2002 New York gubernatorial election

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The 2002 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002. Republican Governor George Pataki was re-elected to a third term.[1] As of 2026, this was the last statewide election won by a Republican in New York.[2]

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
2002 New York gubernatorial election
← 1998
November 5, 2002
2006 →
 
Nominee George Pataki H. Carl McCall Tom Golisano
Party Republican Democratic Independence
Alliance Conservative Working Families
Running mate Mary Donohue Dennis Mehiel Mary Donohue[a]
Popular vote 2,262,255 1,534,064 654,016
Percentage 49.40% 33.50% 14.28%
County results
Pataki:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
McCall:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Golisano:      30–40%
Governor before election

George Pataki
Republican

 Elected Governor

George Pataki
Republican

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Pataki faced Democrat Carl McCall and Rochester billionaire Tom Golisano, who ran on the Independence Party line. On Election Day, Pataki was easily re-elected with 49.40% of the vote. McCall received 33.50% of the vote, carrying New York City (other than Staten Island) and nearly carrying Albany County. Golisano received 14.28% of the vote, carried his home county of Monroe in western New York, and he also finished ahead of McCall in 23 counties. This was the first time since 1978 that the winner of the gubernatorial election was of the same party as the incumbent president. This is the last time Republicans carried Westchester, Albany, Onondaga, and Tompkins counties in a gubernatorial election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declined

Results

Pataki won the nomination unopposed.[3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Withdrew

Campaign

Comptroller Carl McCall defeated Andrew Cuomo at the Democratic State Convention,[4] and Cuomo withdrew from the race less than a week before the Democratic primary.[5]

Debate

More information No., Date ...
2002 New York gubernatorial election democratic primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Andrew Cuomo Carl McCall
1 Aug. 18, 2002 WCBS-TV Marcia Kramer C-SPAN P P
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Results

Results by county:
  McCall
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
More information Party, Candidate ...
2002 New York Democratic gubernatorial primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carl McCall 539,883 85.28%
Democratic Andrew Cuomo (withdrew) 93,195 14.72%
Total votes 633,088 100.00%
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Other nominations

Conservative and Independence

Independence primary results by county:
  Pataki
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
  Golisano
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
  Tie
  •   50%
Conservative primary results by county:
  Pataki
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
  Golisano
  •   50–60%

Besides his standard Republican nomination, Pataki sought the nominations of the Conservative Party and the Independence Party. Golisano, who sought (and ultimately won) the nomination of the Independence Party,[3] also ran against the Governor in the Conservative primary as a write-in candidate. Pataki secured the Conservative line.[6]

More information Candidate, Conservative vote ...
CandidateConservative votepercentageIndependence votepercentage
George Pataki18,185(86.86%)9,026(48.53%)
Tom Golisano2,751(13.14%)9,572(51.47%)
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Liberal

Andrew Cuomo was nominated by the Liberal Party before his withdrawal from the race, and his withdrawal came too late for his name to be removed from the Liberal Party line.[7]

General election

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[8] Likely R October 31, 2002
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] Likely R November 4, 2002
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Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[b]		 Margin
of error		 George Pataki
(R)		 Carl
McCall (D)		 Tom
Golisano (I)		 Gerald
Cronin (RTL)		 Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA[10] October 28–30, 2002 567 (LV) ± 4.3% 47% 32% 17% 2% 1%
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Debate

More information No., Date ...
2002 New York gubernatorial debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic Independence Right to Life Independent Green Libertarian
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
George Pataki Carl McCall Tom Golisano Gerard Cronin Thomas Leighton Stanley Aronowitz Scott Jeffrey
1 Oct. 20, 2002 WTVH-TV Maureen Green
Matt Mulcahy		 C-SPAN P P P A P P P
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
New York gubernatorial election, 2002[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George Pataki 2,085,407 45.54%
Conservative George Pataki 176,848 3.86%
Total George Pataki (incumbent) 2,262,255 49.40% -4.91%
Democratic Carl McCall 1,442,531 31.50%
Working Families Carl McCall 90,533 1.98%
Total Carl McCall 1,534,064 33.50% +0.34%
Independence Tom Golisano 654,016 14.28% +6.59%
Right to Life Gerard Cronin 44,195 0.97% −0.28%
Green Stanley Aronowitz 41,797 0.91% −0.63%
Marijuana Reform Thomas K. Leighton 21,977 0.48% −0.18%
Liberal Andrew M. Cuomo (withdrawn) 15,761 0.34% −0.68%
Libertarian Scott Jeffrey 5,013 0.11% +0.01%
Majority 728,191 15.90% −5.25%
Turnout 4,579,078
Republican hold Swing
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New York City results

