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2006 New York gubernatorial election

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2006 New York gubernatorial election
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← 2002 November 7, 2006 2010 →
Turnout34.9% [1]
  Eliot Spitzer.jpg John Faso cropped.jpg
Nominee Eliot Spitzer John Faso
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance
Parties
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Running mate David Paterson C. Scott Vanderhoef
Popular vote 3,086,709 1,274,335
Percentage 65.3% 27.1%
2006 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Spitzer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Faso:      40–50%      50–60%
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George Pataki
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Eliot Spitzer
Democratic

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The 2006 New York gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of New York, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections, then incumbent Republican governor George Pataki chose not to run for re-election in a fourth term. Democrat Eliot Spitzer, the New York Attorney General, won the election over former Republican state Assembly minority leader John Faso. As of 2023, this is the last time the Governor’s office in New York changed partisan control.

Spitzer was slated to serve between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2010, but he announced his resignation on March 12, 2008 (effective March 17, 2008), amid news of his involvement in a prostitution scandal. Spitzer was succeeded on March 17 by Lieutenant Governor David Paterson. This was the first open-seat election since 1982.

To date, he is the last Democratic candidate for governor to have carried any of the following counties: Genesee County, Chautauqua County, Cattaraugus County, Niagara County, Fulton County, Steuben County, Tioga County or Schoharie County.

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George Pataki

George Pataki

George Elmer Pataki is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. An attorney by profession, Pataki was elected mayor of his hometown of Peekskill, New York, and went on to be elected to the State Assembly and the State Senate.

Eliot Spitzer

Eliot Spitzer

Eliot Laurence Spitzer is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 54th governor of New York from 2007 until his resignation in 2008.

Attorney General of New York

Attorney General of New York

The attorney general of New York is the chief legal officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the Department of Law of the state government. The office has been in existence in some form since 1626, under the Dutch colonial government of New Netherland. The attorney general of the State of New York is the highest-paid state attorney general in the country.

John Faso

John Faso

John James Faso Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for New York's 19th congressional district from 2017 to 2019. Faso was first elected to the post in 2016. A Republican, Faso previously represented the 102nd district in the New York State Assembly from 1987 to 2002 and served as Assembly Minority Leader from 1998 to 2002. Faso ran for New York State Comptroller in 2002 and for Governor of New York in 2006, but did not prevail in either race. He was defeated for re-election to Congress in November 2018 by Democrat Antonio Delgado.

Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal

Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal

On March 10, 2008, The New York Times reported that Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer had patronized a prostitution ring run by an escort agency known as Emperors Club VIP. During the course of an investigation into the escort agency, the federal government became aware of Spitzer's involvement with prostitutes due to a wiretap. Following the public disclosure of his actions, Spitzer resigned as Governor effective March 17, 2008.

Lieutenant Governor of New York

Lieutenant Governor of New York

The lieutenant governor of New York is a constitutional office in the executive branch of the Government of the State of New York. It is the second highest-ranking official in state government. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term. Official duties dictated to the lieutenant governor under the present New York Constitution are to serve as president of the state senate, serve as acting governor in the absence of the governor from the state or the disability of the governor, or to become governor in the event of the governor's death, resignation or removal from office via impeachment. Additional statutory duties of the lieutenant governor are to serve on the New York Court for the Trial of Impeachments, the State Defense Council, and on the board of trustees of the College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The lieutenant governor of New York is the highest-paid lieutenant governor in the country.

David Paterson

David Paterson

David Alexander Paterson is an American politician and attorney who served as the 55th governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to December 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, and is the first African American governor of New York.

1982 New York gubernatorial election

1982 New York gubernatorial election

The 1982 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York. Incumbent Democratic Governor Hugh Carey chose not to run for a third term, which resulted in an open race. Democratic nominee Mario Cuomo, the Lieutenant Governor of New York, narrowly defeated Republican Lewis Lehrman, a banker who ran as a conservative.

Genesee County, New York

Genesee County, New York

Genesee County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,388. Its county seat is Batavia. Its name is from Seneca word Gen-nis'-hee-yo, meaning "the Beautiful Valley". The county was created in 1802 and organized in 1803.

