Reactions To 20th House Poll
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Here’s Democratic candidate Scott’s Murphy’s take on today’s Siena poll:
Republican candidate Jim Tedisco had a 50 percent to 29 percent lead in a Feb. 5 poll from the National Republican Campaign Committee. So now it’s cut nearly in half, to 46-34 percent.
“Murphy has clearly built momentum in just three short weeks with his strong economic message, while voters have increasingly rejected career Albany politician Tedisco’s misleading attacks and his stubborn refusal to support President Obama’s economic policies,” Murphy’s campaign said.
And here’s Tedisco’s take:
He has a 12-point lead and a 14-point lead with independents, which is 25 percent of the district. And that’s on top of the 41 percent of voters in the district that are registered Republicans. Tedisco also has an 11-point lead with women and winning every age bracket.
“Jim Tedisco is in a very strong position but is taking nothing for granted,” said spokesman Josh Fitzpatrick. “We have said all along this will be a competitive special election and the campaign will continue focusing on Jim Tedisco’s proven record of fighting for Upstate families and small businesses.”
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
