The 2002 election was held on November 5 to elect the Attorney General of New York. Democratic incumbent Eliot Spitzer was reelected by a wide margin, defeating Republican Dora Irizarry. This is the most recent and the last New York Attorney General election in which the winner won a majority of New York's counties.

General election

Polling

Source Date Eliot Spitzer (D) Dora Irizarry (R)
Quinnipiac September 26, 2002 58% 19%
Quinnipiac October 16, 2002 64% 20%
Quinnipiac November 4, 2002 68% 18%

Results

General election results [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eliot Spitzer 2,346,991
Independence Eliot Spitzer 256,915
Working Families Eliot Spitzer 94,590
Liberal Eliot Spitzer 45,806
Total Eliot Spitzer (incumbent) 2,744,302 66.42
Republican Dora Irizarry 1,110,242
Conservative Dora Irizarry 124,657
Total Dora Irizarry 1,234,899 29.89
Right to Life John Broderick 78,268 1.89
Green Mary Jo Long 50,755 1.23
Libertarian Daniel Conti Jr. 23,213 0.56
Total votes 4,131,437 100.0
Democratic hold

References

See also

Preceded by
1998		 New York Attorney General election
2002		 Succeeded by
2006


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_New_York_Attorney_General_election