1974 New York state election
Democratic primary

1974 New York state election

Section Title: Democratic primary
Table Section Text: None

Office	Party designees	Challengers

Governor	Howard J. Samuels	380,326	Hugh L. Carey	582,406

Lieutenant Governor	Mario M. Cuomo	284,821	Mary Anne Krupsak	390,123	Antonio G. Olivieri	218,583

Comptroller	Arthur Levitt	(unopposed)

Attorney General	Robert R. Meehan	264,681	Robert Abrams	515,642

Judge of the Court of Appeals	Lawrence H. Cooke

Judge of the Court of Appeals	Harold A. Stevens	Jacob D. Fuchsberg

U.S. Senator	Lee Alexander	255,250	Ramsey Clark	414,327	Abraham Hirschfeld	194,076

Sentence(s)

Howard J. Samuels designated for Governor, but Hugh L. Carey polled enough votes to a primary election.

final_sentence: Howard J. Samuels designated for Governor, but Hugh L. Carey polled enough votes to a primary election.