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CALLAGHAN-TASTIC IN NEW POLL

ALBANY – With just three days until the election, two new polls released yesterday show Alan Hevesi barely clinging to his once-massive lead over little-known comptroller challenger Christopher Callaghan (right).

Siena Research Institute has Hevesi’s lead over Callaghan down to 39-35 percent, compared to 52-25 percent last month.

A whopping 26 percent are still undecided, according to yesterday’s poll, while just 27 percent of those surveyed hold a favorable view of Hevesi.

“The ‘Driving Mrs. Hevesi’ scandal has turned Alan Hevesi from a shoo-in for re-election into a candidate fighting for his political life, holding a slim and ever-shrinking lead,” said the poll’s Steven Greenberg.

The news was better for the Democrat in a WNBC/Marist College poll that has him ahead 48-36 percent.