NY
New York Governor
Tue, Nov 3 · Governor Kathy Hochul Democratic since Aug 2021
Bruce A. BlakemanRepublicanAge 71Kathy HochulDemocratic · IncumbentAge 68 · 4 years in politics
Bruce A. Blakeman 38.2Kathy Hochul 52.1
Average of 4 polls, Sep 23 to Oct 19, from VoteHub · how it’s calculated
Newest poll
1 is a partisan pollNewest · Quinnipiac University, field dates Oct 15 to Oct 19, released Oct 22, 1,167 likely votersPolls fetched Oct 30, 2:02 a.m. ET, from VoteHub
Polls over time
24 polls, through Election Day Nov 3Each dot is one published poll. The thick line is the 7-week average, not a forecast. How it’s calculated. All polls. Polls fetched Oct 30, 2:02 a.m. ET, from VoteHub.
The polls in this chart (24)
1 poll released in the last 14 days · latest results range from 48–58% (D) and 31–41% (R) (newest 5 polls on the chart)
Each dot is a poll with both names, 24 of the 24 for this race. Dots and lines follow the field end date. The table adds the day each poll was released.
| Pollster | Field dates | Released | Sample | Hochul | Blakeman |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac University | Oct 15 to Oct 19 | Oct 22 | 1,167 likely voters | 55 | 41 |
| Beacon Research | Oct 1 to Oct 6 | Oct 15 | 820 registered voters | 53 | 31 |
| Emerson College | Oct 3 to Oct 5 | Oct 8 | 900 likely voters | 52.4 | 39.7 |
| co/efficient | Sep 23 to Sep 25 | Oct 6 | 1,046 likely voters | 48 | 41 |
| Quinnipiac University | Sep 17 to Sep 20 | Sep 24 | 1,026 likely voters | 58 | 39 |
| Concord Public Opinion Partners | Aug 19 to Aug 21 | Sep 3 | 505 likely voters | 50 | 34 |
| Siena University | Aug 3 to Aug 6 | Aug 12 | 811 likely voters | 49 | 39 |
| Red Oak Strategic | Jul 7 to Jul 12 | Jul 29 | 2,000 registered voters | 47 | 43 |
| co/efficient | Jun 30 to Jul 2 | Jul 7 | 1,085 likely voters | 47 | 41 |
| Siena College | Jun 23 to Jun 26 | Apr 27 | 800 registered voters | 44 | 19 |
| Siena University | Jun 17 to Jun 23 | Jun 25 | 1,120 registered voters | 52 | 32 |
| Pollfinity | Jun 11 to Jun 14 | Jun 23 | 229 likely voters | 50 | 40 |
| Siena University | Apr 27 to Apr 30 | May 28 | 806 registered voters | 49 | 33 |
| Echelon Insights/Tusk Strategies | Mar 24 to Mar 26 | Apr 27 | 500 registered voters | 55 | 40 |
| Siena College | Mar 23 to Mar 26 | Apr 27 | 804 registered voters | 47 | 34 |
| Siena College | Feb 23 to Feb 26 | Apr 27 | 805 registered voters | 51 | 31 |
| Marist College | Feb 16 to Feb 19 | Apr 27 | 1,442 registered voters | 50 | 33 |
| MAD Global Strategy | Feb 2 to Feb 4 | Apr 27 | 600 likely voters | 47 | 34 |
| Siena College | Jan 26 to Jan 28 | Apr 27 | 802 registered voters | 54 | 28 |
| John Zogby Strategies | Jan 6 to Jan 8 | Apr 27 | 844 likely voters | 53 | 39 |
| Siena College | Dec 8 to Dec 12 | Apr 27 | 801 registered voters | 50 | 25 |
| Siena College | Dec 8 to Dec 12 | Apr 27 | 801 registered voters | 50 | 25 |
| J.L. Partners | Nov 9 to Nov 10 | Apr 27 | 500 likely voters | 47 | 36 |
| Grayhouse | Apr 22 to Apr 24 | Apr 27 | 600 registered voters | 44 | 36 |
Side by side
Blakeman left, Hochul right- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeHochulNo published score for Blakeman
- Record
- None on file
- 1-1
- Years in politics
- Not available
- 4
- Age on Election Day
- 71
- 68
How these are counted
The spectrum is a published research score, not our rating. How this works. Record is wins and losses in the races in our results files, the same count as each profile.
