New York Attorney General elections

The New York Attorney General election is held every four years.

Upcoming elections

2014

Main article: New York attorney general election, 2014

Recent elections

2010

Main article: New York attorney general election, 2010

The 2010 election was held on November 2, 2010. Eric Schneiderman was elected to replace incumbent Andrew Cuomo who successfully ran for governor.

2006

Main article: New York attorney general election, 2006

The 2006 election was held on November 7. Andrew Cuomo was elected to replace incumbent Eliot Spitzer who successfully ran for governor.

Year
2006	Andrew Cuomo Democrat Working Families 2,509.311 58.31%	Jeanine Pirro Republican Independence Conservative 1,692,580 39.33%	Rachel Treichler Green 61,849 1.44%	Christopher B. Garvey Libertarian 29,413 0.68%	Martin Koppel Socialist Workers 10.197 0.24%

4,701,065 ballots were cast. Out of them, 397,715 were declared blank, void or missing.

2002

Main article: New York attorney general election, 2002

The 2002 election was held on November 5. Democratic incumbent Eliot Spitzer was reelected by a wide margin:

Year
2002	Eliot L. Spitzer Democrat Independence Liberal Working Families 2,744,302 66.42%	Dora Irizarry Republican Conservative 1,234,899 29.89%	John J. Broderick Right to Life 78,268 1.89%	Mary Jo Long Green 50,755 1.23%	Daniel A. Counti, Jr. Libertarian 23,213 0.56%

4,690,536 ballots were cast. Out of them, 559,099 were declared blank, void or missing.

1998

Main article: New York attorney general election, 1998

The 1998 election was held on November 3. Democratic challenger Eliot Spitzer narrowly unseated one-term Republican incumbent Dennis Vacco :

Year
1998	Eliot L. Spitzer Democrat Liberal 2,084,948 48.20%	Dennis C. Vacco Republican Conservative 2,059,762 47.62%	Catherine Abate Independence 81,439 1.88%	Robert W. Dapelo Right to Life 60,399 1.40%	Daniel A. Conti, Jr. Libertarian 19,864 0.46%	Johann L. Moore Green 18,984 0.44%

4,985,474 ballots were cast. Out of them, 660,078 were declared blank, void or missing.

1994

The 1994 election was held on November 8. Republican Dennis Vacco won an open seat in a close election, as Robert Abrams, the Democratic incubent, decided not to seek reelection.

Year
1994	Dennis C. Vacco Republican Conservative 2,294,528 49.28%	Karen Burstein Democrat Liberal 2,206,188 47.38%	Alfred I. Skidmore Right to Life 85,649 1.84%	James M. Hartman Independence Fusion 37,500 0.81%	Daniel A. Conti Libertarian 19,202 0.41%	Nancy H. Rosenstock Socialist Workers 13,416 0.29%

5,325,323 ballots were cast. Out of them, 668,840 were declared blank, void or missing.

Past elections

Year
1990	Robert Abrams Democrat 2,404,791 62.73%	Bernard C. Smith Republican 1,229,318 32.07%	Robert F. Nolan Right to Life 136,880 3.57%	Margaret Fries Libertarian 22,602 0.59%	Fred Newman New Alliance 22,437 0.59%	Natalie Harris Socialist Workers 17,272 0.45%

Year
1986	Robert Abrams Democrat 2,548,386 65.13%	Peter T. King Republican 1,344,344 34.36%	Michael A. Hardy New Alliance 20,100 0.51%

Year
1982	Robert Abrams Democrat 3,056,950 64.44%	Frances A. Sciafani Republican 1,560,474 32.90%	Kevin P. McGovern Right to Life 101,357 2.14%	Dolores Grande Libertarian 24,925 0.53%

Year
1978	Robert Abrams Democrat 2,352,484 53.78%	Michael Roth Republican 1,973,490 45.12%	Dolores Grande Libertarian 17,381 0.40%	Jeffrey Reeves Communist 15,655 0.36%	Raymond H. Markey, Jr. Socialist Workers 15,072 0.35%

Year
1974	Louis Lefkowitz Republican 2,624,637 51.63%	Robert Abrams Democrat 2,189,654 43.07%	Edward F. Campbell Conservative 232,631 4.58%	Raymond H. Markey, Jr. Socialist Workers 12,283 0.24%	Raymond H. Martino Labor 10,161 0.20%	Leland W. Schubert Libertarian 8,092 0.16%	Michael Zagarell Communist 6,424 0.13%

Year
1970	Louis Lefkowitz Republican 3,213,834 58.18%	Adam Walinsky Democrat 1,886,631 34.15%	Leo Kesselring Conservative 409,169 7.41%	Miguel Padilla, Jr. Socialist Workers 14,306 0.26%

Year
1966	Louis Lefkowitz Republican 3,062,355 53.57%	Frank A. Sedita Democrat 2,033,981 35.58%	Mason L. Hampton Conservative 322,693 5.65%	Simeon Golar Liberal 284,813 4.98%	Paul B. Boutelle Socialist Workers 12,333 0.22%

Year
1962	Louis Lefkowitz Republican 3,111,072 55.16%	Edward R. Dudley Democrat 2,408,653 42.71%	Frederick S. Dennin Conservative 99,464 1.76%	Leroy McRae Socialist Workers 21,086 0.37%

Year
1958	Louis Lefkowitz Republican 2,915,657 52.24%	Peter J. Crotty Democrat 2,353,374 42.16%	Edward Goodell Liberal 280,655 5.03%	Scott K. Gray, Jr. Socialist 31,746 0.57%

Year
1954	Jacob K. Javits Republican 2,603,858 51.23%	Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. Democrat 2,430,959 47.82%	George W. Fish American Labor 44,287 0.87%	Catherine Gratta Socialist Workers 4,059 0.08%

Year
1950	Nathaniel Goldstein Republican 2,524,134 50.69%	Francis J. D'Amanda Democrat 2,229,921 44.78%	Frank Scheiner American Labor 212,990 4.28%	Arthur Preis Socialist Workers 12,392 0.25%

Year
1946	Nathaniel Goldstein Republican 2,629,561 55.38%	Anthony J. DiGiovanna Democrat 2,023,257 42.61%	Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. Communist 95,798 2.02%

Year
1942	Nathaniel Goldstein Republican 1,911,747 50.22%	Henry Epstein Democrat 1,520,415 39.94%	Alexander Kahn American Labor 335,369 8.81%	Joseph G. Glass Socialist 31,957 0.84%	Eric Hass Socialist Labor 7,570 0.20%

See also

• New York gubernatorial elections
• New York state elections
• New York Comptroller elections

External links

• New York Elections, informedandenfranchised.com
• Our Campaigns, New York Attorney General