New York Gubernatorial Elections - 1966-1998

1966-1998

Gubernatorial elections under the State Constitution of 1938. The term is four years.

1998 General election results
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.

1994 General election results
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%)
1990 General election results
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%)
1986 General election results
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%)
1982 General election results
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%)
1978 General General election results
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%)
1974 General General election results
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%)
1970 General election results
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

1966 General election results
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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