What changed in this race
Newest firstNEW POLLNew York Governor
New York Governor: Kathy Hochul 55, Bruce Blakeman 41
Quinnipiac University, Oct 15 to Oct 19, 1,167 likely voters · via VoteHub (CC BY 4.0)
More about this race
Candidates on the ballot
- Kathy HochulIncumbentDemocratic(Democratic, Working Families)with Adrienne E. Adams
- Bruce A. BlakemanRepublican(Republican, Conservative, Vote Affordable)with Todd Hood
Source: elections.ny.gov, dated Oct 7
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History (8 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 5,912,286
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
Governor, New York, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKathy HochulWon Democratic 3,140,41553.1% RepublicanLee M. Zeldin Republican 2,762,58146.7% Scattered write-ins 9,2900.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,104,477
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
Governor, New York, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAndrew M. CuomoWon Democratic 3,635,34059.6% RepublicanMarc Molinaro Republican 2,207,60236.2% GreenHowie Hawkins Green 103,9461.7% LibertarianLarry Sharpe Libertarian 95,0331.6% OtherStephanie A. Miner Serve America Movement 55,4410.9% Scattered write-ins 7,1150.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,819,086
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
Governor, New York, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAndrew M. CuomoWon Democratic 2,069,48054.2% RepublicanRob Astorino Republican 1,537,07740.2% GreenHowie Hawkins Green 184,4194.8% LibertarianMichael McDermott Libertarian 16,7690.4% Scattered write-ins 6,3780.2% OtherSteven Cohn Sap 4,9630.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,657,955
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
Governor, New York, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAndrew M. CuomoWon Democratic 2,910,87662.5% RepublicanCarl P. Paladino Republican 1,547,85733.2% GreenHowie Hawkins Green 59,9061.3% LibertarianWarren Redlich Libertarian 48,3591.0% OtherJimmy McMillan Rdh 41,1290.9% OtherCharles Barron Fdm 24,5710.5% OtherKristin M. Davis App 20,4210.4% Scattered write-ins 4,8360.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,437,220
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
Governor, New York, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEliot SpitzerWon Democratic 3,086,70969.6% RepublicanJohn Faso Republican 1,274,33528.7% GreenMalachy McCourt Green 42,1661.0% LibertarianJohn Clifton Libertarian 14,7360.3% OtherJimmy McMillan Rent Is Too High 13,3550.3% OtherMaura DeLuca Socialist Workers 5,9190.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,579,078
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
Governor, New York, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGeorge PatakiWon Republican 2,262,25549.4% DemocraticCarl McCall Democratic 1,534,06433.5% OtherTom Golisano Independence 654,01614.3% OtherGerard Cronin Right to Life 44,1951.0% GreenStanley Aronowitz Green 41,7970.9% OtherThomas K. Leighton Marijuana Reform 21,9770.5% OtherAndrew M. Cuomo Liberal 15,7610.3% LibertarianScott Jeffrey Libertarian 5,0130.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,735,236
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
Governor, New York, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGeorge PatakiWon Republican 2,571,99154.3% DemocraticPeter Vallone Sr. Democratic 1,570,31733.2% OtherB. Thomas Golisano Independence 364,0567.7% OtherBetsy McCaughey Ross Liberal 77,9151.6% OtherMichael Reynolds Right to Life 56,6831.2% GreenAl Lewis Green 52,5331.1% OtherThomas K. Leighton Marijuana Reform 24,7880.5% OtherMary Alice France Unity 9,6920.2% LibertarianChris Garvey Libertarian 4,7220.1% OtherAl Duncan Socialist Workers 2,5390.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,203,762
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
Governor, New York, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGeorge PatakiWon Republican 2,538,70248.8% DemocraticMario M. Cuomo Democratic 2,364,90445.4% OtherB. Thomas Golisano Independence Fusion 217,4904.2% OtherRobert T. Walsh Right to Life 67,7501.3% LibertarianRobert L. Schulz Libertarian 9,5060.2% OtherLawrence Lane Socialist Workers 5,4100.1%
All rows: Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder, Candidates in American General Elections, version 3.1 (2006-2023 governor rows), retrieved Oct 28, 2026
Governor races before 1994 are not loaded yet.
Data notes (13)
- Source priority per race: (1) a state election office's own certified results parsed in scripts/data/gov_results.py (NJ Division of Elections PDFs, Virginia Department of Elections, the Civera ElectionStats databases run by CT, VA, VT, CO, NY, NM and SC, the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, the NC State Board of Elections archive); (2) the open Cha/Kuriwaki/Snyder 'Candidates in American General Elections' file (Harvard Dataverse, CC0), which copies each state's statement of vote; (3) OpenElections county files and the 2020 Dataverse official-results tables, used only to add named candidates the Dataverse file omitted and to add the write-in count; (4) MEDSL precinct sums, used the same way and only when their Democratic and Republican totals agree with the Dataverse rows to 0.3 percent. Each race's source is listed in web/data/sources/gov-results.json.
