The 2002 election was held on November 5. Democratic incumbent Eliot Spitzer was reelected by a wide margin:
| General election results [1] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
Percentage |
|
Democratic |
Eliot L. Spitzer |
2,744,302 |
66.42% |
|
Republican |
Dora Irizarry |
1,234,899 |
29.89% |
|
Right to Life |
John J. Broderick |
78,268 |
1.89% |
|
Green |
Mary Jo Long |
50,755 |
1.23% |
|
Libertarian |
Daniel A. Conti, Jr. |
23,213 |
0.56% |
| Totals |
4,131,437 |
100.00% |
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Preceded by
1998 |
New York attorney general election
2002 |
Succeeded by
2006 |