1990 New York State Comptroller election

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1990 New York State Comptroller election
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Nominee Edward Regan Carol Bellamy
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Conservative Liberal
Popular vote1,942,9111,841,826
Percentage49.24%46.68%
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County results
Regan:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70-80%
Bellamy:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
New York Comptroller before election

Edward Regan
Republican

Elected New York Comptroller

Edward Regan
Republican

The 1990 New York State Comptroller election took place on November 6, 1990. Republican nominee and incumbent Comptroller Edward Regan narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Carol Bellamy, winning a fourth term in office. He staved off attacks from Carol Bellamy that he was an "ineffective watchdog", though such hefty competition made this his closest race in 12 years. [1]

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Carol Bellamy was also described by The New York Times as Regan's "most serious challenge to Regan in his 12 years in office". This was in part due to investigations into Regan that, while not producing any charges, resulted in serious public scandal and the release of an embarrassing memorandum from one of his aides. The result of this was attacks from Bellamy that Regan had rewarded contributors with "fat contracts". Regan also produced counter-attacks on the Bellamy campaign, accusing Bellamy of accepting nearly $40,000 from Carl C. Icahn. [2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Debates

Andrew J. Spano (Westchester County Clerk) was reluctant to attack Carol Bellamy in the primary debates, with both candidates primarily aiming their rhetorical fire at republican incumbent Edward V. Regan. [4] Instead, both candidates emphasized their personal strengths in the primary debates, of which there were presumably several.

In one of the debates (this one held after the one referenced earlier), both Spano and Bellamy attacked Governor Mario Cuomo for usage of "one time revenue sources and taping money from the pension funds to ... balance the budget", prompting a response from the Governor's press secretary that the two Democrats were "not well informed". There was also in this debate one attack made, against Carol Bellamy. Andrew Spano argued that Bellamy had "twisted arms" in the Democratic State Convention (held in June) in order to get on the ballot. Bellamy refuted this by reasserting that she was "independent". [5]

Democratic fundraising & name recognition

As of September 3, 1990, prior to the occurrence of the primary, Bellamy had gathered roughly $700,000 in campaign contributions. Spano had collected $160,000, but his outstripped the $30,000 in cash that he had on hand. Polling as of this date also indicated that Bellamy had a greater level of name recognition than Spano. [4]

Results

Bellamy won every county in the state except for two: Clinton County and Sparrow's home county of Westchester. [6]

Democratic Party Primary Results 99% Reporting [7] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Carol Bellamy 241,737 71.0%
Democratic Andrew J. Spano98,14629.0%
Total votes339,883 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Voter turnout

Regan was carried to victory on the backs of Suburban and Upstate voters, which turned out in stronger numbers as a result of the 2 billion dollar environmental bond act. [2] Further, turnout among upstate voters was roughly 55% of eligible voters, while turnout among eligible voters in New York City was only 36%. [2] [8]

Results

1990 New York State Comptroller Election [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Edward Regan (incumbent) 1,942,911 49.24% N/A
Democratic Carol Bellamy 1,841,82646.68%N/A
Right to Life Donna M. Kearney116,7432.96%N/A
Libertarian Vicki Kirkland17,0930.43%N/A
New Alliance Emmy Gay15,7520.40%N/A
Socialist WorkersAaron Ruby11,1180.28%N/A
Total votes3,945,443 100.00%

See also

Preceded by
1986 		New York Comptroller election
1990		Succeeded by
1994

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References

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