Electoral history of Andrew Cuomo

Andrew Cuomo outside New York City Hall.

This is the electoral history of Andrew Cuomo, who served as the 56th Governor of New York from 2011 to 2021, as the 64th Attorney General of New York from 2007 to 2010, and as the 11th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1997 to 2001. He is the son of Mario Cuomo, the 52nd Governor of New York.

New York Attorney General elections

2006

Main article: 2006 New York Attorney General election
Democratic primary for the 2006 New York Attorney General election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Cuomo 404,086 53.52%
Democratic Mark Green 244,554 32.39%
Democratic Sean Patrick Maloney 70,106 9.29%
Democratic Charlie King 36,262 4.80%
Total votes 755,008 100%
2006 New York Attorney General general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Cuomo 2,356,809 54.77%
Working Families Andrew Cuomo 152,502 3.54%
Total Andrew Cuomo 2,509,311 58.31%
Republican Jeanine Pirro 1,376,128 31.98%
Conservative Jeanine Pirro 148,401 3.45%
Independence Jeanine Pirro 168,051 3.91%
Total Jeanine Pirro 1,692,580 39.33%
Green Rachel Treichler 61,849 1.44%
Libertarian Christopher B. Garvey 29,413 0.68%
Socialist Workers Martin Koppel 10,197 0.24%
Total votes 4,303,350 100%
Democratic hold

New York gubernatorial elections

2002

Main article: 2002 New York gubernatorial election
Democratic primary for the 2002 New York gubernatorial election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carl McCall 539,883 85.28%
Democratic Andrew Cuomo 93,195 14.72%
Total votes 633,078 100%
2002 New York gubernatorial general election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George Pataki (incumbent) 2,085,407 45.54%
Conservative George Pataki (incumbent) 176,848 3.86%
Total George Pataki (incumbent) 2,262,255 49.40%
Democratic Carl McCall 1,442,531 31.50%
Working Families Carl McCall 90,533 1.98%
Total Carl McCall 1,534,064 33.50%
Independence Tom Golisano 654,016 14.28%
Right to Life Gerald Cronin 44,195 0.97%
Green Stanley Aronowitz 41,797 0.91%
Marijuana Reform Thomas K. Leighton 21,977 0.48%
Liberal Andrew Cuomo 15,761 0.34%
Libertarian Scott Jeffrey 5,013 0.11%
Total votes 4,579,078 100%
Republican hold

2010

Main article: 2010 New York gubernatorial election
2010 New York gubernatorial general election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Cuomo 2,609,465 56.52%
Working Families Andrew Cuomo 154,835 3.35%
Independence Andrew Cuomo 146,576 3.17%
Total Andrew Cuomo 2,910,876 63.05%
Republican Carl Paladino 1,289,817 27.94%
Conservative Carl Paladino 232,215 5.03%
Taxpayers Party Carl Paladino 25,825 0.56%
Total Carl Paladino 1,547,857 33.53%
Green Howie Hawkins 59,906 1.30%
Libertarian Warren Redlich 48,359 1.05%
Rent Is Too Damn High Jimmy McMillan 41,129 0.89%
Freedom Party Charles Barron 24,571 0.53%
Anti-Prohibition Party Kristin M. Davis 20,421 0.44%
Blank, Void, Scattering 4,836 0.10%
Total votes 4,769,741 100%
Democratic hold

2014

Main article: 2014 New York gubernatorial election
Democratic primary for the 2014 New York gubernatorial election[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) 361,380 62.92%
Democratic Zephyr Teachout 192,210 33.47%
Democratic Randy Credico 20,760 3.61%
Total votes 574,350 100%
2014 New York gubernatorial general election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) 1,811,672 47.52%
Working Families Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) 126,244 3.31%
Independence Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) 77,762 2.04%
Women's Equality Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) 53,802 1.41%
Total Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) 2,069,480 54.28%
Republican Rob Astorino 1,234,951 32.39%
Conservative Rob Astorino 250,634 6.57%
Stop-Common Core Rob Astorino 51,492 1.35%
Total Rob Astorino 1,537,077 40.31%
Green Howie Hawkins 184,419 4.84%
Libertarian Michael McDermott 16,769 0.44%
Sapient Steven Cohn 4,963 0.13%
Total votes 3,812,708 100%
Democratic hold

2018

Main article: 2018 New York gubernatorial election
Democratic primary for the 2018 New York gubernatorial election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) 1,021,160 65.53%
Democratic Cynthia Nixon 537,192 34.47%
Total votes 1,490,753 100%
2018 New York gubernatorial general election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) 3,424,416 56.16%
Working Families Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) 114,478 1.88%
Independence Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) 68,713 1.13%
Women's Equality Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) 27,733 0.45%
Total Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) 3,635,340 59.62%
Republican Marc Molinaro 1,926,485 31.60%
Conservative Marc Molinaro 253,624 4.16%
Reform Marc Molinaro 27,493 0.45%
Total Marc Molinaro 2,207,602 36.21%
Green Howie Hawkins 103,946 1.70%
Libertarian Larry Sharpe 95,033 1.56%
SAM Stephanie Miner 55,441 0.91%
Total votes 6,097,362 100%
Democratic hold

2022

On May 28, 2019, Cuomo announced that he would seek re-election to a fourth term in 2022.[10] However, On August 10, 2021, Cuomo resigned from office due to allegations of sexual harassment.[11] He was replaced by his lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul.

References

  1. ^ "New York State Board of Elections Statewide Democratic Attorney General Primary September 12, 2006" (PDF). elections.ny.gov. New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "NYS Board of Elections Attorney General Election Returns Nov. 7, 2006" (PDF). elections.ny.gov. New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "2002 Primary Canvas" (PDF). elections.ny.gov. New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "New York State Board of Elections Governor Election Returns Nov. 5, 2002" (PDF). elections.ny.gov. New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "NYS Board of Elections Governor/Lt. Governor Election Returns November 2, 2010" (PDF). elections.ny.gov. New York State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "2014 State Local Primary Results" (PDF). elections.ny.gov. New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "NYS Board of Elections Governor/Lt. Governor Election Returns November 4, 2014" (PDF). elections.ny.gov. New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  8. ^ "Certified Results For the September 13, 2018 Primary Election". elections.ny.gov. New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  9. ^ "Certified Results from the November 6, 2018 General Election for Governor and Lt. Governor" (PDF). elections.ny.gov. New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  10. ^ Axelrod, Tal (May 28, 2019). "Cuomo says he'll run for fourth term as NY governor". The Hill. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns over sexual harassment allegations". AP NEWS. August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.