New York gubernatorial election, 1998

November 3, 1998



Candidate	George Pataki	Peter Vallone, Sr.	Tom Golisano
Party	Republican	Democratic	Independence
Running mate	Mary Donohue	Sandra Frankel
Popular vote	2,571,991	1,570,317	364,056
Percentage	54.3%	33.2%	7.7%

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George Pataki
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The New York gubernatorial election of 1998 was an election for the state Republican incumbent, was re-elected with 54% of the vote.

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

Democratic primary

Polling

Source	Date	Charles Hynes	Richard Kahan	James LaRocca	Betsy McCaughey Ross	Sheldon Silver	Peter Vallone
Quinnipiac	September 24, 1997	13%	-	4%	-	22%	20%
Quinnipiac	December 10, 1997	13%	1%	3%	26%	-	17%
Quinnipiac	February 25, 1998	12%	1%	4%	18%	-	17%
Quinnipiac	March 25, 1998	16%	1%	3%	27%	-	16%
Quinnipiac	June 17, 1998	14%	-	5%	27%	-	23%
Quinnipiac	July 15, 1998	11%	-	3%	13%	-	35%

General election

Polling

Source	Date	George Pataki (R)	Charles Hynes (D)	Betsy McCaughey Ross (Lib)
Quinnipiac	July 22, 1997	47%	30%	-
Quinnipiac	September 24, 1997	55%	26%	-
Quinnipiac	December 10, 1997	54%	28%	-
Quinnipiac	February 25, 1998	60%	23%	-
Quinnipiac	March 25, 1998	60%	25%	-
Quinnipiac	June 17, 1998	59%	18%	12%

Source	Date	George Pataki (R)	Richard Kahan (D)
Quinnipiac	December 10, 1997	57%	21%
Quinnipiac	February 25, 1998	62%	17%
Quinnipiac	March 25, 1998	62%	19%

Source	Date	George Pataki (R)	James LaRocca (D)	Betsy McCaughey Ross (Lib)
Quinnipiac	July 22, 1997	48%	23%	-
Quinnipiac	September 24, 1997	55%	21%	-
Quinnipiac	December 10, 1997	57%	21%	-
Quinnipiac	February 25, 1998	61%	18%	-
Quinnipiac	March 25, 1998	63%	19%	-
Quinnipiac	June 17, 1998	59%	15%	13%

Source	Date	George Pataki (R)	Betsy McCaughey Ross (D)
Quinnipiac	December 10, 1997	54%	29%
Quinnipiac	February 25, 1998	59%	26%
Quinnipiac	March 25, 1998	57%	30%
Quinnipiac	June 17, 1998	63%	26%

Source	Date	George Pataki (R)	Sheldon Silver (D)
Quinnipiac	September 24, 1997	55%	29%

Source	Date	George Pataki (R)	Peter Vallone (D)	Betsy McCaughey Ross (Lib)	Thomas Golisano (I)
Quinnipiac	July 22, 1997	47%	27%	-	-
Quinnipiac	September 24, 1997	55%	26%	-	-
Quinnipiac	December 10, 1997	56%	26%	-	-
Quinnipiac	February 25, 1998	60%	23%	-	-
Quinnipiac	March 25, 1998	58%	26%	-	-
Quinnipiac	June 17, 1998	59%	19%	12%	-
Quinnipiac	September 27, 1998	53%	26%	4%	9%
Quinnipiac	October 15, 1998	54%	25%	4%	9%
Quinnipiac	October 28, 1998	57%	24%	3%	10%
Quinnipiac	November 2, 1998	55%	26%	2%	11%

Statewide Results

New York gubernatorial election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	George Pataki	2,223,264	44.59%
	Conservative	George Pataki	348,727	6.99%
	Total	George Pataki	2,571,991	54.32%	+5.53%
	Democratic	Peter Vallone, Sr.	1,518,992	30.47%
	Working Families	Peter Vallone, Sr.	51,325	1.03%
	Total	Peter Vallone, Sr.	1,570,317	33.16%	-12.29%
	Independence	Tom Golisano	364,056	7.69%	+3.51%
	Liberal	Betsy McCaughey	77,915	1.65%	-0.12%
	Right to Life	Michael Reynolds	56,683	1.20%	-0.10%
	Green	Al Lewis	52,533	1.11%	N/A
	Marijuana Reform	Thomas K. Leighton	24,788	0.52%	N/A
	Unity	Mary Alice France	9,692	0.21%	N/A
	Libertarian	Chris Garvey	4,722	0.11%	-0.07%
	Socialist Workers	Al Duncan	2,539	0.11%	+0.01%
		Blank - Void - Scattering	250,696	5.02%	N/A
Majority			1,001,674	21.15%	+17.81%
Turnout			4,985,932
	Republican hold		Swing

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New York gubernatorial election, 1998

New York gubernatorial election, 1998

Contents

Democratic primary

Polling

General election

Polling

Statewide Results

See also

References

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