http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--congress-20thdist1105nov05,0,4992434.storyALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ A new poll released Sunday said the race for Congress between Democratic challenger Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican incumbent John Sweeney is now roughly even _ after Gillibrand trailed Sweeney by 14 points just two and a half weeks ago.
The Siena Research Institute poll said Gillibrand leads Sweeney 46 percent to 43 percent. The poll had a margin of error of 3.9 percentage points.
The poll was taken at a particularly dramatic time in the Sweeney campaign. The two-day survey started Wednesday, when the four-term Congressman found himself answering reports of a state police document that showed his wife, Gaia, called 911 on Dec. 2, 2005 to say he was "knocking her around the house."
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He said the poll was conducted in the same way as the earlier poll. People surveyed in the new poll were 41 percent Republicans and 29 percent Democrats. In the October poll, Republicans were 44 percent and Democrats were 29 percent.