- total is the sum of the candidate rows in the file, and pct is votes divided by that total, rounded to one decimal. Blank, void, over and under votes are never in total. Write-in votes are in total as a 'Write-ins' row (writein: true) wherever a source reports them: the official databases, OpenElections, and MEDSL precinct returns. The Dataverse file leaves write-ins out, so MEDSL's write-in sum is added when MEDSL's count for every named candidate equals the Dataverse count exactly (for example AK 2022, 784 write-ins, and AL 2022, 9,432, both matching the state's statement of vote). Each race's source ids are in the race's source and sourceAlso fields and in the gov-results-<st> entry of sources.json.
- 151 races not taken from a state's own results file have no write-in row. Either the state counted no write-ins, or the sources on file leave them out (MEDSL's precinct sums did not match every named candidate exactly, or MEDSL has no file for that year); where they were left out, total is short by the write-ins and pct can run slightly above the state's printed percentage: AK 2006, AK 2010, AK 2014, AL 2006, AL 2010, AL 2014, AL 2018, AR 2006, AR 2014, AR 2018, AR 2022, AZ 2002, AZ 2014, AZ 2022, CA 2014, CA 2018, CA 2022, DE 2008, DE 2012, DE 2016, DE 2020, DE 2024, GA 2014, GA 2018, HI 2006, HI 2010, HI 2014, HI 2018, HI 2022, IA 2006, IA 2010, IA 2014, ID 1998, ID 2006, ID 2010, ID 2022, IL 2010, IL 2014, IL 2018, IN 2004, IN 2008, IN 2012, IN 2016, IN 2020, KS 2006, KS 2010, KS 2014, KS 2018, KS 2022, KY 2007, KY 2011, KY 2015, KY 2019, LA 2007, LA 2011, LA 2015, LA 2019, LA 2023, MD 2006, MD 2014, MD 2022, ME 2006, ME 2010, ME 2014, ME 2022, MI 2006, MI 2010, MI 2014, MI 2022, MN 2006, MN 2010, MN 2014, MO 2020, MS 2007, MS 2011, MS 2015, MS 2019, MS 2023, MT 2000, MT 2004, MT 2008, MT 2012, MT 2016, MT 2020, MT 2024, ND 2008, NE 2006, NE 2010, NE 2014, NE 2018, NE 2022, NH 2008, NH 2010, NH 2012, NH 2014, NH 2024, NM 2010, NV 2006, NV 2010, NV 2014, NV 2018, NV 2022, OH 2014, OH 2018, OK 2006, OK 2010, OK 2014, OK 2018, OK 2022, OR 2006, OR 2010, OR 2014, OR 2018, OR 2022, PA 2002, PA 2006, PA 2010, PA 2014, PA 2018, PA 2022, RI 2006, RI 2010, RI 2014, SC 2006, SD 2006, SD 2010, SD 2014, SD 2018, SD 2022, TX 2014, TX 2018, TX 2022, UT 2008, UT 2010, UT 2012, UT 2020, WA 2008, WA 2012, WA 2016, WI 2006, WI 2010, WI 2014, WI 2018, WV 2008, WV 2011, WV 2012, WV 2016, WV 2020, WV 2024, WY 2002, WY 2006.
- party is D, R, I, L, G, O or N from the party label in the source; party_label keeps the source's wording. The Dataverse file prints short labels (Lbt, Grn, Const, DFL, NPA); those are expanded to Libertarian, Green, Constitution, Democratic-Farmer-Labor and No Party Affiliation. Fusion candidates (NY, CT, SC, and the Democratic-Progressive line in VT) are one candidate with all of their ballot lines added together.
- Names: the Dataverse file stores 'LAST, FIRST MIDDLE (NICKNAME), SUFFIX'; the display name uses the nickname when there is one (Josh Shapiro, Bob Riley) and otherwise the given names. All-caps source names were title-cased by rule and can be wrong for internal capitals (DiGiulio, DeWine). Official lists that print only surnames (NJ 1997; MA tickets from 2010 on) take the full name from the Dataverse row of the same race where the surname and party match, otherwise stay surname-only.
