New York Comptroller elections
The Elections for New York State Comptroller are held every four years. The next scheduled election is due to be held in 2018. The current New York State Comptroller is Thomas DiNapoli.
The Comptroller is directly elected by First Past the Post.
Elections
2014
| General election results [1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Thomas P. DiNapoli | 2,272,805 | 50.78 | |
| Republican | Harry Wilson | 2,070,349 | 46.26 | |
| Green | Julia A. Willebrand | 104,482 | 2.33 | |
| Libertarian | John Gaetani | 27,898 | 0.62 | |
| Total votes | 4,475,534 | 100.0 | ||
2010
2006
2002
The 2002 election was held on November 5. New York City Comptroller Alan Hevesi defeated former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso:
| Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Alan Hevesi Democrat Liberal Working Families 2,095,913 50.41% | John Faso Republican Independence Conservative 1,933,104 46.50% | Garifalia Christea Right to Life 61,464 1.48% | Howie Hawkins Green 47,771 1.15% | James Eisert Libertarian 19,235 0.46% |
4,690,714 ballots have been cast on that election. Out of them, 533,227 were declared blank, void or missing.
1998
The 1998 election was held on November 3. Democratic incumbent Carl McCall defeated Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman by a wide margin:
| Year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | H. Carl McCall Democrat Independence Liberal Working Families 2,862,903 64.75% | Bruce A. Blakeman Republican Conservative 1,423,086 32.19% | Douglas H. Harknett Right to Life 70,397 1.59% | Dean Venezia Marijuana Reform 39,423 0.89% | Howie Hawkins Green 15,133 0.34% | Robert M. Goodman Libertarian 10,310 0.23% |
4,985,514 ballots have been cast on that election. Out of them, 564,262 were declared blank, void or missing.
1994
The 1994 election was held on November 8. Carl McCall had been appointed by the legislature to fill the remaining year of the term held by outgoing Comptroller Edward Regan. London had previously been the Conservative Party's candidate for Governor in 1990 and was offered the Comptroller spot according to many as a compromise between the Conservatives and Republicans:
| Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | H. Carl McCall Democrat Liberal 2,404,404 51.80% | Herbert I. London Republican Conservative/Tax Cut Now Right to Life 2,155,759 46.44% | Laureen A. Oliver Independence Fusion 53,801 1.16% | Richard L. Geyer Libertarian 17,986 0.39% | Brock Satter Socialist Workers Party 10,078 0.22% |