New York gubernatorial election, 2010

New York gubernatorial election, 2010

2006 ← November 2, 2010 → 2014

Nominee Andrew Cuomo Carl Paladino Party Democratic Republican Alliance Independence Conservative Running mate Robert Duffy Greg Edwards Popular vote 2,911,616 1,548,101 Percentage 62.6% 33.3%

County results

Governor before election David Paterson Democratic Elected Governor Andrew Cuomo Democratic

The New York gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor of New York, who will serve a four-year term to begin in January 2011. Incumbent Democratic Governor David Paterson, elected as Lieutenant Governor in 2006 as the running mate of former Governor Eliot Spitzer, chose not to run for a full-term. On November 2, New York Attorney General and Democrat Andrew Cuomo defeated Republican Carl Paladino. Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins received over 57,000 votes, allowing the New York Green Party to be listed on the ballot for the next 4 years. ^[1][2]

Candidates

New York is one of only eight states to allow for electoral fusion in which a candidate may appear as the nominee of more than one political party. New York has no limitation on the number of parties to which a candidate may be the nominee.

As of 2010, five parties have automatic ballot access: Democratic, Republican, Independence, Conservative, and Working Families. Other parties, such as the Libertarian Party and Green Party, can (and usually do) seek ballot access through a petition process. A party gains permanent ballot access by collecting at least 50,000 votes in a gubernatorial election.

Democratic

Governor David Paterson had announced he was running for election in 2010, but backed out less than a week later in February 2010.

Andrew Cuomo, the state Attorney General, was widely rumored to be considering a run. Though he had originally denied any interest,^[3] this did not stop rampant speculation that Cuomo would change his mind and enter the race, though the speculated date had been pushed back several times, according to those who said he was going to run.^[4][5] Though Cuomo had initially trailed Paterson by double digits in potential match up polls, he jumped to a massive lead over the incumbent, had a higher approval and favorability rating, and decidedly beat any Republican challenger in every poll, something that could not be said of Paterson.^[6][7] Despite this, and even with Paterson out of the race, it had still not been enough to convince Cuomo to come public with any plans, and he had stated only that "this is an election year and I will announce my plans at the appropriate time."^[8] After over a year of dodging speculation, Cuomo finally announced his candidacy on May 22, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. outside the Tweed Courthouse at New York's City Hall.^[9] In anticipation of this announcement, Cuomo had released a video laying out his platform and his plan for revitalizing the state of New York. Cuomo made this announcement only a few days before the state party convention, which was the deadline for major party candidates to announce their intentions. On May 26, 2010, he announced his choice for Lieutenant Governor, Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy, a former RPD police chief.

Dutchess County legislator Joel Tyner ran an unsuccessful petition drive that fell short of the 15,000 signatures necessary to get onto the primary ballot.^[10]

Nominee

• Attorney General Andrew Cuomo

Withdrew

• Jimmy McMillan, founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party,^[11] filed a petition that was far short of the numbers necessary to get onto the primary ballot.
• Governor David Paterson officially withdrew his bid on February 26, 2010.^[12]

Republican

Rick Lazio ran for, but lost, the Republican nomination.

In May 2009, former Long Island Congressman and 2000 Republican U.S. Senate nominee Rick Lazio announced that he would run for Governor. Lazio held frontrunner status for the Republican nomination for most of his run.

The most widely circulated potential candidate had been former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who stated on November 4 on Your World with Neil Cavuto that he didn't know whether he'd run for governor, and then confirmed to a reporter in Dubai that he was "seriously thinking about" a gubernatorial run. He stated that his run would depend on the success or failure of the budget and Paterson's handling of it. In January 2009, Giuliani said he would not decide on a gubernatorial run for another six to eight months. In April 2009, a Qunnipiac poll showed Giuliani slightly ahead Paterson.^[13][14] He officially declined to run in December 2009, instead backing former congressman Rick Lazio.

