2006 New York gubernatorial election

2006 New York gubernatorial election
Turnout	34.9%
	County results; Spitzer: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Faso: 40–50% 50–60%
Governor before election; George Pataki; Republican	Elected Governor ; Eliot Spitzer; Democratic

The 2006 New York gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of New York, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections, then incumbent Republican governor George Pataki chose not to run for re-election in a fourth term. Democrat Eliot Spitzer, the New York Attorney General, won the election over former Republican state Assembly minority leader John Faso. As of 2024, this is the last time the Governor’s office in New York changed partisan control. This was the first open-seat election since 1982. Primary elections were held on September 12. This is the last gubernatorial election where any of the following counties voted Democratic: Genesee, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Niagara, Fulton, Steuben, Tioga & Schoharie.

Spitzer was slated to serve between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2010, but he announced his resignation on March 12, 2008 (effective March 17, 2008), amid news of his involvement in a prostitution scandal. Spitzer was succeeded on March 17 by Lieutenant Governor David Paterson.

^ "2010 November General Election Turnout Rates". electproject.org. December 28, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2015.

[NYTTurnout-1] "2010 November General Election Turnout Rates". electproject.org. December 28, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2015.

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