New York attorney general election, 1998

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The 1998 election was held on November 3. Democratic challenger Eliot Spitzer narrowly unseated one-term Republican incumbent Dennis Vacco :

Year
1998	Eliot L. Spitzer Democrat Liberal 2,084,948 48.20%	Dennis C. Vacco Republican Conservative 2,059,762 47.62%	Catherine Abate Independence 81,439 1.88%	Robert W. Dapelo Right to Life 60,399 1.40%	Daniel A. Conti, Jr. Libertarian 19,864 0.46%	Johann L. Moore Green 18,984 0.44%

4,985,474 ballots were cast. Out of them, 660,078 were declared blank, void or missing.

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Preceded by 1994

New York attorney general election 1998

Succeeded by 2002