New York Comptroller election, 1998

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The 1998 election was held on November 3. Democratic incumbent Carl McCall defeated Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman by a wide margin:

Year
1998	H. Carl McCall Democrat Independence Liberal Working Families 2,862,903 64.75%	Bruce A. Blakeman Republican Conservative 1,423,086 32.19%	Douglas H. Harknett Right to Life 70,397 1.59%	Dean Venezia Marijuana Reform 39,423 0.89%	Howie Hawkins Green 15,133 0.34%	Robert M. Goodman Libertarian 10,310 0.23%

4,985,514 ballots have been cast on that election. Out of them, 564,262 were declared blank, void or missing.

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Preceded by 1994

New York Comptroller election 1998

Succeeded by 2002