New York Attorney General election, 1998
The 1998 New York Attorney General election took place on November 3, 1998 along with elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Democratic challenger Eliot Spitzer narrowly unseated one-term Republican incumbent Dennis Vacco.
Democratic primary
Polling
Source | Date | Oliver Koppell | Catherine Abate | Eliot Spitzer | Evan Davis |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quinnipiac | February 26, 1998 | 7% | 7% | 2% | 5% |
Quinnipiac | July 16, 1998 | 16% | 13% | 18% | - |
Statewide Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Elliot Spitzer | 279,180 | 41.54% | ||
Democratic | Catherine Abate | 186,626 | 27.77% | ||
Democratic | Gabriel Oliver Koppell | 145,231 | 21.61% | ||
Democratic | Evan Davis | 60,978 | 9.07% | ||
Blank – Void – Scattering | N/A | ||||
Majority | 92,554 | 13.77% | |||
Turnout | 672,015 | % | |||
General election
Polling
Source | Date | Dennis Vacco (R) | Eliot Spitzer (D) |
---|---|---|---|
Quinnipiac | September 27, 1998 | 46% | 37% |
Quinnipiac | October 15, 1998 | 45% | 33% |
Quinnipiac | October 28, 1998 | 47% | 34% |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eliot L. Spitzer | 2,084,948 | 48.20 | |
Republican | Dennis C. Vacco | 2,059,762 | 47.62 | |
Independence | Catherine Abate | 81,439 | 1.88 | |
Right to Life | Robert W. Dapelo | 60,399 | 1.40 | |
Libertarian | Daniel A. Conti, Jr. | 19,864 | 0.46 | |
Green | Johann L. Moore | 18,984 | 0.44 | |
Total votes | 4,325,396 | 100.00 | ||
References
See also
Preceded by 1994 |
New York Attorney General election 1998 |
Succeeded by 2002 |
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