‘Tabloid Twins’ Weiner, Spitzer Lead in NYC Democrat Poll
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Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer, who both resigned elective offices amid sex scandals, lead the Democratic Party’s nominating campaigns for New York mayor and city comptroller, a Quinnipiac University poll shows.
Weiner, 48, who quit as a congressman in 2011 after posting lewd photos of himself on the Internet, received 25 percent to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s 22 percent, with 21 percent undecided, according to the poll released today.