Eliot Spitzer. Photo: Wikipedia.

Politico – Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is pulling further ahead in the Democratic primary for the city’s comptroller race, a new poll finds.

Spitzer’s lead over Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has widened to 19 percentage points among likely Democratic primary voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. Fifty six percent said they will vote for Spitzer, compared with 37 percent for Stringer. On July 25, Spitzer was edging out Stringer by just 4 percentage points.

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