New York attorney general election, 2006

The New York attorney general election, 2006 took place on November 7, 2006. Andrew Cuomo was elected to replace Eliot Spitzer (who became Governor) as the Attorney General of New York.

Candidates

Democratic Party

• Andrew M. Cuomo, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• Mark Green, former New York City Public Advocate
• Sean Patrick Maloney, former White House Staff Secretary
• Charlie King, former Department of Housing and Urban Development official

Republican Party

• Jeanine Pirro, Westchester County District Attorney

Green Party

• Rachel Treichler, lawyer and previous Green Party candidate for the New York State Assembly and the U.S. House of Representatives

Libertarian Party

• Christopher B. Garvey, patent and trademark attorney

Socialist Workers Party

• Martin Koppel, political organizer and writer

Opinion polls

Democratic primary

Source	Date	Andrew Cuomo	Mark J. Green	Sean Patrick Maloney
Actual Primary	September 12, 2006	53%	33%	10%
Carolco	September 10, 2006	47%	33%	20%
Green Papers	September 9, 2006	47%	35%	18%
Green Papers	September 8, 2006	50%	29%	21%
Green Papers	September 7, 2006	52%	31%	17%
Green Papers	September 6, 2006	51%	33%	16%
Qunnipiac	September 5, 2006	53%	31%	18%

Source	Date	Andrew Cuomo	Mark J. Green	Charlie King	Sean Patrick Maloney
Quinnipiac	September 3, 2006	40%	23%	16%	11%
Quinnipiac	August 29, 2006	42%	26%	14%	8%
Quinnipiac	August 5, 2006	49%	21%	9%	6%
Quinnipiac	July 22, 2006	57%	19%	5%	3%

General election

Source	Date	Andrew Cuomo (D)	Jeanine Pirro (R)
Marist[1]	November 3, 2006	58%	37%
Green Papers	September 9, 2006	53%	47%
Green Papers	September 7, 2006	54%	46%
Quinnipiac	September 5, 2006	58%	42%
Quinnipiac	September 3, 2006	55%	45%
Quinnipiac	August 29, 2006	58%	42%
Quinnipiac	August 5, 2006	61%	37%
Quinnipiac	July 22, 2006	66%	30%

Election results

Primary

Democratic

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Andrew M. Cuomo	404,086	53.52%
	Democratic	Mark Green	244,554	32.39%
	Democratic	Sean Patrick Maloney	70,106	9.29%
	Democratic	Charles G. King	36,262	4.80%
Totals			755,008	100%

Republican

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Jeanine Pirro	Unopposed	100.0%

General

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Andrew M. Cuomo	2,509,311	58.31%
	Republican	Jeanine Pirro	1,692,580	39.33%
	Green	Rachel Treichler	61,849	1.44%
	Libertarian	Christopher B. Garvey	29,413	0.68%
	Socialist Workers	Martin Koppel	10,197	0.24%
Totals			4,303,350	100.00%

See also

• New York gubernatorial election, 2006
• New York United States Senate election, 2006
• New York Comptroller election, 2006

Preceded by 2002

New York attorney general election 2006

Succeeded by 2010