2002 New York Attorney General election

The 2002 election was held on November 5 to elect the Attorney General of New York. Democratic incumbent Eliot Spitzer was reelected by a wide margin, defeating Republican Dora Irizarry. This is the most recent and the last New York Attorney General election in which the winner won a majority of New York's counties.

2002 New York Attorney General election

November 5, 2002

Nominee Eliot Spitzer Dora Irizarry Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,744,302 1,234,899 Percentage 66.4% 29.9%

County results Spitzer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Irizarry:      40–50%      50–60%

Attorney General before election Eliot Spitzer Democratic Elected Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Democratic

General election

Polling

Source	Date	Eliot Spitzer (D)	Dora Irizarry (R)
Quinnipiac	September 26, 2002	58%	19%
Quinnipiac	October 16, 2002	64%	20%
Quinnipiac	November 4, 2002	68%	18%

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eliot Spitzer (incumbent)	2,744,302	66.42%
	Republican	Dora Irizarry	1,234,899	29.89%
	Right to Life	John J. Broderick	78,268	1.89%
	Green	Mary Jo Long	50,755	1.23%
	Libertarian	Daniel A. Conti, Jr.	23,213	0.56%
Total votes			4,131,437	100%
	Democratic hold

See also

• New York gubernatorial election, 2002
• New York Comptroller election, 2002
• United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2002

Preceded by 1998

New York Attorney General election 2002

Succeeded by 2006