2006 New York Attorney General election

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2006 New York Attorney General election
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Nominee Andrew Cuomo Jeanine Pirro
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,509,3111,692,580
Percentage58.3%39.3%
2006 New York Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results
Cuomo:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Pirro:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Attorney General before election

Eliot Spitzer
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Andrew Cuomo
Democratic

The 2006 New York Attorney General election took place on November 7, 2006. Democrat Andrew Cuomo was elected to replace Eliot Spitzer (who became Governor) as the Attorney General of New York.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Withdrew

Polling

SourceDateAndrew CuomoMark GreenCharlie KingSean Patrick Maloney
ResultsSeptember 12, 200653%32.39%4.80%9.29%
CarolcoSeptember 10, 200647%33%—20%
Green PapersSeptember 9, 200647%35%—18%
Green PapersSeptember 8, 200650%29%—21%
Green PapersSeptember 7, 200652%31%—17%
Green PapersSeptember 6, 200651%33%—16%
QunnipiacSeptember 5, 200653%31%—18%
QuinnipiacSeptember 3, 200640%23%16%11%
QuinnipiacAugust 29, 200642%26%14%8%
QuinnipiacAugust 5, 200649%21%9%6%
QuinnipiacJuly 22, 200657%19%5%3%

Results

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Primary results by county:
  Cuomo
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Andrew Cuomo 404,086 53.52%
Democratic Mark Green244,55432.39%
Democratic Sean Patrick Maloney70,1069.29%
Democratic Charlie King (withdrawn)36,2624.80%
Majority159,53221.13%
Turnout 755,00815.59%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeanine PirroUnopposed100%

General election

Candidates

Polling

SourceDateAndrew Cuomo (D)Jeanine Pirro (R)
Marist Archived 2006-11-14 at the Wayback Machine November 3, 200658%37%
Green PapersSeptember 9, 200653%47%
Green PapersSeptember 7, 200654%46%
QuinnipiacSeptember 5, 200658%42%
QuinnipiacSeptember 3, 200655%45%
QuinnipiacAugust 29, 200658%42%
QuinnipiacAugust 5, 200661%37%
QuinnipiacJuly 22, 200666%30%

Results

General election results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Andrew Cuomo 2,509,31158.31%
Republican Jeanine Pirro 1,692,58039.33%
Green Rachel Treichler61,8491.44%
Libertarian Christopher B. Garvey29,4130.68%
Socialist Workers Martin Koppel 10,1970.24%
Total votes4,303,350 100%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ↑ HEALY, PATRICK; HICKS, JONATHAN (September 5, 2006). "King Drops Out of N.Y. Attorney General's Race". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Statewide Democratic Attorney General Primary September 12, 2006" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections.
  3. ↑ "Attorney General Elections Returns Nov. 7, 2006" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections.

See also

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