# Electoral history of Eliot Spitzer

Eliot Spitzer has made several attempts at public office. His first campaign was for the Democratic nomination for New York Attorney General in 1994 that was won by Karen Burstein. He won this office in 1998 and 2002, and was elected 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.

## Electoral history

New York Gubernatorial Election 2006 :
| 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 |
* Faso also ran on the Conservative Party of New York ticket.
New York Gubernatorial Democratic Primary 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Eliot Spitzer | 576,246 | 80.74 | |
| | Democratic | Thomas Suozzi | 137,456 | 19.26 | |
New York Attorney General Election 2002 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Eliot Spitzer (incumbent) | 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 |
* Irizzary also ran on the Conservative Party of New York ticket.
New York Attorney General Election 1998 :
| 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 | |
* Vacco also ran on the Conservative Party of New York ticket.
New York Gubernatorial Democratic Primary 1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Eliot Spitzer | 279,180 | 41.54 | |
| | Democratic | Abate | 186,626 | 27.77 | |
New York Gubernatorial Democratic Primary 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Eliot Spitzer | 576,246 | 80.74 | |
| | Democratic | Thomas Suozzi | 137,456 | 19.26 | |
Statewide tickets on which Spitzer has run :
| Year | Party | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Comptroller | Attorney General | U.S. Senate |
| 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 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 |