Spitzer's opponent won't challenge petition signatures
(CNN) - Eliot Spitzer's main rival in the New York City comptroller race will not challenge his petition signatures. A spokesperson for Scott Stringer confirmed Friday that the Manhattan borough...
View ArticlePolls: Spitzer, Weiner both in top spot in redemption bids
(CNN) - With less than two months to go until primary day in New York City, a new poll indicates that two candidates hoping to come back from scandals that sidetracked their political careers are both...
View ArticleSpitzer releases tax info – but not returns – after calls from rival
Updated 4:44 p.m. ET, 7/17: Spitzer's campaign released pages from his 2011 and 2012 tax returns on Wednesday. (CNN) – After calls from his Democratic opponent to release his personal income tax...
View ArticleSpitzer: Prosecutors ‘overreached’ in Zimmerman trial
(CNN) – Democrat Eliot Spitzer, a former state attorney general and governor of New York, said Wednesday that prosecutors went too far in seeking a second-degree murder charge of George Zimmerman, and...
View ArticlePolls: Who's in the lead in New York City mayor's race?
(CNN) - Who's ahead in the race for New York City mayor? The answer depends on which poll you're reading. Two recent surveys indicated former Rep. Anthony Weiner on top of the pack in the hunt for the...
View ArticleTough questions for Spitzer on hypocrisy of never being charged with breaking...
(CNN) - Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer wants voters to think of his as a redemption story. The disgraced politician stunned New Yorkers by announcing his run for city comptroller last week, and now...
View ArticleSpitzer opponent says rival ‘sounds like a Republican’
(CNN) – Scott Stringer, the man who until two weeks ago was running unopposed in the Democratic primary race for New York City comptroller, said Saturday his new opponent Eliot Spitzer sounded like a...
View ArticleSpitzer's opponent gets boost from Sen. Gillibrand
(CNN) - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York threw her support Monday behind Scott Stringer, the Democrat and Manhattan borough president competing with Eliot Spitzer in this year's New York City...
View ArticleSpitzer in new ad: 'I failed. Big time'
(CNN) – Eliot Spitzer isn't shying away from the topic on everyone's minds as he makes a political comeback bid for New York City comptroller. The former New York governor, who resigned in 2008 after...
View ArticleNew Spitzer ad: The sheriff is back
(CNN) – The New York City comptroller is responsible for managing the city's pension funds along with advising on the health of the city's finances, not financial regulation. But that isn't stopping...
View ArticlePolls tell different stories in Spitzer's comeback bid
(CNN) – Eliot Spitzer is ahead in his race for New York City's top financial post, two polls released Thursday showed, though his advantage differed wildly in the two surveys. A Quinnipiac University...
View ArticleSpitzer says wife, family aren't the focus
(CNN) – She famously stood by Eliot Spitzer in the aftermath of his 2008 prostitution scandal, but Silda Wall Spitzer hasn't been hitting the trail in her husband's bid for a political comeback....
View ArticleScarlett Johansson, Lena Dunham to help out Spitzer's opponent
(CNN) - Some big Hollywood names are turning out to support Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer as he tries to regain lost ground after former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer jumped into the...
View ArticleSpitzer says Weiner should not be mayor
(CNN) - Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer confirmed Monday that he will not be voting for Anthony Weiner in the New York mayoral race. Spitzer, a fellow former disgraced politician who also is...
View ArticleFirst on CNN: Spitzer strikes populist theme in new ad blitz
Washington (CNN) – Eliot Spitzer is unleashing a pair of new television ads Wednesday in the New York City comptroller's race framing himself as an anti-establishment populist, a theme he has been...
View ArticleForgiven? Eliot Spitzer gets unusual endorsement
(CNN) – A number of New York City pastors have endorsed former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's campaign for city comptroller. A release from Spitzer's campaign refers to the endorsements as coming from...
View ArticleWeiner still toward back of pack, according to poll
(CNN) - Anthony Weiner, who once led the field of Democratic candidates for New York City mayor before the reemergence of a "sexting" scandal rocked his campaign, is currently in fourth place, a poll...
View ArticleSpitzer takes heat in first debate of NYC race
Follow @politicalticker Follow @KilloughCNN (CNN) – Eliot Spitzer's opponent tore into the former New York governor Friday as they faced off for the first time in the Democratic primary race for city...
View ArticleSpitzer widens lead in New York comeback bid
Follow @politicalticker Follow @PeterHambyCNN Updated at 1:02 p.m. ET on 8/14 (CNN) - Eliot Spitzer appears to be weathering a series of harsh attacks from his opponent and has expanded his lead in...
View ArticleSpitzer's lead vanishes in New York City poll
(CNN) – Eliot Spitzer's once-commanding lead in the race for New York City's top financial post has disappeared, according to a survey released Thursday. The onetime New York governor is now tied with...
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