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In the race for New York’s junior U.S. Senate seat, incumbent Kirsten holds a 61-to-29 percent lead over her little-known Republican opponent, Chele Chiavacci Farley. “Although her favorability rating has fallen to 49 percent, [down] from 53 percent in June, Gillibrand still has a commanding lead over Farley, who is unknown […]
Majority of voters say Cuomo would be better than Molinaro on three issues: improving public education, fixing New York’s infrastructure and creating jobs Plurality of upstate voters say Molinaro would be better on the challenges facing that region Incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo leads Republican challenger Marc Molinaro 50-to-28 percent in […]