2002 New York State Comptroller election

2002 New York State Comptroller election

←  1998 November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05) 2006  →

Candidate Alan Hevesi John Faso Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,095,913 1,933,104 Percentage 50.41% 46.50%

County results Hevesi:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Faso:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Comptroller before election Carl McCall Democratic Elected Comptroller Alan Hevesi Democratic

The 2002 election was held on November 5. New York City Comptroller Alan Hevesi defeated former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso.

Democratic primary

Polling

Source	Date	Alan Hevesi	William Mulrow
Quinnipiac	September 3, 2002	39%	16%

General election

Polling

Source	Date	Alan Hevesi (D)	John Faso (R)
Quinnipiac	September 26, 2002	50%	30%
Quinnipiac	October 16, 2002	44%	36%
Quinnipiac	November 4, 2002	49%	34%

General election results ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Hevesi	353,500	62.59
	Democratic	William Hurlow	211,282	37.41
Total votes			564,782	100.0
	Right to Life	Garifalia Christea	1,233	53.96
	Right to Life	John Berry	1,052	46.04
Total votes			2,285	100.0
	Working Families	William Hurlow	327	58.18
	Working Families	Alan Hevesi	235	41.82
Total votes			562	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Alan Hevesi	1,962,789
	Working Families	Alan Hevesi [4]	90,351
	Liberal	Alan Hevesi	42,773
	Total	Alan Hevesi	2,095,913	50.41
	Republican	John Faso	1,577,957
	Independence	John Faso	202,384
	Conservative	John Faso	152,763
	Total	John Faso	1,933,104	46.50
	Right to Life	Garifalia Christea	61,464	1.48
	Green	Howie Hawkins	47,771	1.15
	Libertarian	James Eisert	19,235	0.46
Total votes			4,157,487	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

1. "NYS Board of Elections Comptroller Election Returns Nov. 5, 2002".
2. "NYS Board of Elections Primary Election Returns Nov. 5, 2002".
3. "Faso vs. Hevesi (NYS Appellate Court)" (PDF).
4. Hurlow declined the nomination to run for another office - WFP leadership nominated Hevesi.

See also

Preceded by 1998

New York Comptroller election 2002

Succeeded by 2006