2018 New York State Comptroller election

2018 New York Comptroller election

November 6, 2018

Nominee Thomas DiNapoli Jonathan Trichter Party Democratic Republican Alliance Parties Independence Reform Women's Equality Working Families Parties Conservative Popular vote 4,027,866 1,882,958 Percentage 67.0% 31.3%

DiNapoli:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Trichter:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes

The 2018 New York Comptroller election was held on November 6, 2018, alongside other New York elections for Governor, State Senate, State Assembly, and Attorney General. Incumbent Democrat Thomas DiNapoli easily won a third term, defeating Republican nominee Jonathan Trichter and minor party candidates.

As of 2021, this is the last statewide election where Putnam, Montgomery, Madison, Niagara and Chautauqua counties voted Democratic. As of 2021, this, along with the concurrent U.S. Senate election is the last time Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Warren, Washington, Otsego, Saint Lawrence and Sullivan counties have voted Democratic in a statewide election.

Results

New York Comptroller election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Thomas DiNapoli	3,714,787	61.76%	+5.12%
	Working Families	Thomas DiNapoli	155,873	2.59%	−1.88%
	Independence	Thomas DiNapoli	106,971	1.78%	−1.33%
	Women's Equality	Thomas DiNapoli	35,613	0.59%	−2.52%
	Reform	Thomas DiNapoli	14,642	0.24%	N/A
	Total	Thomas DiNapoli (incumbent)	4,027,886	66.96%	+7.09%
	Republican	Jonathan Trichter	1,651,578	27.46%	−0.77%
	Conservative	Jonathan Trichter	231,380	3.84%	−2.44%
	Total	Jonathan Trichter	1,882,958	31.30%	−5.18%
	Green	Mark Dunlea	70,041	1.16%	−1.48%
	Libertarian	Cruger E. Gallaudet	34,430	0.57%	−0.42%
Total votes			6,015,315	100%	N/A
	Democratic hold

References

Preceded by 2014

New York Comptroller election 2018

Succeeded by 2022