Cuomo Leads Giuliani in a New York Governor's Match-Up

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani wouldn't say on Sunday's talk shows whether he would run for governor in 2010, but if he did -- and faced Attorney General Andrew Cuomo -- he'd find himself trailing by 53 percent to 41 percent, according to a Siena Research Institute survey conducted Nov. 8-12. That margin for a match-up between the two is about the same as it has been since September.

If Gov. David Paterson stays in the race, as he insists he will, and gets the Democratic nomination to run again, he'd find himself trailing Giuliani, 56 percent to 33 percent. But the poll also found that if Paterson faced Cuomo in a primary, he'd lose by 75 percent to 16 percent. In a general election, even former Republican Rep. Rick Lazio leads Paterson, 42 percent to 39 percent. And that's with 50 percent of voters not knowing enough about Lazio to have an opinion of him.

The margin of error is 3.5 points.

The New York Times reports today that Cuomo is already thinking about who he would want to run with him on a statewide ticket if he makes his bid for thge governor's job.