1998 New York Attorney General election

The 1998 New York Attorney General election took place on November 3, 1998 along with elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Democratic challenger Eliot Spitzer unseated one-term Republican incumbent Dennis Vacco in a major upset.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Catherine Abate, State Senator from Manhattan
• Evan A. Davis, former counsel to Governor Mario Cuomo
• Oliver Koppell, former Attorney General and State Assemblyman from the Bronx
• Eliot Spitzer, white collar defense attorney and candidate in 1994

Polling

Statewide Results

General election

Polling

Results

References

See also

1. Attorney General of New York
2. 2006 New York Attorney General election
3. New York Attorney General elections
4. 2002 New York Attorney General election
5. 2022 New York Attorney General election
6. 2010 New York Attorney General election
7. 2014 New York Attorney General election
8. 2018 New York Attorney General election
9. 1990 New York Attorney General election
10. 1982 New York Attorney General election
11. 1998 California Attorney General election
12. 1998 New York gubernatorial election
13. 1994 New York Attorney General election
14. 1986 New York Attorney General election
15. 2026 New York gubernatorial election
16. 2022 Arizona Attorney General election
17. 2021 New York County District Attorney election
18. 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
19. 1998 Minnesota Attorney General election
20. 2006 New York gubernatorial election