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The 1970 New York state election was held on November 3, 1970, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general and a U.S. Senator, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
On June 6, 1968, U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. On September 10, Governor Rockefeller appointed Congressman Charles E. Goodell to serve for the remainder of Kennedy's term.
The Democratic State Committee met on April 1 and 2 at Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel in Liberty, New York, and designated Arthur J. Goldberg for governor; Basil Paterson for lieutenant governor; the incumbent Arthur Levitt for comptroller; Adam Walinsky for attorney general; and Ted Sorensen for the U.S. Senate. [1] The primary election was held on June 23. Paterson received the most votes.
| Office | Party designees | Challengers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Arthur J. Goldberg | 496,648 | Howard J. Samuels | 455,482 | ||||
| Lieutenant Governor | Basil A. Paterson | 594,751 | Jerome A. Ambro, Jr. | 240,235 | ||||
| Comptroller | Arthur Levitt | (unopposed) | ||||||
| Attorney General | Adam Walinsky | 504,942 | Robert R. Meehan [2] | 242,052 | ||||
| U.S. Senator | Ted Sorensen | 154,434 | Richard L. Ottinger | 366,789 | Paul O'Dwyer | 302,438 | Max McCarthy | 102,224 |
The Liberal State Committee met on April 4, and designated Party Chairman Rev. Donald S. Harrington for Governor; and Deputy Mayor of New York Timothy W. Costello for the U.S. Senate. They also endorsed the Democratic designees Paterson and Levitt, and the Republican designee Lefkowitz. [3] Harrington and Costello withdrew on May 7, and on May 11 the State Committee endorsed Democrat Arthur J. Goldberg for Governor; and the incumbent Republican U.S. senator Charles E. Goodell. [4]
The Republican State Committee met on April 7 at Rochester, New York, and designated the incumbents Rockefeller, Wilson, Lefkowitz and Goodell (the first three for re-election); and completed the ticket with Edward Regan for Comptroller. [5]
The Conservative State Committee met on April 7, and designated again Prof. Paul L. Adams for governor, and James L. Buckley for the U.S. Senate. Adams had polled more than half a million votes in 1966, and Buckley more than a million in 1968. They also designated Edward F. Leonard for lieutenant governor; Anthony R. Spinelli for Comptroller; and Leo Kesselring, lawyer, of Rochester, for attorney general. [6]
The Republican, Liberal and Conservative tickets designated by the state committees were not challenged in the primaries.
Eight parties filed petitions to nominate candidates. [7]
The Socialist Workers Party nominated Clifton DeBerry for Governor; Jonathan Rothschild, a "30 years old Manhattan taxi driver," for lieutenant governor; Ms. Ruthann Miller (born c. 1940), for Comptroller; Miguel Padilla, Jr., 30, for Attorney General; and Ms. Kipp Dawson (born 1941) for the U.S. Senate. [8]
The Communist Party nominated Clifton DeBerry for Governor; Mrs. Grace Mora Newman (born c. 1927), of The Bronx, for lieutenant governor; and Arnold Johnson for the U.S. Senate.
The "Civil Service Independents Party" nominated Gov. Rockefeller and Lt. Gov. Wilson for re-election.
The "Independent Alliance Party" nominated James L. Buckley for the U.S. Senate.
The "Courage Party," the New York state branch of the American Party, was ruled off the ballot on September 11 by Secretary of State John P. Lomenzo. [9]
The "Conservation Party" nominated Richard L Ottinger for the U.S. Senate, but was ruled off the ballot by the Appellate Division on October 1, reversing an earlier New York Supreme Court decision. At the same time, the "Independent Alliance" which nominated James L. Buckley, was upheld. [10] The appellate decision was upheld by the New York Court of Appeals on October 7. [11]
At the height of the chaotic political situation during the Vietnam War, a Republican governor and lieutenant governor, a Democratic/Liberal comptroller, a Republican/Liberal attorney general and a Conservative U.S. Senator were elected.
The incumbents Rockefeller, Wilson, Levitt and Lefkowitz were re-elected. The incumbent Goodell was defeated.
| Office | Republican ticket | Democratic ticket | Conservative ticket | Liberal ticket | Communist ticket | Socialist Workers ticket | Socialist Labor ticket | |||||||
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| Governor | Nelson A. Rockefeller | 3,151,432 | Arthur J. Goldberg | 2,158,355 | Paul L. Adams | 422,514 | Arthur J. Goldberg | 263,071 | Rasheed Storey | 7,760 | Clifton DeBerry | 5,766 | Stephen Emery [12] | 3,963 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Malcolm Wilson | Basil A. Paterson | Edward F. Leonard | Basil A. Paterson | Grace Mora Newman | Jonathan Rothschild | Arnold Babel | |||||||
| Comptroller | Edward V. Regan | 1,853,142 | Arthur Levitt | 2,881,642 | Anthony R. Spinelli | 436,584 | Arthur Levitt | 303,941 | (none) | Ruthann Miller | 14,071 | Walter Steinhilber [13] | 6,908 | |
| Attorney General | Louis J. Lefkowitz | 2,891,969 | Adam Walinsky | 1,886,631 | Leo Kesselring | 409,169 | Louis J. Lefkowitz | 321,865 | (none) | Miguel Padilla, Jr. | 14,306 | (none) | ||
| U.S. Senator | Charles E. Goodell | 1,178,679 | Richard L. Ottinger | 2,171,232 | James L. Buckley | 2,288,190 | Charles E. Goodell | 225,793 | Arnold Johnson [14] | 4,097 | Kipp M. Dawson | 3,549 | John Emanuel [15] | 3,204 |
Obs.:
New York Red Book 1971
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The 1974 New York state election was held on November 5, 1974, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, two judges of the New York Court of Appeals and a U.S. Senator, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
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The 1962 New York state election was held on November 6, 1962, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, a judge of the New York Court of Appeals and a U.S. Senator, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The 1954 New York state election was held on November 2, 1954, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the chief judge and three associate judges of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The 1950 New York state election was held on November 7, 1950, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general and a U.S. Senator, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The 1946 New York state election was held on November 5, 1946, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, a U.S. Senator, the chief judge and an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The 1942 New York state election was held on November 3, 1942, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general and two U.S. Representatives At-large, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The 1938 New York state election was held on November 8, 1938, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, two U.S. Senators and two U.S. Representatives-at-large, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. The 1938 election was the first election where the Governor of New York was elected to a four-year term, rather than a two-year term.
The 1936 New York state election was held on November 3, 1936, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, a judge of the New York Court of Appeals and two U.S. Representatives-at-large, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The 1934 New York state election was held on November 6, 1934, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, a U.S. Senator, two U.S. Representatives-at-large, the chief judge and two associate judges of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The 1930 New York state election was held on November 4, 1930, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general and a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The 1928 New York state elections were held on November 6, 1928, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, a U.S. Senator and a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The 1926 New York state election was held on November 2, 1926, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, a U.S. Senator, the chief judge and an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. A referendum to repeal Prohibition was also proposed and accepted by a very large majority.
The 1914 New York state election was held on November 3, 1914, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the Secretary of State, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer, a U.S. Senator and a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate, and delegates-at-large to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915.
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The 179th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6, 1971, to May 12, 1972, during the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Nelson Rockefeller's governorship, in Albany.