Eliot Spitzer has made several attempts at public office, including an unsuccessful run for New York Attorney General in 1994, successful bids in 1998, 2002, and a successful run for Governor of New York in 2006.
Spitzer won a landslide victory in the 2006 election with 69% of the vote. It was the largest margin of victory in a gubernatorial race in New York history, and the second-largest for any statewide race in New York history. The only larger victory was Chuck Schumer's 71% victory in his successful reelection bid for the U.S. Senate two years earlier. Spitzer carried all but three counties in the state.
New York Gubernatorial Election 2006 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Eliot Spitzer | 2,882,524 | 69.0 | ||
Republican | John Faso | 1,217,516 | 29.2 | ||
Green | Malachy McCourt | 40,729 | 1.0 |
New York Gubernatorial Democratic Primary 2006 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Eliot Spitzer | 576,246 | 80.74 | ||
Democratic | Thomas Suozzi | 137,456 | 19.26 |
New York Attorney General Election 2002 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Eliot Spitzer | 2,744,302 | 66.42 | +18.22 | |
Republican | Dora Irizarry | 1,234,899 | 29.89 | -17.73 | |
Right to Life | John J. Broderick | 78,268 | 1.89 | +.49 | |
Green | Mary Jo Long | 50, 755 | 1.23 | +.79 | |
Libertarian | Daniel A. Counti, Jr. | 23, 213 | 0.56 | +.1 |
New York Attorney General Election 1998 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Eliot Spitzer | 2,084,948 | 48.2 | +.82 | |
Republican | Dennis Vacco | 2,059,762 | 47.62 | -1.66 | |
Independence | Catherine Abate | 81,439 | 1.88 | +1.07 | |
Right to Life | Robert W. Dapelo | 60,399 | 1.40 | -0.36 | |
Libertarian | Daniel A. Counti, Jr. | 19,864 | 0.46 | +.05 | |
Green | Johann L. Moore. | 18,984 | 0.44 |
Year | Party | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Comptroller | Attorney General | U.S. Senate |
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1998 | Democratic | Peter Vallone | Sandra Frankel | Carl McCall | Eliot Spitzer | Charles Schumer |
1998 | Liberal | Betsy McCaughey Ross | Jonathan Reiter | Carl McCall | Eliot Spitzer | Charles Schumer |
2002 | Democratic | Carl McCall | Dennis Mehiel | Alan Hevesi | Eliot Spitzer | (no election) |
2002 | Independence | Tom Golisano | Mary Donohue | John Faso | Eliot Spitzer | (no election) |
2006 | Democratic | Eliot Spitzer | David Paterson | Alan Hevesi | Andrew Cuomo | Hillary Rodham Clinton |
2006 | Independence | Eliot Spitzer | David Paterson | Alan Hevesi | Jeanine Pirro | Hillary Rodham Clinton |
2006 | Working Families | Eliot Spitzer | David Paterson | Alan Hevesi | Andrew Cuomo | Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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