David Paterson has served in several elected positions, including the New York State Senate and as Lieutenant Governor of New York .
As a running mate to Eliot Spitzer, Paterson scored a landslide victory in the 2006 election with 69% of the vote. It was the largest margin of victory in a gubernatorial race in New York history, and the second-largest for any statewide race in New York history. The only larger victory was Chuck Schumer's 71% victory in his successful reelection bid for the U.S. Senate two years earlier. Spitzer carried all but three counties in the state.[citation needed ]
David Paterson at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival Statewide tickets on which Paterson has run Year Party Governor Lieutenant Governor Comptroller Attorney General U.S. Senate 2006 Democratic Eliot Spitzer David Paterson Alan Hevesi Andrew Cuomo Hillary Clinton 2006 Independence Eliot Spitzer David Paterson Alan Hevesi Jeanine Pirro Hillary Rodham Clinton 2006 Working Families Eliot Spitzer David Paterson Alan Hevesi Andrew Cuomo Hillary Rodham Clinton
2006 2004 Election results, New York State Senate , 30th District, 2004[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic David Paterson (I) 79,494 93.1% Republican Alphonzo Mosley 5,945 6.9%
2002 Election results, New York State Senate , 30th District, 2002[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic David Paterson (I) 49,852 91.8% Republican Alphonzo Mosley 3,887 7.2%
2000 Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 2000[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic David Paterson (I) 77,853 96.0% Republican Alphonzo Mosley 3,252 4.0%
Mosley also ran on the Reform Party line. Paterson also ran on the Liberal and Working Families party lines. 1998 Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1998[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic David Paterson (I) 52,344 96.5% Republican Zelda S. Owens 1,908 3.5%
Paterson also ran on the Liberal party line. 1996 Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1996[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic David Paterson (I) 55,849 97.0% Independence Alphonzo Mosley 1,864 3.0%
Paterson also ran on the Liberal party line. 1994 Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1994 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic David Paterson (I)
1993 New York City Public Advocate , 1993 – Democratic Primary Candidate Votes % ± ✓ Consumer Affairs Commissioner Mark Green 45 Harlem State Senator David Paterson 19 Bronx City Councilwoman Susan D. Alter 14 Bronx State Assemblyman Roberto Ramirez 12 Brooklyn State Senator Donald Halperin 8 Transit PBA President Ronald W. Reale 2 Turnout
Alter also held the Republican and Liberal party designations[7] Reale also held the Conservative party designation[8] Percentages from THE 1993 PRIMARY: Public Advocate; Green Scores Big Victory Over His Five Opponents in The New York Times on September 15, 1993 1992 Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1992 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic David Paterson (I) Republican John L. Wood
1990 Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1990 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic David Paterson (I)
1988 Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1988[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic David Paterson (I) 67,961 90.3% Republican Ernest Mabry 6,588 8.7% Conservative John T. Gatto 787 1.0%
Paterson also ran on the Liberal party line. 1986 Election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1986 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic David Paterson (I) Liberal Galen Kirkland
New York State Senate , 29th District, 1986 – Democratic Primary[10] Candidate Votes % ± ✓ David Paterson (I) Tenant Activist Galen Kirkland Community Board Member Philip H. P. Reed
Kirkland also held the Liberal Party designation.[11] 1985 Special election results, New York State Senate , 29th District, 1985[12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic David Paterson (I) 22,284 69.4% Liberal Galen Kirkland 6,126 19.1% Republican Joseph Holland 3,266 10.2% Conservative John T. Gatto 422 1.3%
2010 governor's race polling In February 2010, then Governor David Paterson , announced he would not run for a full term in 2010 .
Poll source Dates administered David Paterson Andrew Cuomo Siena Poll January 10–14, 2010 21% 59% Quinnipiac December 7–13, 2009 23% 60% Rasmussen Reports July 14, 2009 27% 61% Qunnipiac May 5–11, 2009 17% 62% Qunnipiac April 1–5, 2009 18% 61% Siena Poll March 13–16, 2009 17% 67% Marist Poll Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine February 25–26, 2009 26% 62% Siena Poll February 16–18, 2009 27% 53% Quinnipiac February 10–15, 2009 23% 55% Siena Poll[permanent dead link ] January 20–23, 2009 35% 33% Siena Poll December 8–11, 2008 49% 26% Siena Poll November 10–13, 2008 53% 25% Siena Poll July 7–10, 2008 51% 21% Siena Poll May 12–15, 2008 42% 29% Siena Poll April 12–15, 2008 35% 30%
Works Paterson, David Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity. New York, New York, 2020 Further reading John C. Walker,The Harlem Fox: J. Raymond Jones at Tammany 1920:1970, New York: State University New York Press, 1989. David N. Dinkins, A Mayor's Life: Governing New York's Gorgeous Mosaic, PublicAffairs Books, 2013 Rangel, Charles B.; Wynter, Leon (2007). And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. New York: Baker Motley, Constance Equal Justice Under The Law: An Autobiography, New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998. Howell, Ron Boss of Black Brooklyn: The Life and Times of Bertram L. Baker Fordham University Press Bronx, New York 2018 References ^ "NYS Board of Elections Governor Election Returns Nov. 7 2006". New York State Board of Elections . Retrieved March 28, 2008. ^ "NYS Board of Elections - Senate Vote - Nov 2., 2004 Archived August 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ". New York State Board of Elections . Retrieved March 28, 2008. ^ "NYS Board of Elections - Senate Vote - Nov 2., 2002 Archived August 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ". New York State Board of Elections . Retrieved March 28, 2008. ^ "NYS Board of Elections - Senate Vote - Nov 2., 2000 Archived August 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ". New York State Board of Elections . Retrieved March 28, 2008. ^ "NYS Board of Elections - Senate Vote - Nov 2., 1998". New York State Board of Elections . Retrieved March 28, 2008. ^ "Results of Voting in New York Races for the State Legislature and the Courts". The New York Times . November 7, 1996. ^ Hicks, Jonathan P. "THE 1993 ELECTIONS: Public Advocate; Green Breezes in Rematch From Primary". The New York Times . November 3, 1993. ^ "Mark Green for Public Advocate". The New York Times . September 5, 1993. ^ "THE ELECTIONS; New York State Senate". The New York Times . November 10, 1988. ^ "PRIMARIES AND CANDIDATES". The New York Times . September 8, 1986. Late City Final Edition, Section B, Page 4, Column 5. ^ Schmalz, Jeffrey. "43 LEGISLATIVE CONTESTS ARE ON PRIMARY BALLOTS". The New York Times . September 8, 1986. ^ "THE '85 ELECTIONS; ELECTION RESULTS IN VOTING TUESDAY IN CITY AND ON LONG ISLAND; VOTE TOTALS FOR THE ELECTIONS HELD IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY". The New York Times . November 7, 1985. Late City Final Edition, Section B, Page 6, Column 1. ^ "Ex-Prosecutor Is Nominated For a Manhattan Senate Seat". The New York Times . September 16, 1985. Governor of New York Political activities Life and family Key staff Works Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity