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
The New York State Comptroller is an elected constitutional officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the New York state government's Department of Audit and Control. The New York State Comptroller is the highest-paid state auditor or ...
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Thomas DiNapoli
Thomas Peter DiNapoli II (born February 10, 1954) is an American politician serving as the 54th and current New York State Comptroller since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously the New York State Assemblyman for the 16th dist ...
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The Comptroller is directly elected by
First Past the Post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
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Elections
1994
The 1994 election was held on November 8. Carl McCall had been appointed by the
legislature
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its p ...
to fill the remaining year of the term held by outgoing Comptroller
Edward Regan
Edward Van Buren Regan (May 14, 1930 – October 18, 2014) was an American politician and public figure from New York State. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Regan's political career began on the Buffalo Common Council. He rose to pr ...
. London had previously been the Conservative Party's candidate for Governor in 1990 and was offered the Comptroller spot according to many as a compromise between the Conservatives and Republicans:
1998
The 1998 election was held on November 3. Democratic incumbent
Carl McCall
Herman Carl McCall (born October 17, 1935) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. A former New York State Comptroller and New York State Senator, McCall was the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York in 2002. McCall was the ...
defeated Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman by a wide margin:
4,985,514 ballots have been cast on that election. Out of them, 564,262 were declared blank, void or missing.
2002
The 2002 election was held on November 5. New York City Comptroller Alan Hevesi defeated former Assembly Minority Leader
John Faso
John James Faso Jr. (born August 25, 1952) is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2017 to 2019. Faso was first elected to the post in 2016. A Republican, Faso previously represented the 102nd distr ...
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4,690,714 ballots have been cast on that election. Out of them, 533,227 were declared blank, void or missing.
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
See also
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Politics of New York (state)
New York's legislature constitutional set up is similar to other states in the country. It is a bicameral legislature composed of a Senate house and an Assembly. The Assembly Speaker of the House, Hon. Carl E. Heastie and Senate Majority Leader ...
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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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References
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