1998 New York State Comptroller election

1998 New York State Comptroller election

November 3, 1998 (1998-11-03)

Candidate Carl McCall Bruce Blakeman Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,862,903 1,423,086 Percentage 64.75% 32.19%

County results McCall:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%      80–90% Blakeman:      40–50%      50–60%

Comptroller before election Carl McCall Democratic Elected Comptroller Carl McCall Democratic

The 1998 election was held on November 3. Democratic incumbent Carl McCall defeated Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman by a wide margin:

General election

Polling

Source	Date	Carl McCall (D)	Bruce Blakeman (R)
Quinnipiac	September 27, 1998	54%	22%
Quinnipiac	October 15, 1998	52%	21%
Quinnipiac	October 28, 1998	57%	20%

General election results ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

1. http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/1998/COMPWEB.pdf ^{[dead link]}

See also

Preceded by 1994

New York Comptroller election 1998

Succeeded by 2002