Cuomo widens poll lead over Nixon in New York governor race
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo widened his lead over Cynthia Nixon, an actress and activist running to his left in the Democratic gubernatorial primary election in September, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday.
Cuomo, seeking his third term in office, has nearly triple the support of Nixon, with 59 percent of registered Democrats polled saying they would vote for him, versus Nixon’s 23 percent.
Cuomo’s 36-point advantage was even wider than in a Quinnipiac poll in April, when his lead was 22 points.
Nixon, best known for playing the lawyer Miranda on the HBO drama “Sex and the City,” is part of a wave of upstart challengers from the Democratic Party’s left wing.
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