Joe DioGuardi

Paladino Lite: Meet The Other Tea Party-Backed Candidate In New York

Jillian Rayfield | October 6, 2010, 8:47AM

Fmr. Rep. Joe DioGuardi (R-NY)

Say what you want about New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino, but he sure does adhere masterfully to that old adage, "all publicity is good publicity."

The same cannot be said for Joe DioGuardi, the Republican running for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's seat, who has also enjoyed the support of the Tea Party movement, but has done so without nearly the same anger and (dare we say) charisma as Paladino.

Here's a look at that other New York Republican running for office this year...

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Marist Poll: Gillibrand Leading By 12 Points In NY-SEN

Jillian Rayfield | September 28, 2010, 12:08PM

Joe Dioguardi (R) and Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY)

A new Marist poll of likely voters shows Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand leading Republican Joe DioGuardi 54%-42% in the New York senate race.

The previous Marist poll -- from all the way back in early May -- gave Gillibrand a 50%-30% lead.

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Polls: Gillibrand The Stoppable?

Evan McMorris-Santoro | September 23, 2010, 11:41AM

Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY)

Two new public polls of the New York special election for Senate suggest that the unstoppable political force that is Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) may have finally hit a wall in Republican nominee Joe DioGuardi.

A third respected public poll shows that Gillibrand remains the T-1000 of New York politics. That's probably a huge relief for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who was banking on holding this seat, and was last seen calling Gillibrand the "hottest member" of the world's greatest deliberative body.

The numbers: A Quinnipiac poll from Sept. 20 showed Gillibrand ahead by just six, leading DioGuardi 48-42. That was quickly followed up by today's shocking SurveyUSA poll, which showed Gillibrand leading by just one. The last Quinnipiac poll of the race, from late August, showed Gillibrand up 43-28. This is the first SurveyUSA poll of the contest.

If these nail-biting numbers reflect the true state of the race to fill the seat vacated by Hillary Clinton at the beginning of last year, Democrats should start panicking. No one expects Gillibrand to lose and if she did it would be a seriously epic blow to both egos and the "Democrats have secured their Senate majority" narrative that followed the Delaware Republican primary for Senate you may have heard a little about.

Before Democrats could really get their freak-out on, however, Siena College swooped in to rescue Gillibrand -- for now anyway. The new poll from the college shows Gillibrand leading 57-31. The previous Siena poll, from mid-August, showed Gillibrand up 54-29.

There's just one problem.

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Rasmussen Poll: Gillibrand Leading By 10 Points In NY-SEN

Jillian Rayfield | September 21, 2010, 12:24PM

Joe Dioguardi (R) and Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY)

A new Rasmussen poll shows Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) leading her Republican opponent, Joe DioGuardi 49%-39%.

The poll, conducted September 16, shows that DioGuardi has started closing the gap since the last Rasmussen poll was taken on September 1, when he was trailing 51%-31%.

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