2006 New York Attorney General election explained
Election Name: | 2006 New York Attorney General election |
Country: | New York |
Flag Image: | Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2002 New York Attorney General election |
Previous Year: | 2002 |
Next Election: | 2010 New York Attorney General election |
Next Year: | 2010 |
Election Date: | November 7, 2006 |
Image1: | Andrew Cuomo by Pat Arnow cropped.jpeg |
Image1 Size: | x155px |
Nominee1: | Andrew Cuomo |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 2,509,311 |
Percentage1: | 58.3% |
Image2 Size: | x155px |
Nominee2: | Jeanine Pirro |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 1,692,580 |
Percentage2: | 39.3% |
Map Size: | 305px |
Attorney General |
Before Election: | Eliot Spitzer |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Andrew Cuomo |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2006 New York Attorney General election took place on November 7, 2006. Democrat Andrew Cuomo was elected to replace Eliot Spitzer (who became Governor) as the Attorney General of New York.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Polls
width=100px | Source | width=150px | Date | width=150px | Andrew Cuomo | width=150px | Mark Green | width=150px | Sean Patrick Maloney |
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Actual Primary | September 12, 2006 | align=center | 53% | 33% | 10% |
Carolco | September 10, 2006 | align=center | 47% | 33% | 20% |
Green Papers | September 9, 2006 | align=center | 47% | 35% | 18% |
Green Papers | September 8, 2006 | align=center | 50% | 29% | 21% |
Green Papers | September 7, 2006 | align=center | 52% | 31% | 17% |
Green Papers | September 6, 2006 | align=center | 51% | 33% | 16% |
Qunnipiac | September 5, 2006 | align=center | 53% | 31% | 18% | |
width=100px | Source | width=150px | Date | width=150px | Andrew Cuomo | width=150px | Mark Green | width=150px | Charlie King | width=150px | Sean Patrick Maloney |
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Quinnipiac | September 3, 2006 | align=center | 40% | 23% | 16% | 11% |
Quinnipiac | August 29, 2006 | align=center | 42% | 26% | 14% | 8% |
Quinnipiac | August 5, 2006 | align=center | 49% | 21% | 9% | 6% |
Quinnipiac | July 22, 2006 | align=center | 57% | 19% | 5% | 3% | |
width=100px | Source | width=150px | Date | width=150px | Andrew Cuomo (D) | width=150px | Jeanine Pirro (R) |
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Marist http://www.maristpoll.marist.edu/nyspolls/NYElection2006_061103.htm | November 3, 2006 | align=center | 58% | 37% |
Green Papers | September 9, 2006 | align=center | 53% | 47% |
Green Papers | September 7, 2006 | align=center | 54% | 46% |
Quinnipiac | September 5, 2006 | align=center | 58% | 42% |
Quinnipiac | September 3, 2006 | align=center | 55% | 45% |
Quinnipiac | August 29, 2006 | align=center | 58% | 42% |
Quinnipiac | August 5, 2006 | align=center | 61% | 37% |
Quinnipiac | July 22, 2006 | align=center | 66% | 30% | |
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Other parties
Green Party
Libertarian Party
- Christopher B. Garvey, patent and trademark attorney
Socialist Workers Party
See also