Chautauqua County, New York

Chautauqua County, New York

Chautauqua County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 127,657. Its county seat is Mayville, and its largest city is Jamestown. Its name is believed to be the lone surviving remnant of the Erie language, a tongue lost in the 17th century Beaver Wars; its meaning is unknown and a subject of speculation. The county was created in 1808 and organized in 1811.

Cattaraugus County, New York

Cattaraugus County, New York

Cattaraugus County is a county in Western New York, with one side bordering Pennsylvania. As of the United States 2020 census, the population was 77,042. The county seat is Little Valley. The county was created in 1808 and later organized in 1817.

Fulton County, New York

Fulton County, New York

Fulton County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It forms part of the state's Mohawk Valley region. Its county seat is Johnstown. At the 2020 U.S. census, the county had a population of 53,324. The county is named in honor of Robert Fulton, who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat. Fulton County comprises the Gloversville micropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Capital District.

Primaries

Democratic Primary

  • Eliot Spitzer – at the time was the New York State Attorney General (1999–2006) According to speeches on his website, Spitzer supported reducing property taxes, lowering the cost of health care; reducing energy costs and reforming workers' compensation. He also proposed urban revitalization, small business incentives, health insurance for every child, reducing Medicaid fraud and abuse and reducing prescription drug costs.[2] Spitzer was nominated on September 12, 2006, over rival Thomas Suozzi. The results of the primary were:
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Democratic primary results by county:
  Spitzer
  •   Spitzer—50–60%
  •   Spitzer—60–70%
  •   Spitzer—70–80%
  •   Spitzer—80–90%
  •   Spitzer—90–100%
Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eliot Spitzer 624,684 81.88%
Democratic Thomas Suozzi 138,263 18.12%
Total votes 762,947 100.00

Eliot Spitzer was the nominee of the Democratic party of New York for governor. On December 7, 2004, Spitzer announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for the 2006 election for Governor of New York. Spitzer's campaign manager was Ryan Toohey of Global Strategy Group, which Spitzer had hired for his 1998 campaign for attorney general and for the gubernatorial campaign. While long rumored, Spitzer's announcement was nevertheless considered unusually early—nearly two years before the day of the gubernatorial election. Some pundits believed the timing of Spitzer's announcement was due to Spitzer's desire to see if Senator Charles Schumer, a more senior Democrat, would run. Schumer, who was largely favored in opinion polls in a hypothetical matchup against Spitzer, announced in November that he would not run for governor, instead accepting an offer to sit on the powerful Finance Committee and head the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. After Schumer announced he would maintain his Senate seat, another Democrat, Andrew Cuomo, announced his plans to run for Spitzer's vacated Attorney General's seat.

Spitzer won an early vote of confidence on January 22, 2005, by gaining the endorsement of the Working Families Party, which has taken advantage of New York's electoral fusion system to act as a kingmaker over Democratic nominees. It is backed heavily by figures from community group ACORN and labor unions, particularly those that broke from the AFL–CIO to form the Change to Win Federation. In the months after the WFP endorsement, several Change to Win unions have announced that they are endorsing Spitzer under their own name, including UNITE HERE, the Teamsters, and the United Food and Commercial Workers.

In the latter half of 2005, Spitzer sought to further solidify support for his campaign by touring the state, seeking and giving political endorsements. These included cross endorsements with former-Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer in the New York City Mayoral election, Matthew Driscoll in the Syracuse Mayoral election, and State Senator Byron Brown in the Buffalo Mayoral election. The benefit to Spitzer in these endorsement deals was valuable media attention as he stumped for the candidates.

As a result of Spitzer's relative speed in uniting state Democrats to his side, he had gained the respect of Democratic leaders nationwide. Bill Richardson dubbed Spitzer the "future of the Democratic Party", at a fundraiser held in June 2005 for Spitzer's gubernatorial campaign.

With a large polling lead in the Democratic primary,[4] the June 2006 Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll showed him leading Nassau county executive Thomas Suozzi 76–13 percent, compared to a 73–13 percent lead in a May 17, 2006 poll.

Much of the attention of watchers of New York politics then turned to the state Republican Party, especially the future of three-term governor George Pataki. Polling throughout 2004 and into 2005 consistently showed Spitzer defeating Pataki in theoretical matchups. Such a scenario may have proved unappealing to Pataki. At the time, he was making overtures toward seeking the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2008. Pataki announced on July 27, 2005, that he would not seek re-election and would step down at the end of his term in January 2007.

