Electoral history of David Paterson

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	Governor	Lieutenant Governor	Comptroller	Attorney General	U.S. Senate
2006	Democratic	Eliot Spitzer	David Paterson	Alan Hevesi	Andrew Cuomo	Hillary Clinton
2006	Independence	Eliot Spitzer	David Paterson	Alan Hevesi	Jeanine Pirro	Hillary Rodham Clinton
2006	Working Families	Eliot Spitzer	David Paterson	Alan Hevesi	Andrew Cuomo	Hillary Rodham Clinton

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 Alison Duncan	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	Alphonzo Mosley	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	Alphonzo Mosley	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	Alphonzo Mosley	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	Zelda S. Owens	1,908	3.5%

• Paterson also ran on the Liberal party line.

1996

Election results, New York State Senate, 29th District, 1996[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David Paterson (I)	55,849	97.0%
	Independence	Alphonzo Mosley	1,864	3.0%

• 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

New York City Public Advocate, 1993 – Democratic Primary

Candidate		Votes	%	±
✓	Consumer Affairs Commissioner Mark J. Green		45
	Harlem State Senator David Paterson		19
	Bronx City Councilwoman Susan D. Alter		14
	Bronx State Assemblyman Roberto Ramirez		12
	Brooklyn State Senator Donald Halperin		8
	Transit PBA President Ronald W. Reale		2
Turnout

• Alter also held the Republican and Liberal party designations[7]
• Reale also held the Conservative party designation[8]
• Percentages from THE 1993 PRIMARY: Public Advocate; Green Scores Big Victory Over His Five Opponents in The New York Times on September 15, 1993

1992

Election results, New York State Senate, 29th District, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David Paterson (I)
	Republican	John L. Wood

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	Ernest Mabry	6,588	8.7%
	Conservative	John T. Gatto	787	1.0%

• Paterson also ran on the Liberal party line.

1986

Election results, New York State Senate, 29th District, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David Paterson (I)
	Liberal	Galen Kirkland

New York State Senate, 29th District, 1986 – Democratic Primary[10]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
✓	David Paterson (I)
	Tenant Activist Galen Kirkland
	Community Board Member Philip H.P. Reed

• 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%

Works

• Paterson, David Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity. 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

References

1. "NYS Board of Elections Governor Election Returns Nov. 7 2006". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved March 28, 2008.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "NYS Board of Elections - Senate Vote - Nov 2., 1998". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved March 28, 2008.
6. "Results of Voting in New York Races for the State Legislature and the Courts". The New York Times. November 7, 1996.
7. Hicks, Jonathan P. "THE 1993 ELECTIONS: Public Advocate; Green Breezes in Rematch From Primary". The New York Times. November 3, 1993.
8. "Mark Green for Public Advocate". The New York Times. September 5, 1993.
9. "THE ELECTIONS; New York State Senate". The New York Times. November 10, 1988.
10. "PRIMARIES AND CANDIDATES". The New York Times. September 8, 1986. Late City Final Edition, Section B, Page 4, Column 5.
11. Schmalz, Jeffrey. "43 LEGISLATIVE CONTESTS ARE ON PRIMARY BALLOTS". The New York Times. September 8, 1986.
12. "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.
13. "Ex-Prosecutor Is Nominated For a Manhattan Senate Seat". The New York Times. September 16, 1985.