Chris Collins, the county executive of Erie County, New York (which includes the city of Buffalo), was also mentioned as a potential candidate, particularly if Giuliani decided not to run.^[15][16][17] Collins had indicated he would make his decision in January, but observers believed he was strongly leaning toward running.^[18] After further pondering, Collins decided not to run on January 26, 2010, but did not endorse Lazio and encouraged the state party to find someone else, either from the business field or possibly cross-endorsing Democrat Steve Levy.^[19] Collins cited a desire to focus on his current job and a lack of fundraising support from downstate donors, which he dubbed the "status quo."

Shortly after Collins passed on the race, local activist Rus Thompson persuaded developer Carl Paladino, a fellow political activist who launched several mostly unsuccessful issue campaigns ranging from a movement to repeal the Taylor Law to opposing Byron Brown's re-election as Mayor of Buffalo, New York, to consider running, either as a Republican or as an independent third-party candidacy. Paladino later indicated that he would only run 1) as a Republican and 2) if he felt he had a chance to win enough support, either at the convention (which was increasingly unlikely) or via the petition process, to land a spot on the primary ballot. As of March 2010, Paladino was considered to be strongly considering a run (his own statements had described his entry into the race as "a breath away"), and was said to be devoting $10,000,000 of his own money on the campaign. He warned state Republican Party chairman Edward F. Cox of his intentions^[20] and was also meeting with the state's Conservative Party to inquire about receiving their nomination.^[21]

In February 2010, Warren Redlich, a Guilderland attorney and town board member who ran as token opposition to Michael McNulty in 2004 and 2006, announced his entry into the race, running on a platform that sought to limit compensation of government employees to $100,000 per year.^[22]

Edmund M. Dunn self made business owner, non career politician and developer in upstate New York announced his candidacy in mid April as Gubernatorial candidate.During his run he attended the GOP rally by invitation in New York City as a nominee. After numerous media interviews citing his concern for the direction in which America's political system was heading, he retired his campaign in mid-July due to lack of additional funding. As the race continued, it became clear during the nationalized televised primaries his opponents had lost focused of the issues that faced New York. In one last tempt, with only weeks before the election he contacted the news media to offer the people of NY one final option, a write in vote, not for this election but for the future, 2012 and 2014. It was estimated by the party prior to him being forced to withdraw he would have carried several hundred thousand votes at the polls. In May of 2011 he published three books, one entitled America's Political Dominoes' which is written about the political system of today, world economics and his run as a candidate for New York State Governor.

Steve Levy, the county executive of Suffolk County, crossed over from his former party, the Democratic Party, to the Republicans in an effort to win their nomination. Because his decision came after the deadline to change parties, Levy was still legally a Democrat until November 2010 and would need a "Wilson Pakula" to run on the Republican line, which in turn would require a majority endorsement from the Republicans at the state convention.

After Rick Lazio announced that Greg Edwards would be his running mate, Myers Mermel, a New York City real estate developer and ally of Mike Huckabee who had been running a renegade campaign for lieutenant governor, stated that he no longer would seek to be lieutenant governor under Lazio or Steve Levy. He was expected to announce that a last-minute switch to a campaign for governor on May 24, 2010, four days before the state Republican convention.^[23]

By September 2010, Lazio and Paladino were nearly tied in the most polls, with Paladino having a significant edge in Upstate New York and Lazio leading heavily in Downstate New York. Paladino was supported heavily by the Tea Party movement.^[24] The primary was Tuesday, September 14, 2010.

Carl Paladino pulled out an upset and defeated Lazio in the primary. His win was primarily based strong upstate support, while low levels of voter turnout downstate hurt Lazio.^[25]

Nominee

• Carl Paladino, Buffalo developer and political activist.^[26] Paladino gained eight percent of the ballot at the state convention, but submitted 28,000 signatures, enough to force a Republican primary. He went on to defeat Rick Lazio in the Republican primary.

