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The 1998 New York Attorney General election took place on November 3, 1998 along with elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Democratic challenger Eliot Spitzer narrowly unseated one-term Republican incumbent Dennis Vacco.

Democratic primary 1
- Polling 1.1
General election 2
- Polling 2.1
Results 3
References 4
See also 5

Democratic primary

Polling

Source	Date	Oliver Koppell	Catherine Abate	Eliot Spitzer	Evan Davis
Quinnipiac	February 26, 1998	7%	7%	2%	5%
Quinnipiac	July 16, 1998	16%	13%	18%	-

General election

Polling

Source	Date	Dennis Vacco (R)	Eliot Spitzer (D)
Quinnipiac	September 27, 1998	46%	37%
Quinnipiac	October 15, 1998	45%	33%
Quinnipiac	October 28, 1998	47%	34%

Results

General election results ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eliot L. Spitzer	2,084,948	48.20%
	Republican	Dennis C. Vacco	2,059,762	47.62%
	Independence	Catherine Abate	81,439	1.88%
	Right to Life	Robert W. Dapelo	60,399	1.40%
	Libertarian	Daniel A. Conti, Jr.	19,864	0.46%
	Green	Johann L. Moore	18,984	0.44%
Totals			4,325,396	100.00%

References

^ http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/1998/ATGENWEB.pdf

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