The Newsday/Siena College survey released Tuesday found Gillen with the support of 53% of likely voters, while D’Esposito could only garner 41% backing in the race rated as a “toss-up” by the non-partisan Cook Political Report.
Freshman GOP Rep. Anthony D’Esposito is on the ropes in Nassau County, trailing Democratic rival Laura Gillen by 12 percentage points in New York’s swing 4th Congressional District, according to a new poll.
The Newsday/Siena College survey released Tuesday found Gillen with the support of 53% of likely voters, while D’Esposito could only garner 41% backing in the race rated as a “toss-up” by the non-partisan Cook Political Report.
In the 4th District’s presidential contest, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by the same 12-point margin, 54%-42%.
D’Esposito, who defeated Gillen in the same matchup two years ago by 3.6 percentage points, has been under fire since the New York Times reported last month that the former NYPD detective hired a purported mistress to work in his Garden City district office last year.