- incumbent is true or false only for races built from the Dataverse file (it carries an incumbency code; code 3, a governor who succeeded to the office, is treated as incumbent). It is null for official-source races and for candidates added from OpenElections or MEDSL.
- Louisiana uses an open primary with a runoff. One race per election is stored: the round that decided it (the October primary when someone won more than 50 percent, otherwise the November runoff, marked runoff:true). Exact dates for those rounds come from the Dataverse/official files where present and are set in the script otherwise (LA_DATES); check them before showing a date.
- Recall elections (Wisconsin June 2012, California September 2021) are not included. Only regular and special general elections for the office are stored; primaries and runoff primaries are not.
- scripts/data/federal_results.py, if it is re-run, rewrites every web/data/results/governor/{ST}.json to []. Run scripts/data/gov_results.py after it, or remove build_governor() from that script.
- NY: No governor general-election result in this file for 1 of 9 expected election years between 1990 and 2025: 1990. No open or official bulk source was found and parsed for them yet; they are gaps, not zeroes.
- Candidate name is the sitting governor's officials-file spelling for 16 rows (the race's winner, same state, race within the governor's tenure, same surname and a compatible first name). Text encoding and casing are repaired by scripts/data/names.py.
- Governor races earlier than the first year listed are not loaded yet for 50 states (AK from 2006; AL from 2006; AR from 2002; AZ from 2002; CA from 2002; CO from 1990; CT from 1990; DE from 2008; FL from 1990; GA from 2002; HI from 2006; IA from 2002; ID from 1994; IL from 2006; IN from 2004; KS from 2006; KY from 2007; LA from 2007; MA from 1990; MD from 2006; ME from 2006; MI from 2006; MN from 2006; MO from 2008; MS from 2007; MT from 2000; NC from 1992; ND from 2008; NE from 2006; NH from 2006; NJ from 1993; NM from 2002; NV from 2006; NY from 1994; OH from 2002; OK from 2006; OR from 2006; PA from 2002; RI from 2006; SC from 2006; SD from 2006; TN from 2002; TX from 1994; UT from 2008; VA from 1993; VT from 1990; WA from 2008; WI from 2006; WV from 2000; WY from 2002). The sources on file start later; nothing was filled in from memory. Each governor page says so under History.
- 1 duplicate candidate rows merged: a 0-vote placeholder row beside the real row is dropped. governor/CO 2022 Paul Noël Fiorino
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Cite this page
Election Wrld. (2026). Governor of New York. https://www.electionwrld.com/ny/governor. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
Sources
Sources
- Used for
- web/data/officials/governors.json (name, party, start date)
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://query.wikidata.org/sparql
- Used for
- Federal general-election date rule (cited; text not downloaded)
- License
- US government work, public domain
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://uscode.house.gov/
- Used for
- Governor candidate rows 2006-2023 (data file id 10626651, sha256 1fa9698b3eb4883aa645f32048939ace5d4787a433d35a5ca82b92ebf361923d). Version 3.1 is used instead of the later version 4.1 because 4.1 drops many minor-party rows.
- License
- CC0 1.0
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DGDRDT
- Used for
- Governor candidate rows for 2024 where no official file was parsed (data file id 13461690, sha256 abf13d31e8ab3c8ba897a003e9f59865175e1fb0a95b1da35134f9699ddd56f5).
- License
- CC0 1.0
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DGDRDT
- Used for
- County-level governor rows used to add named candidates and write-in counts missing from the Dataverse file (files in data/raw/gov-results/openelections/ and openelections_pre2006/).
- License
- No license is stated in the OpenElections repositories. OpenElections says its data is free for anyone to use. Written permission requested (docs/PERMISSION-REQUESTS.md). No CC0 claim.
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://github.com/openelections
- Used for
- Governor general-election results in each state's database (raw JSON saved as data/raw/gov-results/civera_<st>/governor_1990_2025.json via the databases' public GraphQL endpoint). Hosts: electionhistory.ct.gov, historical.elections.virginia.gov, electionarchive.vermont.gov, historicalelectiondata.coloradosos.gov, results.elections.ny.gov, electionstats.sos.nm.gov, electionhistory.scvotes.gov.
- License
- public records of the state election offices
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://electionhistory.ct.gov/
DataState data (JSON)Sources: Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder, Candidates in American General Elections, version 3.1 (2006-2023 governor rows), VoteHub polls (CC BY 4.0), DIME (ODC-BY), Photo of Kathy Hochul: KC Kratt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)Data as of Oct 28, 2026
