The Democratic primary race for city comptroller remains up for grabs with a majority of voters still undecided, even though Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine holds a wide lead, a new poll shows.
Levine looks to be the clear front-runner in the primary race capturing 25% of the Democratic voters polled, the survey conducted for the five-borough Chambers of Commerce by the Honan Strategy Group found.
Brooklyn Councilman Justin Brannan ran a distant second with 10%, followed by Brooklyn state Sen. Kevin Parker’s 5%.
But a whooping 60% of voters sampled said they still weren’t sure who they planned to vote for in June.
“It’s a wide open race. It’s up for grabs,” said pollster Bradley Honan.
“Democrats are focused on the mayor’s race and how the city is managed.”
Still, Honan said Levine is in a strong position with a better than 2-to-1 one lead among the 823 likely Democratic primary voters questioned on April 16-17.
Time is running short, however, for Brannan and Parker to make up ground with the primary scheduled for June 24 and early voting set to begin on June 14.
The survey marked the first independent poll in the race, which has been largely overshadowed by the contentious Dem primary for New York City mayor and the re-emergence of Andrew Cuomo, as the ex-governor attempts to reboot his political career.
The city comptroller seat is set to open with current Comptroller Brad Lander running for mayor instead of re-election.
Meanwhile, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams doesn’t appear to have much to worry about in his re-election bid.
The poll also found that Williams has the backing of 51% of Democrats surveyed, compared to 6% apiece for Queens Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar and businessman Marty Dolan.
About one-third of Democrats are still undecided in that race.