The open-seat nature of the election, along with Spitzer's positive poll numbers, and the advantage Democrats have in New York State had fueled discussion of the Republican leadership's active pursuit of candidates to run against Spitzer. By June 2006, two people announced their intention to run for the nomination: former New York Assemblyman John Faso, who was officially endorsed at the 2006 New York State Republican Party Convention, and former Massachusetts Governor William Weld, who is a native New Yorker. Shortly after the convention, Weld dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination.

An additional consideration for Spitzer was the status of billionaire businessman Tom Golisano, a three-time candidate on the Independence Party ballot line. It was rumored that Golisano might run again, and that Republican Party insiders would seek to nominate him on their own party's line, thus fusing the Republican and Independence tickets for the first time in a gubernatorial election. Golisano recently switched his party affiliation to the GOP. However, on February 1, 2006, Golisano announced that he would not run for governor.[5]

Spitzer selected African-American New York State Senate minority leader David Paterson as his choice for Lieutenant Governor and running mate in January 2006. In New York gubernatorial elections, the most important factor in the gubernatorial candidate's choice of a lieutenant governor is the need to "balance the ticket"—that is, to widen the candidate's appeal, whether by reaching out to someone from a different geographic area, ethnic background, or has a different political base. Paterson's father Basil Paterson was also a candidate for Lt. Governor in 1970.

After announcing his candidacy, Spitzer was endorsed by numerous New Yorkers including state Comptroller Alan Hevesi and former New York City Mayors David Dinkins and Ed Koch (who endorsed President Bush in 2004). In February 2006, Spitzer received the endorsement of then-Democrat businessman Donald Trump, who had been courted by the Republicans to run against him.

In the Democratic primary, held on September 12, 2006, Spitzer handily defeated Suozzi, securing his party's nomination with 82% of the vote.

Republican Primary

  • John Faso – former state Assembly minority leader (1998–2002), the Republican nominee for state comptroller in 2002. On February 14, Faso launched a statewide campaign ad announcing his candidacy for governor. Later that month, he was endorsed by Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long[6] and by Congressman John Sweeney. Faso won the nomination at the Republican convention, defeating former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, 61%-39%.[7] Following the convention, Weld withdrew from the race as senior party officials (including state Republican chairman Stephen Minarik, who endorsed Weld) urged party unity.[8] Other unsuccessful candidates included Secretary of State Randy Daniels and Assemblyman Patrick R. Manning.

In 2005, Faso announced his intention to run for governor. He positioned himself early as a conservative upstate candidate, while stressing his childhood roots in Long Island. He initially faced former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, former Secretary of State Randy Daniels, and Assemblyman Patrick Manning. Weld, a moderate, was supported by party leadership.[7] Daniels and Manning both dropped out and Faso became the primary challenger to Weld. It has been reported that in early 2006, Weld offered Faso the chance to join his ticket as a candidate for lieutenant governor, an offer Faso reportedly declined.[9] Faso gained increasing support from party leaders in various counties, including Westchester and Suffolk, both of which had large delegate counts to the state convention.

In late May 2006, Faso received the nomination of the Conservative Party for governor, which guaranteed him a spot on the November ballot. He pledged to continue running for governor on the Conservative line if he lost the Republican primary to Weld.[10] On the day he received the Conservative nomination, Faso announced his selection of Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef as his running mate for lieutenant governor.

On June 1, 2006, the Republican State Convention voted 61% to 39% to endorse Faso. By receiving over 50 percent of the vote, Faso was the designated Republican Party candidate, but Weld still received enough support to force a primary. As The Washington Post put it, "[n]ow it turns out whoever loses the GOP primary will stay in the race—in a position likely to siphon votes from the Republican nominee."[11] For this reason, Weld was under tremendous pressure to drop out of the race. On June 5, Stephen J. Minarik, the chairman of the state Republican Party, who had been Weld's most prominent backer, called on Weld to withdraw in the interest of party unity.[12] Weld formally announced his withdrawal from the race, and his support of Faso, the following day.[13]

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Thomas Suozzi

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Democratic Party (United States)

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Governor of New York

Governor of New York

The governor of New York is the head of government of the U.S. state of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the New York Legislature, to convene the legislature and grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment and treason. The governor is the highest paid governor in the country.

