Electoral history of David Paterson explained

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.

Statewide tickets on which Paterson has run

Year	Party					U.S. Senate
2006	Democratic	Eliot Spitzer		Alan Hevesi		Hillary Clinton
2006	Independence	Eliot Spitzer	David Paterson	Alan Hevesi		Hillary Rodham Clinton
2006		Eliot Spitzer	David Paterson	Alan Hevesi	Andrew Cuomo	Hillary Rodham Clinton

2004

• Mosley also ran on the Conservative line.

2002

• Mosley also ran on the Conservative and Independence party lines.
• Paterson also ran on the Liberal and Working Families party lines.

2000

• Mosley also ran on the Reform Party line.
• Paterson also ran on the Liberal and Working Families party lines.

1998

• Paterson also ran on the Liberal party line.

1996

• Paterson also ran on the Liberal party line.

1993

• Alter also held the Republican and Liberal party designations^[1]
• Reale also held the Conservative party designation^[2]
• Percentages from THE 1993 PRIMARY: Public Advocate; Green Scores Big Victory Over His Five Opponents in The New York Times on September 15, 1993

1988

• Paterson also ran on the Liberal party line.

1986

• Kirkland also held the Liberal Party designation.^[3]

2010 governor's race polling

In February 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%	align="center"	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	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

• Paterson, David . New York, New York, 2020

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

Notes and References

1. Hicks, Jonathan P. "THE 1993 ELECTIONS: Public Advocate; Green Breezes in Rematch From Primary". The New York Times. November 3, 1993.
2. "Mark Green for Public Advocate". The New York Times. September 5, 1993.
3. Schmalz, Jeffrey. "43 LEGISLATIVE CONTESTS ARE ON PRIMARY BALLOTS". The New York Times. September 8, 1986.