2002 New York State Comptroller election
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The 2002 New York State Comptroller election was held on November 5, 2002. New York City Comptroller Alan Hevesi, a Democrat, defeated former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso, a Republican.
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November 5, 2002
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 County results Hevesi: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Faso: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | ||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary
Polling
| Source | Date | Alan Hevesi | William Mulrow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac | September 3, 2002 | 39% | 16% |
General election
Polling
| Source | Date | Alan Hevesi (D) | John Faso (R) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac | September 26, 2002 | 50% | 30% |
| Quinnipiac | October 16, 2002 | 44% | 36% |
| Quinnipiac | November 4, 2002 | 49% | 34% |
Results
| Primary election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
| Democratic | Alan Hevesi | 353,500 | 62.59 | ||
| Democratic | William Hurlow | 211,282 | 37.41 | ||
| Total votes | 564,782 | 100.0 | |||
| Right to Life | Garifalia Christea | 1,233 | 53.96 | ||
| Right to Life | John Berry | 1,052 | 46.04 | ||
| Total votes | 2,285 | 100.0 | |||
| Working Families | William Hurlow | 327 | 58.18 | ||
| Working Families | Alan Hevesi | 235 | 41.82 | ||
| Total votes | 562 | 100.0 | |||
| General election | |||||
| Democratic | Alan Hevesi | 1,962,789 | |||
| Working Families | Alan Hevesi[4] | 90,351 | |||
| Liberal | Alan Hevesi | 42,773 | |||
| Total | Alan Hevesi | 2,095,913 | 50.41 | ||
| Republican | John Faso | 1,577,957 | |||
| Independence | John Faso | 202,384 | |||
| Conservative | John Faso | 152,763 | |||
| Total | John Faso | 1,933,104 | 46.50 | ||
| Right to Life | Garifalia Christea | 61,464 | 1.48 | ||
| Green | Howie Hawkins | 47,771 | 1.15 | ||
| Libertarian | James Eisert | 19,235 | 0.46 | ||
| Total votes | 4,157,487 | 100.0 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
