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New York held various elections on November 5, 2002.
Federal
United States House
2002 United States House of Representatives elections in New York
New York lost 2 seats following congressional apportionment.
State
In the period 1984 to 2002, competition in New York state campaigns drastically reduced, while campaign spending for Assembly candidates rose from $22,625 in 1984 to an average of $108,625 in 2002, and State Senate candidates' spending went from an average of $35,054 to $328,228 in the same period.62 https://books.google.com/books?id=aBur1Ph3F_kC&pg=PA62&dq=2002+New+York+state+elections+-wikipedia&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source= Governing New York State, Fifth Edition 2006 9780791466926 Jeffrey M. Stonecash Amy Widestrom State University of New York Press November 2, 2025
Governor
2002 New York gubernatorial election
George Pataki, a Republican, was re-elected to a third term.
Attorney General
2002 New York Attorney General election
Democratic Eliot Spitzer was re-elected to a 2nd term as Attorney General.
Comptroller
2002 New York Comptroller election
Alan Hevesi was elected to replace fellow Democrat Carl McCall, who ran unsuccessfully for governor.
State Senate
2002 pre-election Seats Republican-Held 36 Democratic-Held 25
A district was added.
2002 post-election Seats Republican-Held 37 Democratic-Held 25
State Assembly
2002 pre-election Seats Democratic-Held 97 Republican-Held 52 Vacant 1
2002 post-election Seats Democratic-Held 103 Republican-Held 47
Local
July 2010
See also
New York gubernatorial elections
New York state elections
References
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