Global Strategy Group

Global Strategy Group

Global Strategy Group, often known by its initials GSG or simply as Global, is an American public relations and research firm. Founded in New York City in 1995, GSG has been described in the New York Times as a “a well-known Democratic consulting firm” and a “ubiquitous presence in New York’s circles of power”.

United States Senate Committee on Finance

United States Senate Committee on Finance

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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

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Electoral fusion

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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

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AFL–CIO

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UNITE HERE

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Other Parties

Green Party

Libertarian Party

  • John Clifton was the official Libertarian Party Candidate for governor.

Socialist Worker's Party

Rent Is Too Damn High Party

  • Jimmy McMillan, Vietnam War veteran and former letter carrier, candidate for mayor of New York City in 2005.[14] In 2006 he sought to run for governor as the candidate of the "My Rent Is Too Damn High Party".[15] The State Board of Elections allowed him on the ballot, but only under the rubric of the "Rent Is Too High Party". That version appeared on Row H.[16]

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Malachy Gerard McCourt is an Irish-American actor, writer, one-time pub owner, and politician. He was the 2006 Green Party of New York candidate for governor in New York State, losing to the Democratic candidate Eliot Spitzer. He is the younger brother of author Frank McCourt.

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Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. They may feature monologues, dialogues between the hosts, interviews with guests, and/or listener participation which may be live conversations between the host and listeners who "call in" or via voice mail. Listener contributions are usually screened by a show's producers to maximize audience interest and, in the case of commercial talk radio, to attract advertisers.

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Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.

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Jimmy McMillan

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The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states, while the south was supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies. The war is widely considered to be a Cold War-era proxy war. It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973. The conflict also spilled over into neighboring states, exacerbating the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with all three countries becoming communist states by 1975.

Campaign

Ticket designations by party

Democratic Party

Eliot Spitzer and Hillary Clinton.
Eliot Spitzer and Hillary Clinton.

Ticket designated by the 2006 Democratic State Convention

Republican Party

Ticket designated by the 2006 Republican State Convention

Independence Party

Ticket designated by the Independence Party State Convention

Conservative Party

Ticket designated by the Conservative Party Convention

Working Families Party

Ticket designated by the Working Families Party Convention

Green Party

Ticket designated by Green Party

Integrity Party

Ticket designated by the Integrity Party of New York State

Libertarian Party

Ticket designated by the Libertarian Party of New York

Right to Life Party

Ticket designated by the New York State Right to Life Party

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[17] Solid D (flip) November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18] Safe D (flip) November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report[19] Likely D (flip) November 2, 2006
Real Clear Politics[20] Safe D (flip) November 6, 2006

Polling

Spitzer celebrating his victory
Spitzer celebrating his victory
Poll source Date Eliot
Spitzer (D) 		John
Faso (R)
Marist College Archived 2006-08-31 at the Wayback Machine November 1, 2006 69% 24%
Siena Research Institute November 1, 2006 69% 24%
Zogby International Poll September 11, 2006 60.9% 25.8%
Green Papers Poll September 9, 2006 72.5% 26.9
Green Papers Poll September 1, 2006 68.1% 23.6
Zogby International Poll August 28, 2006 60.7% 25.9%
Marist College Archived 2006-08-31 at the Wayback Machine August 23, 2006 67% 23%
Quinnipiac August 23, 2006 65% 17%
Siena Research Institute August 7, 2006 70% 17%
Rasmussen August 5, 2006 62% 21%
Zogby International Poll July 24, 2006 60.8% 24.8%
Marist College Poll Archived 2006-07-21 at the Wayback Machine July 19, 2006 69% 20%
Zogby International Poll June 21, 2006 60.6% 24.8%
Quinnipiac June 21, 2006 66% 20%
Siena College Poll June 19, 2006 67% 21%
Quinnipiac May 17, 2006 67% 16%
Marist College Poll Archived 2006-05-20 at the Wayback Machine May 10, 2006 70% 20%
Siena College Poll May 4, 2006 64% 17%
Strategic Vision April 28, 2006 63% 26%
Quinnipiac March 29, 2006 66% 18%
Strategic Vision March 2, 2006 65% 24%
Marist College Poll February 1, 2006 68% 18%
Zogby International Poll January 26, 2006 54% 17%
Quinnipiac University Poll January 19, 2006 61% 19%
Quinnipiac University Poll December 14, 2005 64% 14%
Siena College Poll October 12, 2005 63% 19%
Quinnipiac University Poll October 4, 2005 60% 14%
Marist College Poll Archived 2005-12-10 at the Wayback Machine September 30, 2005 64% 20%

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Eliot Laurence Spitzer is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 54th governor of New York from 2007 until his resignation in 2008.

