2006 New York Attorney General election

The New York Attorney General election, 2006 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.

2006 New York Attorney General election
November 7, 2006
 
Nominee Andrew Cuomo Jeanine Pirro
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,509,311 1,692,580
Percentage 58.3% 39.3%
Results by county

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

Elections in New York State

Candidates

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Green Party
  • Rachel Treichler, lawyer and previous Green Party candidate for the New York State Assembly and the U.S. House of Representatives

Libertarian Party
  • Christopher B. Garvey, patent and trademark attorney

Socialist Workers Party

Opinion polls

Democratic primary
Source Date Andrew Cuomo Mark J. Green Sean Patrick Maloney
Actual Primary September 12, 2006 53% 33% 10%
Carolco September 10, 2006 47% 33% 20%
Green Papers September 9, 2006 47% 35% 18%
Green Papers September 8, 2006 50% 29% 21%
Green Papers September 7, 2006 52% 31% 17%
Green Papers September 6, 2006 51% 33% 16%
Qunnipiac September 5, 2006 53% 31% 18%
Source Date Andrew Cuomo Mark J. Green Charlie King Sean Patrick Maloney
Quinnipiac September 3, 2006 40% 23% 16% 11%
Quinnipiac August 29, 2006 42% 26% 14% 8%
Quinnipiac August 5, 2006 49% 21% 9% 6%
Quinnipiac July 22, 2006 57% 19% 5% 3%

General election
Source Date Andrew Cuomo (D) Jeanine Pirro (R)
Marist November 3, 2006 58% 37%
Green Papers September 9, 2006 53% 47%
Green Papers September 7, 2006 54% 46%
Quinnipiac September 5, 2006 58% 42%
Quinnipiac September 3, 2006 55% 45%
Quinnipiac August 29, 2006 58% 42%
Quinnipiac August 5, 2006 61% 37%
Quinnipiac July 22, 2006 66% 30%

Election results

Primary

Democratic
Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew M. Cuomo 404,086 53.52%
Democratic Mark Green 244,554 32.39%
Democratic Sean Patrick Maloney 70,106 9.29%
Democratic Charles G. King 36,262 4.80%
Majority 159,532 21.13%
Turnout 755,008 15.59%

Republican
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeanine Pirro Unopposed 100.0

General
General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Cuomo 2,509,311 58.31
Republican Jeanine Pirro 1,692,580 39.33
Green Rachel Treichler 61,849 1.44
Libertarian Christopher B. Garvey 29,413 0.68
Socialist Workers Martin Koppel 10,197 0.24
Total votes 4,303,350 100.00
Democratic hold

References
  1. http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2006/Primary/2006PrimaryAttGenDem.pdf
  2. http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2006/general/2006_ag.pdf

See also
  • New York gubernatorial election, 2006
  • New York United States Senate election, 2006
  • New York Comptroller election, 2006
Preceded by
2002		 New York Attorney General election
2006		 Succeeded by
2010
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