The 1998 New York Attorney General election took place on November 3, 1998 along with elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Democratic challenger Eliot Spitzer unseated one-term Republican incumbent Dennis Vacco in a major upset.
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County results Spitzer: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Vacco: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Source | Date | Oliver Koppell | Catherine Abate | Eliot Spitzer | Evan Davis |
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Quinnipiac | February 26, 1998 | 7% | 7% | 2% | 5% |
Quinnipiac | July 16, 1998 | 16% | 13% | 18% | - |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Eliot Spitzer | 279,180 | 41.54% | ||
Democratic | Catherine Abate | 186,626 | 27.77% | ||
Democratic | Oliver Koppell | 145,231 | 21.61% | ||
Democratic | Evan A. Davis | 60,978 | 9.07% | ||
Majority | 92,554 | 13.77% | |||
Turnout | 672,015 | % |
Source | Date | Dennis Vacco (R) | Eliot Spitzer (D) |
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Quinnipiac | September 27, 1998 | 46% | 37% |
Quinnipiac | October 15, 1998 | 45% | 33% |
Quinnipiac | October 28, 1998 | 47% | 34% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Democratic | Eliot Spitzer | 2,018,591 | 46.67% | +1.63% | ||
Liberal | Eliot Spitzer | 66,357 | 1.53% | −0.81% | ||
Total | Eliot Spitzer | 2,084,948 | 48.20% | +0.82% | ||
Republican | Dennis Vacco | 1,757,539 | 40.63% | −2.08% | ||
Conservative | Dennis Vacco | 302,223 | 6.99% | +0.42% | ||
Total | Dennis Vacco (incumbent) | 2,059,762 | 47.62% | −1.66% | ||
Independence | Catherine M. Abate | 81,439 | 1.88% | +1.07% | ||
Right to Life | Robert W. Dapelo | 60,399 | 1.40% | −0.44% | ||
Libertarian | Daniel A. Conti Jr. | 19,864 | 0.46% | +0.05% | ||
Green | Johann L. Moore | 18,984 | 0.44% | NA | ||
Turnout | 4,325,396 | −7.65% | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Preceded by 1994 |
New York Attorney General election 1998 |
Succeeded by 2002 |