New York Attorney General election, 2018
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The 2018 New York Attorney General election will take place on November 6, 2018. The New York primary election for state and local candidates took place on September 13, 2018.[1]
Former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned on May 8, 2018 after allegations of domestic abuse and withdrew from his then-ongoing reelection campaign. Incumbent Attorney General Barbara Underwood was chosen by the Legislature to complete his unexpired term, but was not seeking election to a full term.
Four Democrats were running for Attorney General in 2018. They are Leecia Eve, former senior policy advisor to U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton; party nominee Letitia James, New York City Public Advocate; Sean Patrick Maloney, U.S. Representative for New York's 18th congressional district; and Zephyr Teachout, professor at Fordham University School of Law. The Republican Party has nominated Manhattan bankruptcy attorney Keith Wofford. At the primary elections on September 13, 2018 former New York City Public Advocate Letitia James won the nomination.
Background
Attorney General Eric 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 revealed allegations that he had physically abused several women he had dated during his tenure in office. Schneiderman resigned hours after the story was released, with the resignation taking effect at the end of the business day May 8; he concurrently ended his bid for reelection.
Barbara Underwood, the Solicitor General, took on the duties of Attorney General upon Schneiderman's resignation. A joint session of the New 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.[2] Underwood has confirmed that she will not run for the office in the 2018 elections.[3]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Filed
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):[4]
- Leecia Eve, former senior policy advisor to U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 2006[5]
- Letitia James, New York City Public Advocate[5][6] (nominee of the state party convention)[7]
- Sean Patrick Maloney, U.S. Representative for New York's 18th congressional district[8][9]
- Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Law Associate Professor, nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York's 19th congressional district in 2016, candidate for Governor of New York in 2014[10][11][12]
Withdrew
- Eric Schneiderman, former Attorney General[13]
Declined
- Daniel Garodnick, former member of the New York City Council
- Michael Gianaris, New York State Senator[5]
- Kathleen Rice, U.S. Representative from New York's 4th congressional district[14]
- Barbara Underwood, interim Attorney General[3]
- Tim Wu, special enforcement counsel to the attorney general and 2014 lieutenant governor primary candidate[15]
- Charles D. Lavine, Member of the New York State Assembly
Endorsements
| Letitia James |
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| Sean Patrick Maloney |
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| Zephyr Teachout |
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Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Leecia Eve |
Letitia James |
Sean Patrick Maloney |
Zephyr Teachout |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change Research (D) | September 11–12, 2018 | 844 | ± 3.5% | 3% | 27% | 26% | 28% | – | 16% |
| Siena College | September 4–7, 2018 | 509 | ± 4.3% | 3% | 24% | 25% | 18% | 1% | 30% |
| Siena College | July 22–26, 2018 | 630 | ± 3.9% | 4% | 25% | 16% | 13% | – | 42% |
| Quinnipiac University | July 12–16, 2018 | 415 | ± 6.2% | 3% | 26% | 15% | 12% | – | 44% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Letitia James | 579,382 | 40.6 | |
| Democratic | Zephyr Teachout | 442,733 | 31.0 | |
| Democratic | Sean Patrick Maloney | 357,665 | 25.0 | |
| Democratic | Leecia Eve | 48,638 | 3.4 | |
| Total votes | 1,428,418 | 100.0 | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Keith Wofford, co-managing partner of Ropes & Gray's New York City office[38] (designated party nominee)[39]
Withdrew
- Manny Alicandro, corporate attorney from Manhattan[40] (ended Attorney General campaign in May 2018 to run for Comptroller)[41]
- Joe Holland, former Commissioner of the New York Department of Housing and Community Renewal (defeated for Republican nomination; endorsed Republican nominee Keith Wofford)[42]
Declined
- John P. Cahill, Republican nominee for Attorney General in 2014 and former aide to Governor George Pataki[40]
- John Katko, U.S. Representative[43]
- John DeFrancisco, Deputy Majority Leader of the New York State Senate[40]
Qualified third parties
Conservative
Conservative Party of New York State chairman Michael R. Long indicated the party would cross-endorse the Republican nominee for Attorney General.[38]
- Nominee: Keith Wofford
Working Families
Nominee: Kenneth Schaefer, dummy candidate.[44] The party endorsed both Letitia James and Zephyr Teachout prior to the September 13 primary election.[45] Schaefer, who advanced as the Working Parties Families nominee following the primary, will most likely step aside in favor of the eventual Democratic nominee.
Independence Party
Nominee: Victor J. Messina, Jr.
Green Party
Nominee: Michael Sussman
Reform
On May 20, 2018, the Reform Party of New York State authorized four candidates to run for Attorney General in its September 13, 2018 primary: Preet Bharara (who declined),[46] Michael Diederich, Jr., Christopher B. Garvey, and Nancy Sliwa.[47]
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
Libertarian
- Christopher B. Garvey, voteGarvey.org [48]
General election
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Letitia James (D) |
Keith Wofford (R) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siena College | September 20–27, 2018 | 701 | ± 3.9% | 50% | 36% | 1%[49] | 14% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Letitia James | |||
| Independence | Letitia James | |||
| Working Families | Letitia James | |||
| Total | Letitia James | |||
| Conservative (N.Y.) | Keith Wofford | |||
| Republican | Keith Wofford | |||
| Total | Keith Wofford | |||
| Green | Michael Sussman | |||
| Libertarian | Christopher Garvey | |||
| Reform | Nancy Sliwa | |||
| Majority | ||||
| Total votes | ||||
References
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections 2018 Political Calendar
- ↑ https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2018/05/22/underwood-set-to-be-chosen-as-interim-attorney-general/?slreturn=20180422171533
- 1 2 Lovett, Kenneth; Blain, Glenn (May 22, 2018). "Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood to remain in office until year's end". New York Daily News.