Lost nomination

• Rick Lazio, former Congressman, 2000 Senate election Republican nominee, official party designee.^[27]
• Warren Redlich, Libertarian Party nominee. He attended, but was not nominated at, the state convention, and did not find enough support for a petition drive. Redlich endorsed Lazio for the Republican primary.
• Steven A. Levy, Suffolk County executive.^[28] Levy, though he reached the 25 percent threshold, did not reach the 50 percent threshold necessary for the Wilson Pakula. He was ineligible to seek a Republican primary by petition and was effectively eliminated from the race.
• Myers Mermel, real estate developer.^[23] Mermel gained approximately four percent of the ballots at the state convention. He did not seek to petition onto the ballot, and endorsed Lazio.
• Art Luse, Dover Plains resident and advocate for privatization of the public school system. Luse submitted 23 pages of petitions, or roughly 250 signatures, far short of what was necessary to reach the ballot.

Conservative

The Conservative Party of New York State nomination, barring any changes, was to go to Republican candidate Rick Lazio following Lazio's endorsement by Michael Long, the Party's chairman.^[29] Steve Levy and Carl Paladino were also expected to make overtures to the party prior to its 2010 convention.^[21]

Lazio received the endorsement of the Party's executive committee in March 2010, with 14 party chairs in favor, four backing Steve Levy,^[30] and one (Erie County's Ralph Lorigo) backing Carl Paladino.^[21][31][32]

At the official Party convention in May 2010, Ralph Lorigo united with Steve Levy supporters to act as a placeholder on the ballot and earned 42% of the weighted ballot; by being a registered party member, he only needed 25% to force a primary election (something that Levy and Paladino, as a Democrat and Republican respectively, could not do).^{[citation needed]} By waiting several days (after the Republican convention) and then dropping out of the race, Lorigo allowed a Conservative Party committee to choose a replacement (presumably Paladino).^{[citation needed]} After Lorigo entered the gubernatorial race, Long demanded Lorigo's resignation;^[33] Lorigo responded by offering to wager the party chairmanship on the results of the race: If Lorigo won the primary, Long would resign and allow Lorigo (party second-in-command) to succeed him as Conservative Party chairman, but if Lazio won, Lorigo would resign his position within the Party.^[34]

As of 11:00 p.m. on September 14, 2010, Lazio led Lorigo in the primary by a 57-43 margin, not counting write-ins.^{[citation needed]} Carl Paladino was believed to have received numerous write-ins (write-ins, most probably bearing Paladino's name, accounted for as much as 22% of the vote tally in some counties).^[35] Following Lazio's loss to Paladino in the GOP gubernatorial primary, Chairman Long indicated that he planned to move forward with Lazio running as a third party candidate, but on September 27, 2010, Lazio confirmed that he would drop his bid for Governor by accepting a nomination for a judicial position in the Bronx.^[36] The Conservative Party then nominated Carl Paladino as its candidate for Governor of New York.^[37]

Nominee

• Carl Paladino^[38]

Candidates

• Rick Lazio, Republican nominee, won the primary but withdrew.
• Ralph Lorigo, chairman of the Erie County Conservative Party.

Independence

The Independence Party of New York publicly endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Andrew Cuomo prior to the party convention.^[39]

Nominee

• Andrew Cuomo

Working Families

The Working Families Party was said to heavily favor Cuomo, but was reportedly concerned that the party's damaged reputation may cause Cuomo to decline any nomination from them. In somewhat of a surprise move, the party nominated its own members for all but one statewide elected office, and did not cross-endorse Democrats as usual. The party nominated United Auto Workers lawyer Kenneth Schaffer as its nominee for governor in June 2010.^[40] After the federal investigation against the party was closed with no charges, speculation has run rampant that the party will vacate the line in favor of Cuomo by nominating Schaeffer for a judicial position and offering Cuomo a Wilson Pakula, which the party did unanimously in September 2010.^[41]

Nominee

• Andrew Cuomo

Libertarian

Though the Libertarian Party of New York does not have permanent ballot access in New York elections, they generally produce enough support to earn a slot on the ballot each gubernatorial election. The party chose Warren Redlich as their nominee at the state party convention on April 24, 2010.^[42]

Nominee

• Warren Redlich,^[42] Guilderland Town Board member and criminal defense attorney. Also sought Republican Party line, but did not file petitions.

