A recent Quinnipiac University poll shows that most New Yorkers want New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to be the next Governor.

Here's the breakdown from the poll:
30 percent named Mayor Bloomberg;
26 percent named former Mayor Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani;
23 percent said they wanted to see Governor David Paterson re-elected;
15 percent named State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo.

“Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s private polls are said to favor a run for governor,” said Maurice Carroll, the director of the Quinnipiac polling institute and a former Times reporter. “The Quinnipiac University numbers say so, too. He leads over all among the four choices we offered. But Rudolph Giuliani beats him among Republicans.”

Bloomberg originally ran for Mayor of New York City as a Republican, but he left the party to become an Independent in his second term.

The Governor's race will take place in 2010.