up within the air regardless of Zeldin’s relative success at fundraising and help from celebration leaders.
“This can be a pretend, wildly inaccurate ballot … each different latest ballot has proven Congressman Zeldin because the clear frontrunner,” Zeldin spokeswoman Katie Vincentz stated in a textual content.
A Might 4 Emerson School ballot confirmed Zeldin with an eight-point lead over Giuliani whereas an inner ballot from the Zeldin camp confirmed him with a hefty lead over his rivals in April.
An April 10 Zogby survey confirmed Zeldin with a slim lead over Giuliani weeks earlier than controversial feedback about abortion and gun rights by Zeldin uncovered him to new rounds of political assaults from the political left and proper.
Unite NY, a gaggle supporting Wilson, commissioned the newest Zogby ballot displaying the Western New York businessman lifeless final within the race. However his marketing campaign says it sees a silver lining within the outcomes.
“It’s no shock that Zeldin is fading as a result of the very last thing New Yorkers need is to elect one other political insider,” a spokeswoman for the Wilson marketing campaign stated in a textual content.
Astorino likewise expressed optimism that he might surge within the closing weeks of the first marketing campaign on the expense of his rivals.
“Zeldin continues to falter as voters be taught extra about his time in Albany the place he was certainly one of Andrew Cuomo’s high allies,” a spokesman stated in a textual content.
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