Election History
| Year |
Election |
Candidate |
Votes |
Percent |
| |
| 2006 |
general |
Eliot Spitzer (D) |
3,086,709 |
69.6% |
| John Faso (R) |
1,274,335 |
28.7% |
| Malachy McCourt (GREEN) |
42,166 |
1% |
| John Clifton (LIBERT) |
14,736 |
0.3% |
| Jimmy McMillan (RTH) |
13,355 |
0.3% |
| Maura DeLuca (SW) |
5,919 |
0.1% |
| |
| 2002 |
general |
George Pataki (R, C) |
2,262,255 |
49.4% |
| H. McCall (D, WFM) |
1,534,064 |
33.5% |
| Blase Golisano (INDC) |
654,016 |
14.3% |
| Gerard Cronin (RTL) |
44,195 |
1% |
| Stanley Aronowitz (GREEN) |
41,797 |
0.9% |
| Thomas Leighton (MRF) |
21,977 |
0.5% |
| Andrew Cuomo (L) |
15,761 |
0.3% |
| Scott Jeffrey (LIBERT) |
5,013 |
0.1% |
| |
| 1998 |
general |
George E. Pataki (R, C) |
2,571,991 |
54.4% |
| Peter F. Vallone (D, WFM) |
1,570,317 |
33.2% |
| Blase Tom Golisano (INDC) |
364,056 |
7.7% |
| Betsy McCaughey Ross (L) |
77,915 |
1.6% |
| Michael J. Reynolds (RTL) |
56,683 |
1.2% |
| Al "Grandpa" Lewis (GREEN) |
52,533 |
1.1% |
| Thomas K. Leighton (MRF) |
24,788 |
0.5% |
| Christopher B. Garvey (LIBERT) |
4,722 |
0.1% |
| Alfred Duncan (SW) |
2,539 |
0% |
| |
| 1994 |
general |
George E. Pataki (R,C,TCN) |
2,538,702 |
48.8% |
| Mario M. Cuomo (D,L) |
2,364,904 |
45.4% |
| Blase T. Golisano (IF) |
217,490 |
4.2% |
| Robert T. Walsh Sr. (RTL) |
67,750 |
1.3% |
| Bob Schulz (LIBERT) |
9,506 |
0.2% |
| Lawrence A. Lane (SW) |
5,410 |
0.1% |