2006 New York Attorney General election

2006 New York Attorney General election
November 7, 2006
 
Nominee Andrew Cuomo Jeanine Pirro
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,509,311 1,692,580
Percentage 58.3% 39.3%
County results
Cuomo:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Pirro:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Attorney General before election

Eliot Spitzer
Democratic

 Elected Attorney General

Andrew Cuomo
Democratic

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Withdrew

Declined

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environment protection attorney[2]

Polling

Source Date Andrew Cuomo Mark Green Charlie King Sean Patrick Maloney
Results September 12, 2006 53% 32.39% 4.80% 9.29%
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%
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%

Results

Primary results by county:
  Cuomo
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Democratic primary results[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Cuomo 404,086 53.52%
Democratic Mark Green 244,554 32.39%
Democratic Sean Patrick Maloney 70,106 9.29%
Democratic Charlie King (withdrawn) 36,262 4.80%
Majority 159,532 21.13%
Turnout 755,008 15.59%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeanine Pirro Unopposed
Total votes N/a 100.0

General election

Candidates

Polling

Source Date Andrew Cuomo (D) Jeanine Pirro (R)
Marist Archived 2006-11-14 at the Wayback Machine 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%

Results

General election results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Cuomo 2,356,809
Working Families Andrew Cuomo 152,502
Total Andrew Cuomo 2,509,311 58.31
Republican Jeanine Pirro 1,376,218
Conservative Jeanine Pirro 168,051
Independence Jeanine Pirro 148,401
Total 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
Total votes 4,303,350 100%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ↑ HEALY, PATRICK; HICKS, JONATHAN (September 5, 2006). "King Drops Out of N.Y. Attorney General's Race". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ Hicks, Jonathan P. (January 25, 2005). "Robert Kennedy Won't Run for State Attorney General". Nytimes.com. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Statewide Democratic Attorney General Primary September 12, 2006" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections.
  4. ↑ "Statewide Democratic Attorney General Primary September 12, 2006". New York State Board of Elections.
  5. ↑ "Attorney General Elections Returns Nov. 7, 2006" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2022.

See also

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