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# Eliot Spitzer's political comeback nearly complete.
- URL: https://ivn.us/eliot-spitzers-political-comeback-nearly-complete/
- Published: 2013-07-12T05:16:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:40:28.000Z
- Author: Thomas H Manning
- Tags: News

On Thursday July 11th, 2013, former New York governor [Eliot Spitzer](http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2013/07/10/eliot-spitzer-new-york-comptroller-stringer-poll/2507117/?ref=ivn.us) who was forced out of office because of being caught up in a prostitution scandal, 5 years ago, in 2008, infamously known as client number 9, has made it one step closer to completing his political comeback in New York.

[The former New York Governor](http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/eliot-spitzer-signatures-nyc-comptroller-94072.html?hp=l2&ref=ivn.us) has submitted the required 27,000 signatures for an elected official to be on the ballot for public office in the state. Former governor Spitzer who is now in the [running](http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/eliot-spitzer-signatures-nyc-comptroller-94072.html?hp=l2&ref=ivn.us) in the democratic primary, for the position of New York State comptroller, has the lead among his challengers in the field.

[The former Governor,](http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/eliot-spitzer-signatures-nyc-comptroller-94072.html?hp=l2&ref=ivn.us) who leads among the Democratic primary polls, by a [9 point](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Eliot-Spitzer-Poll-Scott-Stringer-Comptroller-Marist-Voters-Democrats-214947361.html?ref=ivn.us) margin over the nearest challenger, New York state representative, Scott Stringer, 46% to 40% margin with a plus or minus of 4\. The poll [which was taken](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Eliot-Spitzer-Poll-Scott-Stringer-Comptroller-Marist-Voters-Democrats-214947361.html?ref=ivn.us) among 536 registered New York State democrats who say they plan on voting in the primary and in the upcoming election.

Spitzer, [who also](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Eliot-Spitzer-Poll-Scott-Stringer-Comptroller-Marist-Voters-Democrats-214947361.html?ref=ivn.us) has seen his numbers improve among New York state democrats, who were polled when asked questions about his personal life. [When asked](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Eliot-Spitzer-Poll-Scott-Stringer-Comptroller-Marist-Voters-Democrats-214947361.html?ref=ivn.us) about if he deserved a second chance among democratic voters, the poll registered a 67% response saying that they thought he deserved a second change. [The poll](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Eliot-Spitzer-Poll-Scott-Stringer-Comptroller-Marist-Voters-Democrats-214947361.html?ref=ivn.us) also registered a 44% response who said that they believed that Spitzer was a changed man.