New York held an election for attorney general on November 8, 2022. The primary for U.S. Senate, state executive, and state assembly offices was scheduled for June 28, 2022, and the filing deadline was April 7, 2022. The primary for U.S. House and state senate offices was scheduled for August 23, 2022, and the filing deadline was June 10, 2022. This was one of 30 elections for attorney general taking place in 2022. All 50 states have an attorney general who serves as the state's chief legal officer, responsible for enforcing state law and offering the state government advice on legal matters. In 43 states, the office was, at the time of the 2022 elections, an elected post. At the time of the 2022 elections, there were 27 Republican attorneys general and 23 Democratic attorneys general. Click here for an overview of all 30 attorney general elections that took place in 2022. A state government triplex refers to a situation where the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state are all members of the same political party. Heading into the 2022 elections, there were 23 Republican triplexes, 18 Democratic triplexes, and nine divided governments where neither party held triplex control.

In September 2022, Sabato's Crystal Ball released an analysis of state attorney general election competitiveness. New York's attorney general election was rated as not competitive, meaning the seat was expected to stay in Democratic hands: "[Democratic incumbent] James, who has gained a national profile for her office’s investigations into Trump’s business dealings, was considering a run for governor in the wake of Andrew Cuomo’s scandal-driven resignation, but she decided instead to run again for AG. Attorney Michael Henry, who has both the Republican and Conservative ballot lines, does not pose a serious challenge to James." Click here to read the analysis.^[1]

Incumbent Letitia James won election in the general election for Attorney General of New York.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Attorney General of New York

Incumbent Letitia James defeated Michael Henry in the general election for Attorney General of New York on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Letitia James (D / Working Families Party)	54.6	3,168,256
	Michael Henry (R / Conservative Party)	45.3	2,631,301
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	3,073

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,802,630
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Sean Hayes (L)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Letitia James advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of New York.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Michael Henry advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of New York.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

John Sarcone III (R)
Joseph Holland (R)

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Michael Henry advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Attorney General of New York.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Letitia James advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Attorney General of New York.

Voting information

See also: Voting in New York

Election information in New York: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

In-person: Oct. 14, 2022
By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 14, 2022
Online: Oct. 14, 2022

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: Nov. 7, 2022
By mail: Received by Oct. 24, 2022
Online: Oct. 24, 2022

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 8, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 29, 2022 to Nov. 6, 2022

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls?

No

When were polls open on Election Day?

6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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Past elections

2018

See also: New York Attorney General election, 2018

General election

General election for Attorney General of New York

Letitia James defeated Keith Wofford, Michael Sussman, Christopher B. Garvey, and Nancy Sliwa in the general election for Attorney General of New York on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Letitia James (D)	62.4	3,739,239
	Keith Wofford (R)	35.2	2,108,600
	Michael Sussman (G)	1.2	72,512
	Christopher B. Garvey (L)	0.7	43,767
	Nancy Sliwa (Reform Party)	0.4	26,441
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	2,958

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,993,517
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Vincent Messina (Independence Party)
Kenneth Schaeffer (Working Families Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of New York

Letitia James defeated Zephyr Teachout, Sean Maloney, and Leecia Eve in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Letitia James	40.3	608,308
	Zephyr Teachout	31.0	468,083
	Sean Maloney	25.1	379,099
	Leecia Eve	3.5	52,367

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,507,857
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of New York

Keith Wofford advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Keith Wofford

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Green primary election

Green primary for Attorney General of New York

Michael Sussman advanced from the Green primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Michael Sussman

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Independence Party primary election

Independence Party primary for Attorney General of New York

Vincent Messina advanced from the Independence Party primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Vincent Messina

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Reform Party primary election

Reform Party primary for Attorney General of New York

Nancy Sliwa defeated Michael Diederich Jr. and Christopher B. Garvey in the Reform Party primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Nancy Sliwa	52.8	14,864
	Michael Diederich Jr.	24.0	6,752
	Christopher B. Garvey	23.2	6,533

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,149
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Working Families Party primary election

Working Families Party primary for Attorney General of New York

Kenneth Schaeffer advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Kenneth Schaeffer

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2014

See also: New York Attorney General election, 2014

Attorney General of New York, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Eric Schneiderman Incumbent	55.7%	2,069,956
	Republican	John Cahill	41.4%	1,538,990
	Green	Ramon Jimenez	2.2%	80,813
	Libertarian	Carl Person	0.7%	24,746
Total Votes				3,714,505
Election results via New York State Board of Elections

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections

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New York Attorney General
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election;
Election details
	Filing deadline: April 7, 2022
	Primary: June 28, 2022; General: November 8, 2022; Pre-election incumbent(s):; Letitia James (Democratic)
How to vote
	Poll times: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. (general elections); primary times vary by county; Voting in New York
Ballotpedia analysis
	Federal and state primary competitiveness; State executive elections in 2022; Impact of term limits in 2022; State government trifectas; State government triplexes; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
New York; executive elections
	Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; Comptroller