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Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state under president Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the United States as the wife of President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee for president in the 2016 presidential election, becoming the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party; Clinton won the popular vote, but lost the Electoral College vote, thereby losing the election to Donald Trump.

New York State Democratic Committee

New York State Democratic Committee

The New York State Democratic Committee is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New York. Its headquarters are in Manhattan, and it has an office in Albany. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling the majority of New York's U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, both houses of the state legislature, and the governorship.

David Paterson

David Paterson

David Alexander Paterson is an American politician and attorney who served as the 55th governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to December 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, and is the first African American governor of New York.

Alan Hevesi

Alan Hevesi

Alan G. Hevesi is a former American politician and convicted felon who served as a New York State Assemblyman from 1971 to 1993, as New York City Comptroller from 1994 to 2001, and as New York State Comptroller from 2003 to 2006. Hevesi is originally from Queens, New York City.

Andrew Cuomo

Andrew Cuomo

Andrew Mark Cuomo is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the same position that his father, Mario Cuomo, held for three terms. In 2021, Cuomo resigned from office amidst numerous allegations of sexual misconduct and covering up COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes. At the time of his resignation, he was the longest-serving governor in the United States still in position.

New York Republican State Committee

New York Republican State Committee

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John Faso

John Faso

John James Faso Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for New York's 19th congressional district from 2017 to 2019. Faso was first elected to the post in 2016. A Republican, Faso previously represented the 102nd district in the New York State Assembly from 1987 to 2002 and served as Assembly Minority Leader from 1998 to 2002. Faso ran for New York State Comptroller in 2002 and for Governor of New York in 2006, but did not prevail in either race. He was defeated for re-election to Congress in November 2018 by Democrat Antonio Delgado.

Jeanine Pirro

Jeanine Pirro

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John Spencer (mayor)

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Independence Party of New York

Independence Party of New York

The Independence Party is a political party in the U.S. state of New York. The party was founded in 1991 by Dr. Gordon Black, Tom Golisano, and Laureen Oliver from Rochester, New York, and acquired ballot status in 1994. They lost their ballot status in 2020 under a change in the New York state election law that required at least 130,000 votes on the party line every two years. Although often associated with Ross Perot, as the party came to prominence in the wake of Perot's 1992 presidential campaign, it was created prior to Perot's run. In 2020, it affiliated with the Alliance Party, but disaffiliated in 2021. It used to have one elected member of the New York State Assembly, Fred Thiele, until Thiele switched his party affiliation to the Democratic Party in 2022.

Results

Gubernatorial election in New York, 2006 [21]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Swing
Democratic Eliot Spitzer 2,740,864 58.34% Increase 26.84%
Independence Eliot Spitzer 190,661 4.06% Decrease 10.22%
Working Families Eliot Spitzer 155,184 3.30% Increase 1.32%
Total Eliot Spitzer David Paterson 3,086,709 65.70% Increase 32.20%
Republican John Faso 1,105,681 23.54% Decrease 22.00%
Conservative John Faso 168,654 3.59% Decrease 0.27%
Total John Faso C. Scott Vanderhoef 1,274,335 27.12% Decrease 22.28%
Green Malachy McCourt Brian Jones 42,166 0.89% Decrease 0.02%
Libertarian John Clifton Chris Edes 14,736 0.31% Increase 0.20%
Rent Is Too Damn High Jimmy McMillan None 13,355 0.28% N/A
Socialist Workers Maura DeLuca Ben O'Shaughnessy 5,919 0.13% N/A
Blank, Void, Scattering 116,622 5.55%
Majority 1,812,374 38.58% Increase 22.68%
Totals 4,437,220 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

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Bill Weld

Conservative Party of New York State

Sandra Frankel

Lieutenant Governor of New York

John Faso

2006 New York State Comptroller election

2010 New York gubernatorial election

2006 New York state elections

1958 New York state election

1974 New York state election

1970 New York state election

1966 New York state election

1950 New York state election

1942 New York state election

1938 New York state election

Eliot Spitzer
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