Barbara Donno
Poll Observations: Addabbo Not Beating 'Unknown,' Johnson Race Subject to Late Breaks
A couple of interesting observations I heard on today’s Siena poll of key State Senate races.
The first has to do with Republican incumbent Serf Maltese, who is currently running even with his Democratic challenger, Joe Addabbo. Consultant Joe Mercurio said he found that “surprising,” since that’s basically how Maltese’s 2006 race ended up, and that was against a challenger who was virtually unknown.
"I figured Addabbo would do better than an unknown,” Mercurio told me.
The other observation was about Craig Johnson on Long Island, who has a 24-percentage-point lead over his Republican challenger, Barbara Donno. Of all of the six races Siena chose to look at, this one has the highest percentage of undecided voters: 26 percent. read more »
