Coogan sees significant lead in latest Fall River mayoral online poll

In the latest online Fall River mayoral poll, Paul Coogan received 52% of the vote with incumbent mayor Jasiel Correia getting 28% and Erica Scott-Pacheco receiving 10%. 9% responded with “none of the above” and 1% remain undecided. 659 responded to the poll.

In a June online poll, Paul Coogan pulled 61% of the vote to incumbent Mayor Jasiel Correia’s 39% in a head-to-head matchup.

In an online Fall River Facebook group poll of more than 1,900 respondents, 83% voted for Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia to step down.

Both recent polls were started shortly after Mayor Correia was arrested by the FBI for a second time in less than a year and charged with extorting marijuana vendors for hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes; extorting a building owner for cash and a Rolex watch in exchange for activating the water supply to a commercial building; and demanding that his chief of staff give him half of her salary in return for appointing her and allowing her to keep her city job.

Mayor Correia has been charged in a superseding indictment with bribery; extortion conspiracy; extortion and aiding and abetting.

Mayor Correia is running for re-election and faces off against Paul Coogan and Erica Scott-Pacheco in a September 17 preliminary election.