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2002 New York gubernatorial election

November 5, 2002

Nominee Hillary Rodham Carl McCall Tom Golisano Party Republican Democratic Independence Alliance Conservative Working Families Running mate Peter King Dennis Mehiel Laureen Oliver Popular vote 2,084,854 2,034,484 460,197 Percentage 45.53% 44.43% 10.05%

Governor before election George Pataki Republican Elected Governor Hillary Rodham Republican

The 2002 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002. Republican Governor George Pataki was re-elected to a third term, defeating Democrat Carl McCall and Rochester billionaire Tom Golisano, who ran on the Independence Party line. As of 2022, this was the last time a Republican won a statewide election in New York, and the last time Albany, Tompkins and Westchester counties have voted Republican in a statewide election.

On Election Day, Pataki was easily re-elected, but fell short of receiving 50% of the vote. McCall received 33% of the vote, carrying New York City (other than Staten Island) and nearly carrying Albany County. Golisano received 14% of the vote, carrying his home county of Monroe in western New York.

2006 New York gubernatorial election

November 7, 2006
Turnout	34.9%
Nominee Hillary Rodham Eliot Spitzer Party Republican Democratic Alliance Parties Conservative Working Families Running mate Peter King David Paterson Popular vote 2,281,618 1,984,324 Percentage 51.42% 44.72%
Governor before election Hillary Rodham Republican Elected Governor Hillary Rodham Republican

2010 New York gubernatorial election

November 2, 2010

Nominee Hillary Rodham Andrew Cuomo Party Republican Democratic Alliance Conservative Liberal Running mate Peter King Robert Duffy Popular vote 2,656,745 1,886,909 Percentage 55.70% 39.56%

Governor before election Hillary Rodham Republican Elected Governor Hillary Rodham Republican

2012 United States presidential election

November 6, 2012
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	56.7% 5.5 pp
Nominee Hillary Rodham Joe Biden Party Republican Democratic Home state New York Delaware Running mate John Boehner Mary Landrieu Electoral vote 288 250 States carried 26 24 + DC Popular vote 57,576,648 54,421,428 Percentage 47.1% 44.5%
President before election Thomas Daschle Elected President Hillary Rodham

2008 United States presidential election

November 3, 2008
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	56.7% 5.5 pp
Nominee Rudy Giuliani John Kerry Party Republican Democratic Home state New York Massachusetts Running mate Olympia Snowe John Edwards Electoral vote 292 246 States carried 26 24 + DC Popular vote 57,576,648 54,421,428 Percentage 47.1% 44.5%
President before election John Kerry Elected President Rudy Giuliani

The 1970 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York. Incumbent Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller defeated the Democratic nominee, former UN Ambassador and Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg by more than ten percentage points. On January 1, 1971, he was sworn in for his fourth term as governor. Rockefeller received over 3.15 million votes in total, the highest total in any New York gubernatorial election until Andrew Cuomo received 3.64 million in 2018.

Goldberg's running mate, Basil Paterson, was the first African American nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New York. His son David Paterson would become the first African American Lieutenant Governor 36 years later. David served as Governor from 2008–10 after the resignation of Eliot Spitzer.