The2018 New York Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018. New York City Public AdvocateLetitia James , aDemocrat , was elected. James is the first woman and the first African-American to be elected New York Attorney General.
Former attorney generalEric Schneiderman resigned on May 8, 2018, after allegations of domestic abuse and withdrew from his then-ongoing reelection campaign. Incumbent solicitor generalBarbara Underwood was chosen by the legislature to complete the unexpired term, but opted not to seek election to a full term.
On September 13, 2018, James won the Democratic nomination for attorney general, defeatingLeecia Eve , former senior policy advisor to U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton;Sean Patrick Maloney , U.S. Representative for New York's 18th congressional district; andZephyr Teachout , professor at Fordham University School of Law. In the general election, James defeatedRepublican Party candidateKeith Wofford with over 60% of the vote.
In the general election, James carried every county won byAndrew Cuomo in theconcurrent gubernatorial election as well asFranklin ,Clinton ,Essex ,Orange ,Duchess ,Columbia ,Broome ,Cortland andSchenectady counties.
Attorney GeneralEric Schneiderman , a Democrat, was first elected to the office of Attorney General in 2010, winning reelection in 2014. He was in the midst of campaigning for a third term in office when on May 7, 2018,The New Yorker [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Barbara Underwood , the solicitor general, took on the duties of Attorney General upon Schneiderman's resignation. A joint session of theNew York State Legislature formally appointed Underwood to fill the rest of Schneiderman's term on May 22, after interviewing several potential candidates; of the 209 members in the State Legislature, 190 votes were cast in favor, with one (Charles Barron ) voting against her in protest of the process, and 18 abstaining.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
The following candidates were certified by the State Board of Elections as having filed for the primary ballot (James by state convention nomination and the others by submitting sufficient signatures):[ 8]
Letitia James
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Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Member of New York City Council[ 19] Justin Brannan , Member of New York City Council[ 19] Byron Brown ,Mayor of Buffalo [ 19] Robert Cornegy , Member of New York City Council[ 19] Marcos Crespo , Member of the New York State Assembly[ 19] Laurie Cumbo , Majority Leader of New York City Council[ 19] Andrew Cuomo , 56thGovernor of New York [ 20] Chaim Deutsch , Member of New York City Council[ 19] Rubén Díaz Jr. ,Borough President of theBronx [ 19] Michael Gianaris , Member of theNew York Senate [ 19] Carl Heastie ,Speaker of the New York State Assembly [ 19] Earlene Hill Hooper , Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly[ 19] Corey Johnson ,Speaker of the New York City Council [ 19] Todd Kaminsky , Member of the New York Senate[ 19] Andy King , Member of New York City Council[ 19] Mark D. Levine , Member of New York City Council[ 19] Joseph D. Morelle , Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly[ 19] Crystal Peoples , Member of the New York State Assembly[ 19] Gustavo Rivera , Member of the New York Senate[ 19] Rafael Salamanca , Member of New York City Council[ 19] Luis R. Sepúlveda , Member of the New York Senate[ 19] José M. Serrano , Member of the New York Senate[ 19] Kathy Sheehan ,Mayor of Albany [ 19] Ritchie Torres , Member of New York City Council[ 19] U.S. Senators
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Sean Patrick Maloney
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Zephyr Teachout
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Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Letitia James 608,308 38.53% Democratic Zephyr Teachout 468,083 29.65% Democratic Sean Patrick Maloney 379,099 24.02% Democratic Leecia Eve 52,367 3.32% Total votes 1,578,588 100.0%
Manny Alicandro, corporate attorney from Manhattan[ 48] [ 46] Joe Holland , former Commissioner of the New York Department of Housing and Community Renewal (defeated for Republican nomination; endorsed Republican nominee Keith Wofford)[ 46] Keith Wofford
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Qualified third parties [ edit ] Conservative Party of New York State chairmanMichael R. Long indicated the party would cross-endorse the Republican nominee for attorney general.[ 45]
Nominee:Letitia James .[ 58] [ 59] Kenneth Schaefer , who was nominated as the Working Families Party'sdummy candidate ,[ 60] [ 61]
Nominee:Letitia James .[ 61] [ 62] [ 63] [ 61]
Nominee: Michael Sussman
On May 20, 2018, theReform Party of New York State authorized four candidates to run for attorney general in its September 13, 2018 primary:
Preet Bharara , former U.S. Attorney (declined)[ 64] Michael Diederich Jr. Christopher B. Garvey, Libertarian Party nominee and perennial candidate Nancy Regula, animal rights activist and wife of party chairmanCurtis Sliwa [ 65] Reform primary results Party Candidate Votes % Reform Nancy Sliwa 13,643 53.3 Reform Michael Diederich, Jr. 6,005 23.5 Reform Christopher B. Garvey 5,949 23.2 Total votes 25,597 100.0
Other third parties [ edit ] Christopher B. Garvey[ 66] Letitia James (D) went on to easily win the election, with 62% of the vote versus Wofford's (R) 35%.[ 71] [ 72]
New York Attorney General election, 2018[ 73] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Letitia James 3,497,213 58.38% +12.89% Working Families Letitia James 152,350 2.54% −1.79% Independence Letitia James 89,676 1.50% −1.33% Total Letitia James 3,739,239 62.42% +9.77% Republican Keith Wofford 1,851,510 30.91% −1.68% Conservative Keith Wofford 257,090 4.29% −2.31% Total Keith Wofford 2,108,600 35.20% −4.24% Green Michael Sussman 72,512 1.21% −0.85% Libertarian Christopher Garvey 43,767 0.73% +0.10% Reform Nancy Sliwa 26,441 0.44% N/A Total votes 5,990,559 100.0% N/A Democratic hold
By congressional district [ edit ] James won 23 of 27 congressional districts, including three that elected Republicans, with the remaining four going to Wofford, including one that elected a Democrat.[ 74]
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