According to the latest survey by pollsters at Quinnipiac College, she has a 53-37% lead over Mr D'Amato.

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Polling consistently shows Whitman leading any of the Democrats, and an early June Quinnipiac College poll shows her with a 50 percent to 38 percent advantage over Florio.

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Quinnipiac University and Marist College polls released in the last week have shown him polling behind four fellow Democrats: Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, former Comptroller William Thompson and former Rep. Anthony Weiner.

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