The
New York Attorney General
The attorney general of New York is the chief legal officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the Department of Law of the state government. The office has been in existence in some form since 1626, under the Dutch colonial government of ...
election is held every four years.
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''Our Campaigns'', Retrieved 8 January 2014.
1942–1990
1994–present
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.
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 :
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:
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
Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was the 54th governor of New York from 2007 until his resignation in 2008.
Spitzer was b ...
who successfully ran for governor.
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
Andrew Mark Cuomo ( ; ; born December 6, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the same position that his father, Mario Cuo ...
who successfully ran for governor.
2014
The 2014 election was held on November 4, 2014. Eric Schneiderman was reelected for a second term.
2018
The 2018 election was held on November 6, 2018. Letitia James was elected to replace Eric Schneiderman, who resigned as attorney general.
2022
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New York gubernatorial elections
There have been 91 gubernatorial elections in the state of New York since 1777, with the most recent being held on 2022 New York gubernatorial election, November 8, 2022. The next election is scheduled to be held on 2026 New York gubernatorial ele ...
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New York state elections
The results of elections in the state of New York have tended to be more Democratic-leaning than in most of the United States, with in recent decades a solid majority of Democratic voters, concentrated in New York City and some of its suburbs, i ...
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New York Comptroller elections
The Elections for New York State Comptroller are held every four years. The next scheduled election was due to be held in 2022. The current New York State Comptroller is Thomas DiNapoli.
The Comptroller is directly elected by First Past the Po ...
References
External links
New York Elections informedandenfranchised.com
New York Attorney General
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