Lost nomination

• Kristin Davis, madam of the prostitution ring of which Eliot Spitzer was a client^[43] Davis refused to show up at the convention and as a result did not appear on the ballot.^[42] Instead seeking Anti-Prohibition Party line.
• Sam Sloan, author and board game expert. Sloan, by his own admission, is not popular within the party and did not expect to win the nomination.^[44] Despite his failure to secure the nomination, Sloan was the first to submit petitions to the board of elections with the Libertarian Party line, which would have given him the nomination against the party committee's wishes; the down-ballot selections on Sloan's petitions are identical to those confirmed by the party committee. However, because his petitions failed to contain anywhere near the requisite 15,000 signatures, the nomination will likely go to Redlich; it has been speculated that Sloan is using the ploy to file a lawsuit against Redlich in his long-running dispute with the state Libertarian Party.^[45]

Green Party

The Green Party of New York nominated national party co-founder Howie Hawkins, who has been a perennial candidate in state and federal elections since 2006, as their candidate at the party convention on May 15, 2010.^[46] Like the Libertarians, the Greens had to petition their way onto the ballot, as they do not have permanent ballot access. Hawkins has indicated he will make a major push to win over disaffected left-wing voters who are put off by Cuomo's appeals to more fiscally conservative Democrats and independents in the state.

Nominee

• Howie Hawkins

The Rent Is 2 Damn High Party

Jimmy McMillan, "Rent is 2 Damn High"

The Rent is 2 Damn High Party whose perennial New York City mayoral candidate is Jimmy McMillan, fielded him in the New York gubernatorial election in 2010. The party's name appeared as the "Rent is 2 Damn High" on the ballot for space considerations. This was McMillan's second run for the office, having previously earned 13,355 votes for governor on the "Rent Is Too High" line in 2006.

Following the New York gubernatorial television debate, McMillan's campaign went viral.

Other parties

The following political parties have never gained ballot access in New York, but filed petitions and qualified for the November ballot. Their nominees were as follows:

• Taxpayers Party of New York: Carl Paladino, Buffalo developer, Republican candidate
• Anti-Prohibition Party: Kristin M. Davis, former madam
• Freedom Party (unrelated to George Pataki's 1994 party of the same name): Charles Barron, New York City Councilman, former Black Panther, and husband of Assemblywoman Inez Barron^[47]

These three parties were placed at the bottom of the ballot and, in many jurisdictions, were placed in a separate column from the other candidates, making it difficult for voters to find them. None of them gained automatic ballot access.

Withdrew or failed to qualify

• Constitution Party: Jan Johnson, theologist, conspiracy theorist. Withdrew before petition process began.
• Diversity Party: Alicia Figueras, networker and activist. Submitted no petitions.
• Liberal Party: Edward Culvert, Harlem minister and professor. Failed to collect enough petitions to qualify for the ballot.
• Tea Party: Steven Cohn, Long Island attorney and member of the Independence Party. Party was being backed by nightclub proprietor Sam Zherka.^[48] Was thrown off the ballot September 24 due to successful challenges from both the Paladino campaign and a candidate for state senate who was also using the name.^[49][50]
• Socialist Party: Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, was also endorsed by the Socialist Party of New York, but the party did not seek a separate ballot line for him, seeing that he was already on the Green Party line. The SPNY maintains a close relationship with the Green Party of New York and regularly endorses Green candidates.

For the first time in several elections, the Socialist Workers Party did not submit petitions for their candidate, Daniel Fein, and waged a write-in campaign for him instead. John Nemjo, an environmentalist from Troy who has run several write-in campaigns in the past, began a write-in campaign for the post in October 2010.^[51] Jim Nolan, an insurance salesman from Malta, also began a write-in campaign in October 2010. His campaign was run entirely by social media, including a website, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter page.^[52]

The Libertarian, Green and other minor parties had until August 17, 2010, to submit petitions to the state Board of Elections. A minimum of 15,000 valid signatures, from a minimum of 15 congressional districts, are required to achieve ballot access. The results will be finalized on September 2.