2002 gubernatorial election in New York City Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Democratic Carl McCall 202,101121,050230,040160,74618,239732,13653.7%
57.2%63.7%57.7%46.5%20.9%
Republican George Pataki 117,86358,600141,846155,59959,656533,56439.1%
33.4%30.8%35.6%45.0%68.4%

Results by county

More information County, George Pataki Republican ...
County George Pataki
Republican		 Carl McCall
Democratic		 Tom Golisano
Independence		 All others Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Albany 45,804 40.9% 45,748 40.9% 17,101 15.3% 3,291 2.9% 56 0.0% 111,944
Allegany 8,134 61.3% 2,042 15.4% 2.683 20.2% 413 3.1% 5,451 41.1%[d] 13,272
Bronx 58,600 30.8% 121,050 63.7% 7,893 4.2% 2,431 1.2% -62,450 -32.9% 189,974
Broome 32,399 50.2% 12,956 20.1% 17,478 27.1% 1,721 2.7% 14,921 23.1%[d] 64,554
Cattaraugus 12,400 57.2% 4,302 19.8% 4,287 19.8% 684 3.1% 8,098 37.4%[d] 21,673
Cayuga 14,203 57.0% 5,417 21.8% 4,593 18.4% 689 2.8% 8,786 35.2% 24,902
Chautauqua 22,869 60.5% 8,323 22.0% 5,747 15.2% 871 2.3% 14,546 38.5% 37,810
Chemung 16,398 64.1% 4,619 18.0% 4,018 15.7% 565 2.2% 11,779 46.1% 25,600
Chenango 8,676 60.8% 2,529 17.7% 2,597 18.2% 477 3.3% 6,079 42.6%[d] 14,279
Clinton 17,113 75.3% 3,505 15.4% 1,550 6.8% 544 2.4% 13,608 49.9% 22,712
Columbia 11,995 53.3% 6,454 28.7% 3,091 13.7% 960 4.3% 5,541 24.6% 22,500
Cortland 7,851 55.3% 3,522 24.8% 2,393 16.8% 439 3.1% 4,329 30.5% 14,205
Delaware 9,139 61.3% 2,878 19.3% 2,320 15.6% 575 3.9% 6,261 42.0% 14,912
Dutchess 44,289 58.3% 18,606 24.5% 10,671 14.0% 2,459 3.2% 25,683 33.8% 76,025
Erie 130,377 44.4% 85,360 29.0% 68,702 23.4% 9,527 3.2% 45,017 15.4% 293,966
Essex 10,550 75.9% 1,794 12.9% 1,183 8.5% 380 2.7% 8,756 63.0% 13,907
Franklin 8,628 72.2% 2,009 16.8% 993 8.3% 313 2.6% 6,619 55.4% 11,943
Fulton 9,012 57.3% 3,055 19.4% 3,301 21.0% 367 2.3% 5,711 36.3%[d] 15,735
Genesee 9,588 53.3% 2,553 14.2% 5,402 30.0% 454 2.5% 4,186 23.3%[d] 17,997
Greene 9,363 59.3% 3,281 20.8% 2,625 16.6% 531 3.4% 6,082 38.1% 15,800
Hamilton 1,740 61.1% 550 19.3% 483 17.0% 76 2.6% 1,190 41.8% 2,849
Herkimer 11,834 60.3% 3,178 16.2% 4,140 21.1% 477 2.4% 7,694 39.2%[d] 19,629
Jefferson 17,616 66.8% 3,897 14.8% 4,414 16.7% 433 1.7% 13,202 50.1%[d] 26,360
Kings 141,846 35.6% 230,040 57.7% 16,787 4.2% 9,863 2.5% -88,194 -22.1% 398,536
Lewis 5,823 65.1% 1,370 15.3% 1,562 17.5% 195 2.2% 4,261 47.6%[d] 8,950
Livingston 8,757 43.8% 3,651 18.3% 7,066 35.4% 512 2.5% 1,691 8.4%[d] 19,986
Madison 10,393 52.8% 4,206 21.4% 4,493 22.8% 591 3.0% 5,900 30.0%[d] 19,683
Monroe 81,110 34.8% 58,334 25.0% 87,967 37.7% 5,788 2.5% -6,857 -2.9%[d] 233,199
Montgomery 9,285 55.9% 3,346 20.2% 3,573 21.5% 401 2.4% 5,712 34.4%%[d] 16,605
Nassau 232,785 61.5% 99,865 26.4% 35,860 9.5% 10,001 2.7% 132,920 35.1% 378,511
New York 117,863 33.4% 202,101 57.2% 19,743 5.6% 13,385 3.8% -84,238 -23.8% 353,092
