Politics & Government
Weiner Trailing Only Quinn in New Poll: Report
Could the one-time Democratic pariah have a shot at the city's big chair?
This post was written by C. Zawadi Morris.
Anthony Weiner still has not revealed whether he will be entering the New York City mayoral race, but the former Queens congressman is polling second behind Democratic candidate and City Council speaker Christine Quinn, The New York Times reported.
In a poll of voters released on Tuesday by NBC New York, Weiner was favored by 15 percent of registered Democrats in a hypothetical primary matchup.
Quinn is still favored by 26 percent of the respondents. And other contenders – Comptroller John C. Liu and Former Comptroller Bill Thompson and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio – experienced little change in their support numbers.
Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and considered a bid in 2009, was forced to resign his House seat less than two years ago after a Twitter scandal in which he posted lewd photos of himself.
He revealed his interest in a mayoral run in a recent profile in The New York Times Magazine. And according to the telephone poll of 1,127 adults, if he attempts to make a comeback, he could be a contender.
He admitted in the magazine profile published last week that his own internal polling had indicated he would be an underdog in any race he ran.
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