2002 New York Attorney General election

2002 New York Attorney General election

← 1998 November 5, 2002 2006 →
 
Nominee Eliot Spitzer Dora Irizarry
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,744,302 1,234,899
Percentage 66.4% 29.9%

County results
Spitzer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Irizarry:      40–50%      50–60%

Attorney General before election

Eliot Spitzer
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Eliot Spitzer
Democratic

The 2002 election was held on November 5 to elect the Attorney General of New York. Democratic incumbent Eliot Spitzer was reelected by a wide margin, defeating Republican Dora Irizarry. This is the most recent and the last New York Attorney General election in which the winner won a majority of New York's counties.