Niagara 32,005 49.2% 12,966 19.9% 18,278 28.1% 1,774 2.7% 13,727 21.1%[d] 65,023
Oneida 40,186 57.4% 13,719 19.6% 14,274 20.4% 1,859 2.6% 25,912 37.0%[d] 70,038
Onondaga 74,694 51.4% 39,110 26.9% 27,459 18.9% 4,042 2.7% 35,584 24.5% 145,305
Ontario 15,480 46.4% 5,512 16.5% 11,478 34.4% 887 2.6% 4,002 12.0%[d] 33,357
Orange 53,950 62.4% 17,866 20.7% 11,914 13.8% 2,661 3.0% 36,084 41.7% 86,391
Orleans 5,426 48.9% 1,568 14.1% 3,869 34.9% 229 2.1% 1,557 14.0%[d] 11,092
Oswego 17,393 54.2% 6,826 21.3% 7,111 22.2% 756 2.4% 10,282 32.0%[d] 32,086
Otsego 9,846 55.9% 4,109 23.3% 2,824 16.0% 844 4.8% 5,737 32.6% 17,623
Putnam 19,998 70.4% 4,284 15.1% 3,217 11.3% 916 3.3% 15,714 55.3% 28,415
Queens 155,599 45.0% 160,746 46.5% 21,556 6.2% 7,817 2.2% -5,147 -1.5% 345,718
Rensselaer 27,120 50.0% 15,491 28.5% 9,908 18.3% 1,744 3.2% 11,629 21.5% 54,263
Richmond 59,656 68.4% 18,239 20.9% 7,583 8.7% 1,717 1.9% 11,629 47.5% 54,263
Rockland 53,025 62.7% 22,054 26.1% 7,557 8.9% 1,988 2.4% 30,971 36.6% 84,624
Saratoga 38,797 55.2% 16,881 24.0% 12,448 17.7% 2,205 3.1% 21,916 31.2% 70,331
Schenectady 24,201 48.2% 14,378 28.7% 10,116 20.2% 1,483 3.0% 9,823 19.5% 50,178
Schoharie 5,731 54.3% 2,296 21.8% 2,141 20.3% 379 3.5% 3,435 32.5% 10,547
Schuyler 3,535 60.9% 1,043 18.0% 989 17.0% 235 4.1% 2,492 42.9% 5,802
Seneca 5,969 56.8% 1,986 18.9% 2,270 21.6% 291 2.8% 3,699 35.2%[d] 10,516
St. Lawrence 19,635 65.2% 6,234 20.7% 3,621 12.0% 608 2.1% 13,401 44.5% 30,098
Steuben 17,523 63.9% 3,419 12.5% 5,721 20.9% 751 2.8% 11,802 43.0%[d] 27,414
Suffolk 209,361 59.1% 82,776 23.4% 51,288 14.5% 10,783 3.1% 126,585 35.7% 354,208
Sullivan 11,279 56.4% 4,949 24.7% 3,133 15.7% 636 3.2% 6,330 31.7% 19,997
Tioga 9,561 60.3% 2,396 15.1% 3,459 21.8% 428 2.7% 6,102 38.5%[d] 15,844
Tompkins 10,995 40.1% 10,887 39.7% 3,338 12.2% 2,169 7.9% 108 0.4% 27,389
Ulster 29,801 51.9% 15,567 27.1% 9,205 16.0% 2,875 5.0% 14,234 24.8% 57,448
Warren 11,964 58.3% 4,831 23.5% 3,182 15.5% 558 2.7% 7,133 34.8% 20,535
Washington 9,491 56.5% 3,767 22.4% 3,012 17.9% 529 3.2% 5,724 34.1% 16,799
Wayne 12,553 45.6% 4,171 15.1% 10,169 36.9% 642 2.3% 2,384 8.7%[d] 27,535
Westchester 140,329 55.6% 82,099 32.5% 23,113 9.2% 6,897 2.8% 58,230 23.1% 252,438
Wyoming 6,931 54.8% 2,034 16.1% 3,299 26.1% 391 3.1% 3,632 28.7%[d] 12,655
Yates 3,781 53.2% 1,319 18.6% 1,768 24.9% 236 3.4% 2,013 28.3% 7,104
Totals2,262,25549.4%1,534,06433.5%654,01614.3%128,7432.8%728,19115.9%4,579,078
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Independence

See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Jointly nominated by the GOP and Independence parties
  2. [b]
    Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. [c]
    Compares Republican minus Democratic margin in 1998 and 2002.
  4. [d]
    Compares margin over Golisano.

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