City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is still polling ahead of her likely Democratic rivals for mayor. The latest Quinnipiac poll gives Quinn-- who would be New York City's first female mayor-- a solid lead to succeed current hizzoner Michael Bloomberg.
Quinn Leads in Polls to Replace Mayor Bloomberg
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is still polling ahead of her likely Democratic rivals for mayor. The latest Quinnipiac poll gives Quinn– who would be New York City’s first female mayor– a solid lead to succeed current hizzoner Michael Bloomberg.
Council Speaker Quinn is the choice of 29 percent of Democrats in an early look at the 2013 Mayoral Primary, with 34 percent undecided. Results for other possible contenders are:
10 percent for former City Comptroller William Thompson;
9 percent for City Comptroller John Liu;
9 percent for Public Advocate Bill de Blasio;
4 percent for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.
1 percent for newspaper publisher Tom Allon.
“City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is the early favorite in the Democratic primary for mayor, which could be the only race that counts if Republicans don’t find a candidate,” said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “She’s almost up there with ‘undecided.”
Meanwhile, former state Democratic Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith is considering a run– as a Republican. The New York Post reported earlier this month that Smith has been in talks with the state’s Republican party chairman Ed Cox, as well as the state’s Independence Party Chairman, Frank MacKay.
And although Smith reportedly made a “favorable impression” upon state GOP big-wigs this week, Manhattan GOP chairman Daniel Issacs told The Daily News that if all went to plan, supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis “would be the presumptive nominee” for 2013.
noone should vote for someone that lives
the opposit of torah and flaunts a gay lifestyle
Chick-Fil-A
Socialist trainwreck.
Realist Jew
#1 And, your problem is what exactly?
another CLOWN
another CLOWN John Catsimatidis ? you would think the GOP would give up on nominating CLOWNS after the Ronald Lauder fiasco a few years ago.
Critical of New York Judges
Same old bureaucratic garbadcge and nannyism from city hall–only a different day with a different person
Critical of New York Judges
#4–Why not because why should the Republicans put forth a good candidate and spend all that money when most of the new yorkers only know to vote Democratic no matter what. This stupidty got Obama elected when it was known he was a disater in the making and no matter who the Democrats won will win automatically unless something really horrific occurs or Bloomberg really tees off the whole city.
A Dangerous Time Bomb
If she is gay….be aware that the Gay community knows that the Orthordox community considers their life style sinful…and they have nothing but contempt for religious people.
If you think former mayor Dinkins was a disaster for the Jews of Crown Heighs…this lady is far worse.
Any Gay candidate is a TIME BOMB for the Jewish community, she must be defeated at the polls at all cost.