David Paterson has served in several elected positions, including the New York State Senate and as Lieutenant Governor of New York .
As a running mate to Eliot Spitzer , Paterson scored a landslide victory in the 2006 election with 69% of the vote. It was the largest margin of victory in a gubernatorial race in New York history, and the second-largest for any statewide race in New York history. The only larger victory was Chuck Schumer 's 71% victory in his successful reelection bid for the U.S. Senate two years earlier. Spitzer carried all but three counties in the state.[citation needed ]
2006 [ ]
New York Gubernatorial Election 2006 [1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Eliot Spitzer David Paterson
2,882,524
69.0%
Republican
John Faso C. Scott Vanderhoef
1,217,516
29.2%
Green
Malachy McCourt
40,729
1.0%
2004 [ ]
Election results, New York State Senate , 30th District, 2004[2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
David Paterson (I)
79,494
93.1%
Republican
5,945
6.9%
Mosley also ran on the Conservative line.
2002 [ ]
Election results, New York State Senate , 30th District, 2002[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
David Paterson (I)
49,852
91.8%
Republican
3,887
7.2%
Mosley also ran on the Conservative and Independence party lines.
Paterson also ran on the Liberal and Working Families party lines.
2000 [ ]
Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 2000[4]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
David Paterson (I)
77,853
96.0%
Republican
3,252
4.0%
Mosley also ran on the Reform Party line.
Paterson also ran on the Liberal and Working Families party lines.
1998 [ ]
Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1998[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
David Paterson (I)
52,344
96.5%
Republican
1,908
3.5%
Paterson also ran on the Liberal party line.
1996 [ ]
Paterson also ran on the Liberal party line.
1994 [ ]
Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1994
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
David Paterson (I)
1993 [ ]
1992 [ ]
1990 [ ]
Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1990
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
David Paterson (I)
1988 [ ]
Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1988[9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
David Paterson (I)
67,961
90.3%
Republican
6,588
8.7%
Conservative
John T. Gatto
787
1.0%
Paterson also ran on the Liberal party line.
1986 [ ]
Kirkland also held the Liberal Party designation.[11]
1985 [ ]
Special election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1985[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
David Paterson (I)
22,284
69.4%
Liberal
Galen Kirkland
6,126
19.1%
Republican
Joseph Holland
3,266
10.2%
Conservative
John T. Gatto
422
1.3%
New York State Senate , 29th District Special Election, 1985 – Democratic Nominating convention [13]
Candidate
Votes
%
±
✓
David Paterson
376
58%
Tenant Activist Galen Kirkland
272
42%
2010 Governor's Race Polling [ ]
In February of 2010, then Governor David Paterson , announced he would not run for a full term in 2010 .
Poll source
Dates administered
David Paterson
Andrew Cuomo
Siena Poll
January 10–14, 2010
21%
59%
Quinnipiac
December 7–13, 2009
23%
60%
Rasmussen Reports
July 14, 2009
27%
61%
Qunnipiac
May 5–11, 2009
17%
62%
Qunnipiac
April 1–5, 2009
18%
61%
Siena Poll
March 13–16, 2009
17%
67%
Marist Poll
February 25–26, 2009
26%
62%
Siena Poll
February 16–18, 2009
27%
53%
Quinnipiac
February 10–15, 2009
23%
55%
Siena Poll [permanent dead link ]
January 20–23, 2009
35%
33%
Siena Poll
December 8–11, 2008
49%
26%
Siena Poll
November 10–13, 2008
53%
25%
Siena Poll
July 7–10, 2008
51%
21%
Siena Poll
May 12–15, 2008
42%
29%
Siena Poll
April 12–15, 2008
35%
30%
Works [ ]
Further reading [ ]
John C. Walker,The Harlem Fox: J. Raymond Jones at Tammany 1920:1970, New York: State University New York Press, 1989.
David N. Dinkins, A Mayor's Life: Governing New York's Gorgeous Mosaic, PublicAffairs Books, 2013
Rangel, Charles B.; Wynter, Leon (2007). And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. New York:
Baker Motley, Constance Equal Justice Under The Law: An Autobiography, New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998.
Howell, Ron Boss of Black Brooklyn: The Life and Times of Bertram L. Baker Fordham University Press Bronx, New York 2018
References [ ]
^ "NYS Board of Elections Governor Election Returns Nov. 7 2006 ". New York State Board of Elections . Retrieved March 28, 2008.
^ "NYS Board of Elections - Senate Vote - Nov 2., 2004 Archived August 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ". New York State Board of Elections . Retrieved March 28, 2008.
^ "NYS Board of Elections - Senate Vote - Nov 2., 2002 Archived August 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ". New York State Board of Elections . Retrieved March 28, 2008.
^ "NYS Board of Elections - Senate Vote - Nov 2., 2000 Archived August 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ". New York State Board of Elections . Retrieved March 28, 2008.
^ "NYS Board of Elections - Senate Vote - Nov 2., 1998 ". New York State Board of Elections . Retrieved March 28, 2008.
^ "Results of Voting in New York Races for the State Legislature and the Courts ". The New York Times . November 7, 1996.
^ Hicks, Jonathan P. "THE 1993 ELECTIONS: Public Advocate; Green Breezes in Rematch From Primary ". The New York Times . November 3, 1993.
^ "Mark Green for Public Advocate ". The New York Times . September 5, 1993.
^ "THE ELECTIONS; New York State Senate ". The New York Times . November 10, 1988.
^ "PRIMARIES AND CANDIDATES ". The New York Times . September 8, 1986. Late City Final Edition, Section B, Page 4, Column 5.
^ Schmalz, Jeffrey. "43 LEGISLATIVE CONTESTS ARE ON PRIMARY BALLOTS ". The New York Times . September 8, 1986.
^ "THE '85 ELECTIONS; ELECTION RESULTS IN VOTING TUESDAY IN CITY AND ON LONG ISLAND; VOTE TOTALS FOR THE ELECTIONS HELD IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY ". The New York Times . November 7, 1985. Late City Final Edition, Section B, Page 6, Column 1.
^ "Ex-Prosecutor Is Nominated For a Manhattan Senate Seat ". The New York Times . September 16, 1985.
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