tom suozzi. | ap photo/frank eltman by bill mahoney 11/05/16 08:05 pm edt albany <u+2014> while tom suozzi still has a lead in the race for an open long island congressional seat, it<u+2019>s not nearly as big as it was a month ago, according to a newsday/ siena college poll released saturday evening. suozzi, a democratic former nassau county executive, leads republican state senator jack martins 47-40, the poll found. a poll conducted by siena a month ago found suozzi up 50-34. story continued below <u+201c>suozzi<u+2019>s double digit lead is now single digits, and while a seven-point lead heading into the final days is a strong place to be, in this wacky election year of 2016, martins has moved into striking distance,<u+201d> said siena<u+2019>s steve greenberg. much of the difference between the polls can be attributed to martins<u+2019> improved standing among republicans. in early october, he led 66-25 among members of his own party. that lead is now 73-15. he also made a big jump among unaffiliated voters and those enrolled in a third-party, turning a five-point deficit into a one-point lead. the presidential race has also tightened among the district<u+2019>s voters over the past month. while hillary clinton previously had a nine-point lead over donald trump, she<u+2019>s now only up 44-43. the congressional seat is being vacated by retiring congressman steve israel, a democrat. it contains the northern half of nassau, a sizable portion of northwestern suffolk, and a sliver of eastern queens. the district partially overlaps with the competitive state senate districts currently represented by martins, carl marcellino and kemp hannon. the poll surveyed 614 likely voters from oct. 3 to nov. 1, and has a margin of error of four points. view the crosstabs here: http://bit.ly/2fnsfmj a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york education policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york energy policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york health care policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york real estate policy and politics our morning email with must-read analysis and breaking news on state news and politics a morning email with must-read analysis and breaking news on city news and politics. a weekly round-up of legislation in city council for politics and policy professionals. a reported briefing on money in politics, executive moves, and trends in communications, lobbying and consulting. our twice-a-week digest of news on courts and the law in new york azi paybarah and jimmy vielkind's must-read briefing informing the daily conversation among knowledgeable new yorkers.
poll: suozzi lead narrows in long island congressional race
bill mahoney