2010 New York State Comptroller election

2010 New York Comptroller election

←  2006 November 2, 2010 2014  →

Nominee Thomas DiNapoli Harry Wilson Party Democratic Republican Alliance Working Families Conservative Popular vote 2,271,666 2,069,427 Percentage 50.78% 46.26%

County results DiNapoli:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Wilson:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Comptroller before election Thomas DiNapoli Democratic Elected Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli Democratic

The New York comptroller election of 2010 involved the first election campaign of Democrat Thomas DiNapoli to the Office of State Comptroller. DiNapoli was appointed as Comptroller by a joint session of the New York State Legislature on February 7, 2007. In the general election on November 2, 2010, DiNapoli defeated Republican nominee Harry Wilson to be elected to his first full term in office. However, he significantly underperformed every other Democrat on the ballot for statewide office in sharp contrast to his future re-elections where he would overperform.

Democratic Party

Nommiee: Thomas DiNapoli, incumbent New York State Comptroller

Polling

Poll Source	Dates administered	Tom DiNapoli	Eliot Spitzer	Undecided
Marist Poll [1]	September 17, 2009	49%	37%	14%

Republican Party

Nommiee: Harry Wilson

Other Parties

Green Party

• Julia Willebrand

Libertarian Party

• John Gaetani

General election

Polling

Poll Source	Dates administered	Tom DiNapoli (D)	Harry Wilson (R)	Undecided
NY GOP [2]	April 12, 2010	22%	25%	48%
Marist Poll [3]	June 5, 2010	42%	47%	11%
Marist Poll [4]	July 17, 2010	22%	48%	1%
Marist Poll [5]	August 1–4, 2010	42%	48%	7%
Marist Poll [6]	September 19, 2010	45%	45%	7%
Marist Poll [7]	October 7, 2010	32%	49%	1%
Marist Poll [8]	October 12, 2010	32%	35%	41%
Marist Poll [9]	October 19, 2010	49%	34%	1%
NY Post [10]	October 22, 2010	39%	45%	4%
Marist Poll [11]	October 27, 2010	42%	41%	1%
Marist Poll [12]	November 1, 2010	45%	45%	7%

Results

General election results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas P. DiNapoli	2,088,746
	Working Families	Thomas P. DiNapoli	182,920
	Total	Thomas P. DiNapoli (incumbent)	2,271,666	50.78
	Republican	Harry Wilson	1,673,706
	Conservative	Harry Wilson	243,419
	Independence	Harry Wilson	152,302
	Total	Harry Wilson	2,069,427	46.25
	Green	Julia Willebrand	104,445	2.33
	Libertarian	John Gaetani	27,882	0.62
	Write-in		966	0.02
Valid ballots			4,474,386	100.0
Invalid or blank votes			295,355
Total votes			4,769,741
	Democratic hold

External links

• New York State Office of the Comptroller, osc.state.ny.us

References

1. Marist Poll
2. NY GOP
3. Marist Poll
4. Marist Poll
5. Marist Poll
6. Marist Poll
7. Marist Poll
8. Marist Poll
9. Marist Poll
10. NY Post
11. Marist Poll
12. Marist Poll
13. "NYS Board of Elections Comptroller Election Returns November 2, 2010" (PDF). Elections.NY.gov. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

Preceded by 2006

New York Comptroller election 2010

Succeeded by 2014