2022 New York State Comptroller election

2022 New York State Comptroller election

November 8, 2022

Nominee Thomas DiNapoli Paul Rodríguez Party Democratic Republican Alliance Working Families Conservative Popular vote 3,305,112 2,463,404 Percentage 57.3% 42.7%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results DiNapoli:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Rodriguez:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes

Comptroller before election Thomas DiNapoli Democratic Elected Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli Democratic

The 2022 New York State Comptroller election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the New York State Comptroller. The incumbent Democratic Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli won re-election to a fifth term. Paul Rodríguez, a financial advisor from Queens, was the Republican nominee.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Official designee

• Thomas DiNapoli, incumbent Comptroller (2007–present)^[1]

Write-in candidates who did not qualify for ballot access

• Quanda Francis, President of Sykes Capital Management

  

  Democrat Quanda Francis is running as a write-in candidate

Republican primary

Candidates

Official designee

• Paul Rodríguez, financial advisor and Conservative Party nominee for New York City Comptroller in 2021^[2]

Endorsements

Paul Rodríguez

Organizations

• New York Young Republican Club^[3]

General election

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Thomas DiNapoli (D)	Paul Rodríguez (R)	Other	Undecided
Siena College	October 12–14, 2022	707 (LV)	± 4.9%	54%	30%	0%	15%
Siena College	September 16–25, 2022	655 (LV)	± 3.9%	52%	29%	1%[b]	18%
Siena College	July 24–28, 2022	806 (LV)	± 3.5%	51%	30%	0%	17%

Endorsements

Paul Rodríguez (R)

Organizations

• New York Federation of College Republicans^[4]
• New York Young Republican Club^[3]

Newspapers

• New York Post^[5]

Results

2022 New York State Comptroller election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Thomas DiNapoli	2,980,833	51.67%	−10.09%
	Working Families	Thomas DiNapoli	324,279	5.62%	+3.03%
	Total	Thomas DiNapoli (incumbent)	3,305,112	57.29%	−9.67%
	Republican	Paul Rodriguez	2,171,067	37.64%	+10.18%
	Conservative	Paul Rodriguez	292,337	5.07%	+1.23%
	Total	Paul Rodriguez	2,463,404	42.71%	+11.41%
Total votes			5,768,516	100.0%
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

DiNapoli won 19 of 26 congressional districts, including four that elected Republicans.^[7]

District	DiNapoli	Rodriguez	Representative
1st	47%	53%	Lee Zeldin (117th Congress)
			Nick LaLota (118th Congress)
2nd	43%	56%	Andrew Garbarino
3rd	49%	51%	Tom Suozzi (117th Congress)
			George Santos (118th Congress)
4th	51%	49%	Kathleen Rice (117th Congress)
			Anthony D'Esposito (118th Congress)
5th	75%	25%	Gregory Meeks
6th	59%	41%	Grace Meng
7th	79%	21%	Nydia Velázquez
8th	72%	28%	Hakeem Jefferies
9th	73%	27%	Yvette Clarke
10th	83%	17%	Jerry Nadler (117th Congress)
			Dan Goldman (118th Congress)
11th	39%	61%	Nicole Malliotakis
12th	81%	19%	Carolyn Maloney (117th Congress)
			Jerry Nadler (118th Congress)
13th	86%	14%	Adriano Espaillat
14th	72%	28%	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
15th	80%	20%	Ritchie Torres
16th	66%	34%	Jamaal Bowman
17th	52%	48%	Mondaire Jones (117th Congress)
			Mike Lawler (118th Congress)
18th	53%	47%	Sean Patrick Maloney (117th Congress)
			Pat Ryan (118th Congress)
19th	52%	48%	Pat Ryan (117th Congress)
			Marc Molinaro (118th Congress)
20th	60%	40%	Paul Tonko
21st	45%	55%	Elise Stefanik
22nd	52%	48%	Claudia Tenney (117th Congress)
			Brandon Williams (118th Congress)
23rd	41%	59%	Joe Sempolinski (117th Congress)
			Nick Langworthy (118th Congress)
24th	40%	60%	John Katko (117th Congress)
			Claudia Tenney (118th Congress)
25th	57%	43%	Joseph Morelle
26th	61%	39%	Brian Higgins

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Not going to vote" with 1%

References

New York Comptroller election, 2022

1. Solomon, Joshua (February 17, 2022). "Hochul accepts Democratic Party nomination for governor". Times Union. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
2. "Republican Party nominates state attorney general, comptroller". www.ny1.com. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
3. "Endorsement: Paul Rodríguez for New York State Comptroller". nyyrc.com. New York Young Republican Club. February 28, 2022.
4. "NYFCR Endorsements: 2022". newyorkfcr.org. August 21, 2022. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022.
5. "The Post endorses Paul Rodriguez for State Comptroller". October 24, 2022.
6. "2022 General Election Results — Certified December 15, 2022". New York State Board of Elections.
7. "DRA 2020". Daves Redistricting. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

Preceded by 2018

New York Comptroller election 2022

Succeeded by 2026

External links

Official campaign websites

• Thomas DiNapoli (D) for Comptroller
• Paul Rodríguez (R) for Comptroller