Manhattan Adult Entertainment: Cuomo-Paterson Primary Wouldn’t Divide NY Races, Poll Says
Gillibrand and Ford
The poll found that U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand leads potential challenger Harold Ford, a former U.S. representative from Tennessee, 36 percent to 18 percent among Democrats, with 40 percent undecided.
Voters approve of Gillibrand’s job performance, 42 percent to 28 percent, her highest score in a Quinnipiac poll since Paterson appointed her a year ago to fill the seat vacated when Hillary Clinton became U.S. secretary of state.
Paterson’s appointment of Gillibrand came after weeks in which several Democrats sought the Senate appointment, including Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, and it coincided with a slide in the governor’s approval ratings that began in February, 2009.
Paterson, 55, moved up from lieutenant governor in March 2008 when Eliot Spitzer resigned following a prostitution scandal.
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