See also: Presidential voting trends in New York and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for New York, 2022
District	Incumbent	Party	PVI
New York's 1st	Open	Republican	R+3
New York's 2nd	Andrew Garbarino	Republican	R+3
New York's 3rd	Open	Democratic	D+2
New York's 4th	Open	Democratic	D+5
New York's 5th	Gregory Meeks	Democratic	D+30
New York's 6th	Grace Meng	Democratic	D+15
New York's 7th	Nydia Velazquez	Democratic	D+31
New York's 8th	Hakeem Jeffries	Democratic	D+26
New York's 9th	Yvette Clarke	Democratic	D+25
New York's 10th	Mondaire Jones	Democratic	D+35
New York's 11th	Nicole Malliotakis	Republican	R+6
New York's 12th	Carolyn B. Maloney / Jerry Nadler	Democratic	D+34
New York's 13th	Adriano Espaillat	Democratic	D+38
New York's 14th	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Democratic	D+28
New York's 15th	Ritchie Torres	Democratic	D+35
New York's 16th	Jamaal Bowman	Democratic	D+20
New York's 17th	Sean Patrick Maloney	Democratic	D+3
New York's 18th	Open	Democratic	D+1
New York's 19th	Vacant	Democratic	Even
New York's 20th	Paul Tonko	Democratic	D+7
New York's 21st	Elise Stefanik	Republican	R+9
New York's 22nd	Open	Republican	D+1
New York's 23rd	Vacant	Republican	R+12
New York's 24th	Claudia Tenney	Republican	R+11
New York's 25th	Joseph Morelle	Democratic	D+7
New York's 26th	Brian Higgins	Democratic	D+9

2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, New York^[2]
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
New York's 1st	49.5%	49.3%
New York's 2nd	48.7%	50.2%
New York's 3rd	53.6%	45.4%
New York's 4th	56.8%	42.2%
New York's 5th	80.9%	18.5%
New York's 6th	64.7%	34.4%
New York's 7th	80.8%	18.2%
New York's 8th	76.3%	23.1%
New York's 9th	75.4%	23.9%
New York's 10th	85.1%	13.9%
New York's 11th	45.7%	53.4%
New York's 12th	85.2%	13.8%
New York's 13th	88.1%	11.1%
New York's 14th	77.9%	21.3%
New York's 15th	84.7%	14.7%
New York's 16th	71.4%	27.7%
New York's 17th	54.5%	44.4%
New York's 18th	53.4%	45.0%
New York's 19th	51.3%	46.7%
New York's 20th	58.6%	39.4%
New York's 21st	42.8%	55.2%
New York's 22nd	52.6%	45.2%
New York's 23rd	40.4%	57.6%
New York's 24th	40.3%	57.5%
New York's 25th	58.8%	39.1%
New York's 26th	60.8%	37.4%

2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:

County-level voting pattern categories
Democratic
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Democratic	D	D	D
Trending Democratic	R	D	D
Battleground Democratic	D	R	D
New Democratic	R	R	D
Republican
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Republican	R	R	R
Trending Republican	D	R	R
Battleground Republican	R	D	R
New Republican	D	D	R

Following the 2020 presidential election, 71.5% of New Yorkers lived in one of the state's 17 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 16.8% lived in one of 15 Trending Republican counties. Overall, New York was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in New York following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

New York county-level statistics, 2020
Solid Democratic	17	71.5%
Trending Republican	15	16.8%
Solid Republican	26	8.6%
Battleground Democratic	4	3.1%
Total voted Democratic	21	74.6%
Total voted Republican	41	25.4%

Historical voting trends

New York presidential election results (1900-2020)

18 Democratic wins
13 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	R	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from New York

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in New York.

U.S. Senate election results in New York
Race	Winner	Runner up
2018	67.0%	33.0%
2016	70.4%	27.4%
2012	71.6%	27.0%
2010	66.3%	33.2%
2010	59.6%	33.3%
Average	67.0	30.8

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of New York

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in New York.

Gubernatorial election results in New York
Race	Winner	Runner up
2018	59.6%	36.2%
2014	54.3%	40.4%
2010	63.1%	33.5%
2006	65.7%	27.1%
2002	48.2%	32.7%
Average	58.4	34.1

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of New York's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from New York, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	19	21
Republican	0	8	8
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	27	29

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in New York's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in New York, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Kathy Hochul
Lieutenant Governor	Antonio Delgado
Secretary of State	Robert Rodriguez
Attorney General	Letitia James

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the New York State Legislature as of November 2022.

New York State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	42
	Republican Party	20
	Vacancies	1
Total		63

New York House of Representatives

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	107
	Republican Party	42
	Independence	0
	Vacancies	1
Total		150

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, New York was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

New York Party Control: 1992-2022
Six years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Governor	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Senate	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D
Assembly	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in New York and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

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Demographic Data for New York
	New York	United States
Population	20,201,249	331,449,281
Land area (sq mi)	47,123	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	62.3%	70.4%
Black/African American	15.4%	12.6%
Asian	8.6%	5.6%
Native American	0.4%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0%	0.2%
Two or more	4.7%	5.2%
Hispanic/Latino	19.1%	18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate	87.2%	88.5%
College graduation rate	37.5%	32.9%
Income
Median household income	$71,117	$64,994
Persons below poverty level	13.6%	12.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

External links

Footnotes

[1] Sabato's Crystal Ball, "The Attorneys General: A Dozen Races Dot the Competitive Landscape," September 14, 2022

[2] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022

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General election

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Green primary election

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