Article: SIDRAN'S POPULARITY SKYROCKETS DISTANT 4TH IN POLL 2 WEEKS AGO, CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR RIDES THE RAILS TO NO. 2 SPOT.(News)

Byline: KERY MURAKAMIP-I reporter

City Attorney Mark Sidran, apparently riding a high from new television ads against light rail, has rocketed into second place in Seattle's mayoral race, according to a new KING-5 News poll.

The poll, released last night, puts Sidran in a statistical dead heat with Mayor Paul Schell and King County Councilman Greg Nickels. But it was a meteoric rise for Sidran, who lagged in distant fourth place in the KING-5 poll just two weeks ago.

"Momentum is spelled S-I-D-R-A-N," said the candidate's campaign consultant, Michael Grossman.

Nickels clings to the lead, but the poll of 500 likely voters showed his ...

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