2002 New York State Comptroller election

The 2002 election was held on November 5. New York City Comptroller Alan Hevesi defeated former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso.

2002 New York State Comptroller election

← 1998 November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05) 2006 →
 
Candidate Alan Hevesi John Faso
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,095,913 1,933,104
Percentage 50.41% 46.50%

County results
Hevesi:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Faso:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Comptroller before election

Carl McCall
Democratic

Elected Comptroller

Alan Hevesi
Democratic

Democratic primary

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Polling

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Source Date Alan Hevesi William Mulrow
Quinnipiac September 3, 2002 39% 16%

General election

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Polling

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Source Date Alan Hevesi (D) John Faso (R)
Quinnipiac September 26, 2002 50% 30%
Quinnipiac October 16, 2002 44% 36%
Quinnipiac November 4, 2002 49% 34%
General election results [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alan Hevesi 2,095,913 50.41%
Republican John Faso 1,933,104 46.50%
Right to Life Garifalia Christea 61,464 1.48%
Green Howie Hawkins 47,771 1.15%
Libertarian James Eisert 19,235 0.46%
Total votes 4,157,487 100%
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "NYS Board of Elections Comptroller Election Returns Nov. 5, 2002" (PDF).

See also

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Preceded by
1998
New York Comptroller election
2002
Succeeded by
2006