New_York_Attorney_General_elections References

The New York Attorney General election is held every four years.^[1]

1942–1982

Year
1942	√ Nathaniel Goldstein Republican 1,911,747 50.22%	Henry Epstein Democratic 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%
1946	√ Nathaniel Goldstein Republican 2,629,561 55.38%	Anthony J. DiGiovanna Democratic 2,023,257 42.61%	Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. Communist 95,798 2.02%
1950	√ Nathaniel Goldstein Republican 2,524,134 50.69%	Francis J. D'Amanda Democratic 2,229,921 44.78%	Frank Scheiner American Labor 212,990 4.28%	Arthur Preis Socialist Workers 12,392 0.25%
1954	√ Jacob K. Javits Republican 2,603,858 51.23%	Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. Democratic 2,430,959 47.82%	George W. Fish American Labor 44,287 0.87%	Catherine Gratta Socialist Workers 4,059 0.08%
1958	√ Louis Lefkowitz Republican 2,915,657 52.24%	Peter J. Crotty Democratic 2,353,374 42.16%	Edward Goodell Liberal 280,655 5.03%	Scott K. Gray, Jr. Socialist 31,746 0.57%
1962	√ Louis Lefkowitz Republican 3,111,072 55.16%	Edward R. Dudley Democratic 2,408,653 42.71%	Frederick S. Dennin Conservative 99,464 1.76%	Leroy McRae Socialist Workers 21,086 0.37%
1966	√ Louis Lefkowitz Republican 3,062,355 53.57%	Frank A. Sedita Democratic 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%
1970	√ Louis Lefkowitz Republican 3,213,834 58.18%	Adam Walinsky Democratic 1,886,631 34.15%	Leo Kesselring Conservative 409,169 7.41%	Miguel Padilla, Jr. Socialist Workers 14,306 0.26%
1974	√ Louis Lefkowitz Republican 2,624,637 51.63%	Robert Abrams Democratic 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%
1978	√ Robert Abrams Democratic 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%
1982	√ Robert Abrams Democratic 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%

1986–present

1986

The 1986 election was held on November 4. Democratic incumbent Robert Abrams won re-election against Nassau County Comptroller Peter T. King.

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

1990

The 1990 election was held on November 6. Democratic incumbent Robert Abrams won re-election against former New York State Senator Bernard C. Smith and a plethora of third parties.

Year
1990	√ Robert Abrams Democratic 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%

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 incumbent, decided not to seek reelection.

Year
1994	√ Dennis C. Vacco Republican Conservative 2,294,528 49.28%	Karen Burstein Democratic 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.

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 Democratic 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.

2002

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

Year
2002	√ Eliot L. Spitzer Democratic 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.

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 Democratic 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.

2010

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

Year
2010	√ Eric Schneiderman Democratic Independent Working Families 2,478,659 55.78%	Dan Donovan Republican Conservative 1,910,361 43.20%	Carl Person Libertarian 36,488 0.82%	Ramon Jimenez Freedom 18,021 0.41%

2014

The 2014 election was held on November 4, 2014. Eric Schneiderman was reelected for a second term.


Year
2014	√ Eric Schneiderman Democratic Working Families Independent 2,069,956 52.7%	John P. Cahill Republican Conservative/Stop-Common-Core 1,538,990 39.2%	Ramon Jimenez Green 80,813 2.1%	Carl E. Person Libertarian 24,746 0.6%

2018

The 2018 election was held on November 6, 2018. Letitia James was elected to replace Eric Schneiderman, who resigned as attorney general.


Years
2018	√ Letitia James Democratic Working Families Independence 3,739,239 62.42%	Keith Wofford Republican Conservative 2,108,600 35.20%	Michael Sussman Green 72,512 1.21%	Christopher Garvey Libertarian 43,767 0.73%	Nancy Sliwa Reform 26,441 0.44%

2022

The 2022 election was held on November 8, 2022. Letitia James was reelected for a second term.


Years
2022	√ Letitia James Democratic Working Families 3,168,256 54.63%	Michael Henry Republican Conservative 2,631,301 45.37%

References

^ Attorney General - History, Our Campaigns, Retrieved 8 January 2014.

External links

New York Elections, informedandenfranchised.com
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