The Paladino campaign submitted 30,000 signatures for its Taxpayers Party. Charles Barron submitted 43,500 signatures for the Freedom Party, though a fellow New York City councilman, Lewis Fidler, has already announced his intention to challenge Barron's signatures.^[53] The Davis campaign has submitted 22,000 signatures; the Hawkins campaign has filed 27,000, and the Libertarian Party claims to have submitted over 34,000.^[54]

Lieutenant governor election

Along with the governor, a new lieutenant governor will be selected. The seat had been vacant since Spitzer's resignation and Paterson's subsequent succession to the governorship until Paterson appointed Richard Ravitch to the position in July 2009; the presidents of the New York State Senate (in succession, Joseph Bruno, Dean Skelos, Malcolm Smith and Pedro Espada) served as acting lieutenant governors while the office was vacant. Ravitch will not seek the seat in 2010.

Cuomo selected Rochester mayor Bob Duffy as his running mate on May 26, 2010.^[55]

Other candidates that had been mentioned as potential candidates include Ramapo town supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence,^[56][57] State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers),^[58] Buffalo mayor Byron Brown,^[59] State Senator Darrel Aubertine,^[60] and Canandaigua businessman Bill Samuels.^[61][62]

On the Republican side, Lazio has endorsed Chautauqua County executive Greg Edwards as his choice for lieutenant governor as of May 17, 2010.^[63] Tom Ognibene, former minority leader of the New York City Council, has been chosen as Paladino's running mate.^[64][65] Had Levy made it onto the primary ballot, he would have selected former New York Secretary of State Christopher Jacobs, a Buffalo native, as his running mate.^[66]

Other potential names that had either expressed an interest or were mentioned as potential candidates included Orange County executive Edward A. Diana,^[67] Monroe County executive Maggie Brooks, Onondaga County executive Joanie Mahoney (though Brooks and Mahoney both apparently rejected overtures to do so),^[63] 2006 lieutenant governor candidate C. Scott Vanderhoef (who is instead running for state senate), and Myers Mermel (who was running on a separate ticket^[68] but sought governor instead,^[23] eventually dropping out of both races).

The Libertarian Party chose Alden Link as their nominee, and the Green Party nominated Gloria Mattera as their candidate for the position. The Conservative Party chairman endorsed Lazio's running mate, Greg Edwards, though Andrew Kay was able to force his way onto a primary ballot on the Lorigo placeholder slate. The Working Families Party nominated community organizer Elon Harpaz.

In the Republican lieutenant governor primary, Greg Edwards narrowly defeated Tom Ognibene. This creates a problematic "split ticket:" three different ballot lines will have three different combinations of Paladino or Lazio and Edwards or Ognibene. The Republican ticket will have Paladino/Edwards, the Conservative ticket will have Lazio/Edwards, and the Taxpayers ticket will have Paladino/Ognibene. Under a technicality in the state's fusion laws, fusion only applies to whole tickets, and not to individual people on a gubernatorial ticket. Thus, unless the three parties agree on a ballot, neither Paladino nor Edwards would be allowed to count the aggregate total of both lines on the ballot in their total, leading to the possibility of either of them getting more votes than Cuomo-Duffy (or, theoretically, any other candidate) but still losing the election. This can be avoided by nominating one of the lieutenant governor nominees to a judicial position, as both Edwards and Ognibene have law degrees. Both Paladino and Edwards have indicated they are willing to run on each other's ticket, though Edwards is open to making changes in the ballot.^[69][70] The last time such a split ticket occurred was when Alfred DelBello ended up Mario Cuomo's running mate against Cuomo's wishes in 1982.