- ↑
- 1 2 3 Gormley, Michael; Ferrette, Candice (May 9, 2018). "8 possible candidates to replace Schneiderman as attorney general". Newsday.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ "Letitia James declares intent to run for NY state attorney general". 16 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ↑ New York State Democrats Nominate Letitia James for Attorney General
- ↑ Campbell, Jon (May 9, 2018). "Here's who could replace Attorney General Eric Schneiderman". DemocratandChronicle.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ New York Times. "Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney to Enter N.Y. Attorney General Race". Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ↑ Teachout, Zephyr [@ZephyrTeachout] (8 May 2018). "I am seriously considering running for Attorney General" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 May 2018 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Zephyr Teachout takes step to run for NY attorney general; Rep. Maloney drops bid for appointment". Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ↑ "Zephyr Teachout Is Running for Attorney General of New York". Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ↑ "Eric Schneiderman for Attorney General". Retrieved 24 November 2017.
Official campaign site of the incumbent Democratic candidate in 2018 for New York's Attorney General.
- ↑ Garcia, Eric; Garcia, Eric (15 May 2018). "Kathleen Rice Passes on Running for New York Attorney General". Retrieved 22 May 2018 – via www.rollcall.com.
- ↑ Lovett, Kenneth. "Columbia Law professor who coined 'net neutrality' term mulling run for attorney general - NY Daily News". Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Segers, Grace (18 July 2018). "The lopsided endorsements for AG". City & State. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- 1 2 Grim, Ryan (7 August 2018). "EMILY's List Backs Letitia James, Andew Cuomo's Candidate for New York Attorney General". The Intercept. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- 1 2 Reisman, Nick (September 6, 2018). "O'Rourke And Kennedy Endorse Maloney". NY State of Politics.
- ↑ "CARPENTERS UNION ENDORSES MALONEY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL". Sean Patrick Maloney for New York.
- ↑ McKenna, Chris (July 27, 2018). "LGBT Victory Fund endorses Maloney in AG Dem primary". blogs.hudsonvalley.com.
- 1 2 "Zephyr Teachout for Attorney General of New York". The Nation. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ↑ "Our Candidates/New York/Zephyr Teachout". Our Revolution. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Chirlane McCray Endorses Zephyr Teachout in N.Y. Attorney General Race". The New York Times. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ↑ Lovett, Kenneth; Elizalde, Elizabeth (July 12, 2018). "Teachout gets backing for AG race from Ocasio-Cortez". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ↑ Paiella, Gabriella (8 August 2018). "Exclusive: Cynthia Nixon and Zephyr Teachout to Announce Dual Endorsement". yahoo.com. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/kerriharrisde/status/1039262802442153990?s=21
- ↑ "Upstate Politics: Myrick endorses Teachout, Akshar announces recovery funding". Ithaca Journal. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ↑ "Robert Jackson Endorses Zephyr Teachout for Attorney General". Black Star News.
- ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Ritchie Torres 'co-endorses' Zephyr Teachout after first backing Letitia James". New York Daily News. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ↑ "Assemblyman Steck endorses Teachout for AG". The Daily Gazette. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ↑ "Zephyr Teachout Is the Right Choice as Attorney General for Democrats". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Zephyr Teachout for attorney general: A standout in the Democratic field". New York Daily News. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ↑ "Editorial: Teachout for attorney general". The Buffalo News. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "Jayapal Endorses Teachout For AG". NY State of Politics. August 10, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Progressives Cheer NYT Editorial Board Endorsement of Zephyr Teachout for Attorney General". Common Dreams. August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Bernie Sanders endorses Zephyr Teachout, stays out of NY governor race". Democrat and Chronicle. August 20, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Reich Endorses Teachout". State of Politics. September 6, 2018.
- 1 2 Lovett, Kenneth (May 21, 2018). "GOP has yet to nail down picks for AG, controller as convention looms". New York Daily News. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ↑ Precious, Tom (May 24, 2018). "GOP delegates choose Buffalo native Keith Wofford as state attorney general candidate". Buffalo News. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- 1 2 3 Whalen, Ryan (May 10, 2018). "GOP Looks for New AG Candidates". State of Politics. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ↑ Precious, Tom (May 24, 2018). "GOP delegates choose Buffalo native Keith Wofford as state attorney general candidate". Buffalo News. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ↑ Precious, Tom (May 24, 2018). "GOP delegates choose Buffalo native Keith Wofford as state attorney general candidate". Buffalo News. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Congressman Katko not running for A.G., wants to focus on CNY". cnycentral.com. April 25, 2017.
- ↑ "WFP nominates placeholder for AG, blames Cuomo for James snub". Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ↑ http://workingfamilies.org/2018/05/wfp-tish-james-zephyr-teachout/
- ↑ https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/bharara-schneiderman-attorney-general-post-1.20211813
- ↑ [NY Bd of Elections May 26, 2018]
- ↑ 2018 Libertarian Candidate for Attorney General, Nominated for AG by the 2018 NY Libertarian Convention; 2006 Libertarian candidate for Attorney General of New York (see New_York_gubernatorial_election,_2006); 1998 Libertarian candidate for Governor of New York (see New_York_gubernatorial_elections); Libertarian candidate for District Attorney, Suffolk, 2009, 2013, 2017 ; 2015 Conservative Candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court 12th Judicial District []Bd of Elections 2015, [] 2003, [] 2002, [] 2001, [] 2000.
- ↑ "Won't vote with 1%"
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