A new poll shows incumbent Bill Foster holding a four-point lead (38-34 percent) over his only major declared challenger at this point in his bid for re-election, former City Councilman and State Rep. Rick Kriseman.
That result has to be encouraging for Kriseman, who told me last week that he has an uphill battle in re-introducing himself to voters — it's been more than six years since he ran city-wide in St. Petersburg, not to mention that some folks are just realizing there is an election later this year.
The poll is from the folks at St.Pete Polls.org — whose results were fairly on target last fall when it came to local elections in Pinellas County — and was commissioned by St.Pete blogger Peter Schorsch.
This article appears in Feb 14-20, 2013.