Election results

Election results by county

2010 gubernatorial election, New York[71]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Andrew Cuomo	2,911,616	62.6%
	Republican	Carl Paladino	1,548,101	33.3%
	Green	Howie Hawkins	59,928	1.3%
	Libertarian	Warren Redlich	48,386	1.0%
	RITDH	Jimmy McMillan	41,131	0.9%
	Freedom	Charles Barron	24,572	0.5%
	Anti-Prohibition	Kristin M. Davis	20,429	0.5%
Majority			1,363,515	29.3
Totals			4,654,163	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Polling

General election

Poll source	Dates administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Andrew Cuomo (D)	Carl Paladino (R)	Other	Undecided
Angus Reid Public Opinion	October 28–29, 2010	546 LV	±4.2%	55%	38%	5%	––
Rasmussen	October 22, 2010	943 RV	±3.0%	51%	37%	2%	12%
The New York Times	October 17–19, 2010	943 RV	±3.0%	67%	24%	2%	12%
The New York Times	October 10–15, 2010	943 RV	±3.0%	59%	24%	2%	12%
Survey USA / Gannett	October 11–13, 2010	633 LV	±3.9%	59%	33%	6%	3%
Survey USA / Gannett	October 5–7, 2010	627 LV	±4.0%	57%	34%	5%	3%
Angus Reid Public Opinion	October 5–7, 2010	500 RV	±4.5%	63%	32%	6%	––
Quinnipiac	October 1–5, 2010	1,141 LV	±2.9%	55%	37%	2%	6%
CNN / Opinion Research	October 1–5, 2010	585 LV	±4.0%	55%	41%	2%	1%
CNN / Opinion Research	October 1–5, 2010	1,315 RV	±2.5%	65%	31%	2%	1%
Siena Poll	October 3–4, 2010	636 LV	±3.9%	56%	32%	––	11%
Public Policy Polling	October 1–3, 2010	592 LV	±4.0%	53%	38%	––	8%
Marist Poll	September 27–29, 2010	591 LV	±4.0%	53%	38%	1%	8%
Survey USA/Gannett	September 20–21, 2010	572 LV	±4.2%	49%	40%	8%	3%
Quinnipiac	September 16–20, 2010	751 LV	±3.6%	49%	43%	1%	7%
Rasmussen Reports	September 20, 2010	500 LV	±4.5%	54%	38%	2%	6%
Quinnipiac	August 23–29, 2010	1,497 RV	±2.5%	60%	23%	1%	14%
Siena Poll	August 9–16, 2010	788 RV	±3.5%	60%	27%	––	13%
Quinnipiac	July 20–26, 2010	1,165 RV	±2.9%	55%	25%	1%	16%
Rasmussen Reports	July 20, 2010	500 LV	±4.5%	58%	29%	5%	8%
Rasmussen Reports	June 24, 2010	500 LV	±4.5%	55%	25%	6%	13%
Siena Poll	May 17–20, 2010	905 RV	±3.3%	65%	22%	––	13%
Marist Poll	May 3–5, 2010	686 RV	±4.0%	67%	22%	––	11%
Rasmussen Reports	April 27, 2010	500 LV	±4.5%	55%	25%	5%	15%
Quinnipiac	April 6–11, 2010	1,381 RV	±2.6%	60%	24%	1%	14%
Rasmussen Reports	March 29, 2010	500 LV	±4.5%	51%	28%	6%	15%
Rasmussen Reports	March 1, 2010	500 LV	±4.5%	56%	27%	6%	11%

Democratic primary

Poll source	Dates administered	David Paterson	Andrew Cuomo
Siena Poll	January 10–14, 2010	21%	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%

Republican primary

Poll source	Dates administered	Rick Lazio	Steve Levy	Carl Paladino
Siena Poll	September 7–9, 2010	42%	--	41%
Quinnipiac	July 20–26, 2010	39%	--	23%
Siena Poll	May 17–20, 2010	29%	14%	16%
Marist Poll	May 3–5, 2010	38%	22%	13%
Siena Poll	April 12–15, 2010	29%	15%	13%
Quinnipiac	April 6–11, 2010	34%	11%	11%
Marist Poll	March 23–24, 2010	53%	21%	--
Siena Poll	March 15–18, 2010	60%	19%	--

