2002 New York State Comptroller election

The 2002 election was held on November 5. New York City Comptroller Alan Hevesi defeated former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso.

2002 New York State Comptroller election

November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05)

Candidate Alan Hevesi John Faso Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,095,913 1,933,104 Percentage 50.41% 46.50%

County results Hevesi:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Faso:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Comptroller before election Carl McCall Democratic Elected Comptroller Alan Hevesi Democratic

Democratic primary

Polling

Source	Date	Alan Hevesi	William Mulrow
Quinnipiac	September 3, 2002	39%	16%

General election

Polling

Source	Date	Alan Hevesi (D)	John Faso (R)
Quinnipiac	September 26, 2002	50%	30%
Quinnipiac	October 16, 2002	44%	36%
Quinnipiac	November 4, 2002	49%	34%

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Hevesi	2,095,913	50.41%
	Republican	John Faso	1,933,104	46.50%
	Right to Life	Garifalia Christea	61,464	1.48%
	Green	Howie Hawkins	47,771	1.15%
	Libertarian	James Eisert	19,235	0.46%
Total votes			4,157,487	100%
	Democratic hold

See also

Preceded by 1998

New York Comptroller election 2002

Succeeded by 2006