1998 New York State Comptroller election
(Redirected from New York Comptroller election, 1998)
The 1998 election was held on November 3. Democratic incumbent Carl McCall defeated Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman by a wide margin:
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County results
McCall: 40–50% 50–60% 70–80% 80–90% | ||||||||||||||||
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General election edit
Polling edit
Source | Date | Carl McCall (D) | Bruce Blakeman (R) |
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Quinnipiac | September 27, 1998 | 54% | 22% |
Quinnipiac | October 15, 1998 | 52% | 21% |
Quinnipiac | October 28, 1998 | 57% | 20% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Carl McCall (incumbent) | 2,862,903 | 64.75% | ||
Republican | Bruce Blakeman | 1,423,086 | 32.19% | ||
Right to Life | Douglas H. Harknett | 70,397 | 1.59% | ||
Marijuana Reform | Dean Venezia | 39,423 | 0.89% | ||
Green | Howie Hawkins | 15,133 | 0.34% | ||
Libertarian | Robert M. Goodman | 10,310 | 0.23% | ||
Total votes | 4,421,252 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
References edit
See also edit
Preceded by 1994 |
New York Comptroller election 1998 |
Succeeded by 2002 |