Pre-nomination polling

Lazio vs. Paterson

Poll source	Dates administered	David Paterson	Rick Lazio
Rasmussen Reports	January 18, 2010	38%	45%
Siena Poll	January 10–14, 2010	42%	42%
Rasmussen Reports	December 22, 2009	40%	43%
Quinnipiac	December 7–13, 2009	41%	37%
Rasmussen Reports	November 17, 2009	37%	41%
Marist	November 15, 2009	36%	39%
Rasmussen Reports	September 22, 2009	38%	38%
Marist	May 4, 2009	37%	40%

Lazio vs. Cuomo

Poll source	Dates administered	Andrew Cuomo	Rick Lazio
Quinnipiac	July 20–26, 2010	56%	26%
Rasmussen Reports	July 20, 2010	58%	27%
Siena Poll	July 12, 2010	60%	28%
Rasmussen Reports	June 24, 2010	55%	28%
Quinnipiac	June 22, 2010	58%	26%
Siena Poll	June 9, 2010	60%	24%
Siena Poll	May 17–20, 2010	66%	24%
Marist Poll	May 3–5, 2010	65%	25%
Rasmussen Reports	April 27, 2010	56%	24%
Siena Poll	April 12–15, 2010	61%	24%
Quinnipiac	April 6–11, 2010	55%	26%
Rasmussen Reports	March 29, 2010	52%	29%
Marist Poll	March 23–24, 2010	61%	30%
Siena Poll	March 15–18, 2010	59%	21%
Rasmussen Reports	March 2, 2010	55%	30%
Rasmussen Reports	January 18, 2010	54%	35%
Siena Poll	January 10–14, 2010	66%	24%
Quinnipiac	December 7–13, 2009	62%	22%
Rasmussen Reports	November 17, 2009	57%	29%
Rasmussen Reports	September 22, 2009	65%	26%
Marist Poll	February 25–26, 2009	71%	20%

Collins vs. Paterson

Poll source	Dates administered	David Paterson	Chris Collins
Siena Poll	January 10–14, 2010	40%	40%
Rasmussen Reports	December 22, 2009	38%	42%

Collins vs. Cuomo

Poll source	Dates administered	Andrew Cuomo	Chris Collins
Siena Poll	January 10–14, 2010	65%	23%

Cuomo vs. Levy

Poll source	Dates administered	Andrew Cuomo	Steve Levy
Siena Poll	May 17–20, 2010	65%	22%
Marist Poll	May 3–5, 2010	63%	25%
Rasmussen Reports	April 27, 2010	50%	27%
Siena Poll	April 12–15, 2010	58%	23%
Quinnipiac	April 6–11, 2010	57%	24%
Rasmussen Reports	March 29, 2010	50%	26%
Marist Poll	March 23–24, 2010	65%	26%
Siena Poll	March 15–18, 2010	63%	16%	Warren Redlich: 4%

Cuomo vs. Lazio vs. Paladino

Poll source	Dates administered	Andrew Cuomo	Rick Lazio	Carl Paladino	Notes
Marist Poll	September 23, 2010	52%	9%	33%
Siena Poll: Volunteer any candidate	May 17–20, 2010	43%	4%	5%	Steve Levy: 3% David Paterson:5% Rudy Giuliani:5%
Rasmussen Reports	March 2, 2010	50%	19%	15%

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External links

• New York State Board of Elections
  • Official candidate list
• Campaign contributions for 2010 New York Governor from Follow the Money
• New York Governor 2010 from OurCampaigns.com
• 2010 New York Governor Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
• Election 2010: New York Governor from Rasmussen Reports
• New York Governor - Lazio vs. Cuomo from Real Clear Politics
• 2010 New York Governor's Race from CQ Politics
• Race Profile in The New York Times

Official campaign websites

• Andrew Cuomo for New York Governor
• Rick Lazio for Governor
• Steve Levy for Governor
• Warren Redlich for Governor
• Online Guide to New York Politics, politics1.com
• Gormley, Michael (4/1/10). Who would want to be Governor? Associated Press. (A primer on the proposals of most of the candidates)