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County results Vacco: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Burstein: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections in New York State |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Dennis Vacco | 1,988,567 | 42.71% | |||
Conservative | Dennis Vacco | 305,961 | 6.57% | |||
Total | Dennis Vacco | 2,294,528 | 49.28% | |||
Democratic | Karen Burstein | 2,097,083 | 45.04% | |||
Liberal | Karen Burstein | 109,105 | 2.34% | |||
Total | Karen Burstein | 2,206,188 | 47.38% | |||
Right to Life | Alfred Skidmore | 85,649 | 1.84% | |||
Independence | James Hartman | 37,500 | 0.81% | |||
Libertarian | Daniel Conti | 19,202 | 0.41% | |||
Socialist Workers | Nancy Rosenstock | 13,416 | 0.29% | |||
Majority | 88,340 | 1.9% | ||||
Turnout | 4,656,483 | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
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Preceded by 1990 | New York Attorney General election 1994 | Succeeded by 1998 |