New York Comptroller election, 2010

The New York comptroller election of 2010 involved the first election campaign of Democrat Thomas DiNapoli for the Office of State Comptroller . DiNapoli was appointed as comptroller by a joint session of the New York State Legislature on February 7, 2007. DiNapoli defeated Wilson on November 2, 2010 by a close margin.

Candidates

Democratic Party

• Thomas DiNapoli, incumbent New York State Comptroller

Republican Party

• Harry Wilson, businessman

Green Party

• Julia Willebrand, peace activist

Libertarian Party

• John Gaetani, advocate for gold and silver investment

Polling

Democratic Primary

Poll Source	Dates administered	Tom DiNapoli	Eliot Spitzer	Undecided
Marist Poll	September 17, 2009	49%	37%	14%

General Election

Poll Source	Dates administered	Tom DiNapoli (D)	Harry Wilson (R)	Undecided
NY GOP	April 12, 2010	22%	25%	48%
Marist Poll	June 5, 2010	42%	47%	11%
Marist Poll	July 17, 2010	22%	48%	1%
Marist Poll	August 1–4, 2010	42%	48%	7%
Marist Poll	September 19, 2010	45%	45%	7%
Marist Poll	October 7, 2010	32%	49%	1%
Marist Poll	October 12, 2010	32%	35%	41%
Marist Poll	October 19, 2010	49%	34%	1%
NY Post	October 22, 2010	39%	45%	4%
Marist Poll	October 27, 2010	42%	41%	1%
Marist Poll	November 1, 2010	45%	45%	7%

General election

General election results [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Thomas P. DiNapoli	2,272,805	50.78%
	Republican	Harry Wilson	2,070,349	46.26%
	Green	Julia A. Willebrand	104,482	2.33%
	Libertarian	John Gaetani	27,898	0.62%
Totals			4,475,534	100.0%

External links

• Online Guide to New York Politics, politics1.com
• New York State Office of the Comptroller, osc.state.ny.us

References

1. ^ http://www.elections.state.ny.us/NYSBOE/elections/2010/general/2010ComptrollerAmended01272011.pdf

Preceded by 2006

New York Comptroller election 2010

Succeeded by 2014