Updated 02/27/2009 05:58 AM
Poll shows Tedisco leading Murphy in 20th District race
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. -- A new poll from the Siena Research Institute shows Republican Jim Tedisco leading Democrat Scott Murphy in the race for the recently vacated 20th Congressional District seat.
The Assembly minority leader has a 46-34 percent lead over the North County businessman, according to the poll of likely voters.
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Tedisco's lead is just 12 points in a district with a 15-point Republican enrollment edge and he has only single-digit leads on issues critical to voters. The district includes Dutchess, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren and Washington and Essex counties.
The seat became vacated when Kirsten Gillibrand left for the U.S. Senate.
The special election is set for March 31.