1966-1998
Gubernatorial elections under the State Constitution of 1938. The term is four years.
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Popular Vote | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George E. Pataki | Mary O. Donohue | Republican, Conservative |
2,571,991 | 54.32% | |
| Peter F. Vallone, Sr. | Sandra Frankel | Democrat, Working Families |
1,570,317 | 33.16% | |
| B. Thomas Golisano | Laureen Oliver | Independence | 364,056 | 7.69% | |
| Betsy McCaughey Ross | Jonathan C. Reiter | Liberal | 77,915 | 1.65% | |
| Michael Reynolds | Karen Prior | Right to Life | 56,683 | 1.20% | |
| Al Lewis | Alice Green | Green | 52,533 | 1.11% | |
| Thomas K. Leighton | Jeffrey C. Wright | Marijuana Reform | 24,788 | 0.52% | |
| Mary Alice France | Unity Party | 9,692 | 0.20% | ||
| Chris Garvey | Don Silberger | Libertarian | 4,722 | 0.10% | |
| Al Duncan | Ruth Robinett | Socialist Workers | 2,539 | 0.05% | |
Note: 4,985,932 ballots have been cast on that election. Out of them, 250,696 were declared blank, void or missing.
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George E. Pataki | Betsy McCaughey Ross | Republican, Conservative, Tax Cut Now |
2,488,631 | (48.8%) |
| Mario M. Cuomo | Stan Lundine | Democratic, Liberal |
2,364,904 | (45.4%) |
| B. Thomas Golisano | Dominick Fusco | Independence Fusion | 217,490 | (4.1%) |
| Robert T. Walsh | Virginia E. Sutton | Right to Life | 67,750 | (1.3%) |
| Robert L. Schulz | Stan Dworkin | Libertarian | 9,506 | (0.2%) |
| Lawrence Lane | May Nell Bockman | Socialist Workers | 5,410 | (0.1%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario M. Cuomo | Stan Lundine | Democratic, Liberal |
2,157,087 | (53.17%) |
| Pierre Rinfret | George Yancey, Jr. | Republican | 865,948 | (21.35%) |
| Herbert London | Anthony DiPerna | Conservative | 827,614 | (20.40%) |
| Louis P. Wein | Gertrude G. Manning | Right to Life | 137,804 | (3.40%) |
| Lenora Fulani | Ada I. Vazquez | New Alliance | 31,089 | (0.77%) |
| W. Gary Johnson | Dottie Lou Brokaw | Libertarian | 24,611 | (0.61%) |
| Craig Gannon | Susan Anmuth | Socialist Workers | 12,743 | (0.31%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario M. Cuomo | Stan Lundine | Democratic, Liberal |
2,775,045 | (64.63%) |
| Andrew O'Rourke | E. Michael Kavanagh | Republican, Conservative |
1,363,968 | (31.77%) |
| Denis Dillon | Thomas E. Drolesky | Right to Life | 130,827 | (3.05%) |
| Lenora Fulani | Rafael Mendez | New Alliance | 24,135 | (0.56%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario M. Cuomo | Alfred DelBello | Democratic, Liberal |
2,675,213 | (50.91%) |
| Lewis Lehrman | James L. Emery | Republican, Conservative, |
2,494,827 | (47.48%) |
| Robert J. Bohner | Paul Callahan | Right to Life | 52,356 | (1.00%) |
| John H. Northrup | David Hoesley | Libertarian | 16,913 | (0.32%) |
| Jane Benedict | Angela M. Gilliam | Unity | 6,353 | (0.12%) |
| Nancy Ross | Lenora Fulani | New Alliance | 5,277 | (0.10%) |
| Diane Wang | Peter A. Thierjung | Socialist Workers | 3,766 | (0.07%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Carey | Mario M. Cuomo | Democratic | 2,429,272 | (50.95%) |
| Perry Duryea, Jr. | Bruce Caputo | Republican, Conservative |
2,156,404 | (45.22%) |
| Mary Jane Tobin | Ellen McCormack | Right to Life | 130,193 | (2.73%) |
| Gary Greenberg | James Franz | Libertarian | 18,990 | (0.40%) |
| Dianne M. Feeley | Kevin E. Kellogg | Socialist Workers | 12,987 | (0.27%) |
| Jarvis Tyner | Grace Mora-Newman | Communist | 11,400 | (0.24%) |
| Paul Gallagher | J. Philip Rubinstein | Labor | 9,073 | (0.19%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Carey | Mary Anne Krupsak | Democratic, Liberal |
3,028,503 | (57.22%) |
| Malcolm Wilson | Ralph G. Caso | Republican | 2,219,667 | (41.94%) |
| Wayne S. Amato | Charles R. Schanger | Courage | 12,459 | (0.24%) |
| Jerry Tuccille | Louis J. Sicilia | Free Libertarian | 10,503 | (0.20%) |
| Derrick Morrison | James Mendietta | Socialist Workers | 8,857 | (0.17%) |
| Jose A. Ristorucci | Carol A. Twigg | Communist | 5,232 | (0.10%) |
| John Emanuel | (none) | Socialist Labor | 4,574 | (0.09%) |
| Anton Chaitkin | Victoria Staton | Labor | 3,151 | (0.06%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson A. Rockefeller | Malcolm Wilson | Republican | 3,151,432 | (52.41%) |
| Arthur Goldberg | Basil Paterson | Democratic, Liberal |
2,421,426 | (40.27%) |
| Paul L. Adams | Edward F. Leonard | Conservative | 422,514 | (7.03%) |
| Rasheed Storey | Grace Mora-Newman | Communist | 7,760 | (0.13%) |
| Clifton DeBerry | Jonathan Rothschild | Socialist Workers | 5,766 | (0.10%) |
| Stephen Emery | Arnold Babel | Socialist Labor | 3,963 | (0.07%) |
Note: The highest number of votes ever received by any Governor of NY until today
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson A. Rockefeller | Malcolm Wilson | Republican | 2,690,626 | (44.61%) |
| Frank D. O'Connor | Howard J. Samuels | Democratic | 2,298,363 | (38.11%) |
| Paul L. Adams | Kieran O'Doherty | Conservative | 513,023 | (8.46%) |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. | Donald S. Harrington | Liberal | 507,234 | (8.41%) |
| Milton Herder | Doris Ballantyne | Socialist Labor | 12,730 | (0.21%) |
| Judith White | Richard Garza | Socialist Workers | 12,506 | (0.21%) |
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