2010 New York State Comptroller election

The New York comptroller election of 2010 involved the first election campaign of Democrat Thomas DiNapoli to the Office of State Comptroller. DiNapoli was appointed as Comptroller by a joint session of the New York State Legislature on February 7, 2007. In the general election on November 2, 2010, DiNapoli defeated Republican nominee Harry Wilson to be elected to his first full term in office. However, he significantly underperformed every other Democrat on the ballot for statewide office.

2010 New York Comptroller election

November 2, 2010
 
Nominee Thomas DiNapoli Harry Wilson
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families Conservative
Popular vote 2,271,666 2,069,427
Percentage 50.78% 46.26%

County results
DiNapoli:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Wilson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Comptroller before election

Thomas DiNapoli
Democratic

Elected Comptroller

Thomas DiNapoli
Democratic

Democratic Party

Nommiee: Thomas DiNapoli, incumbent New York State Comptroller

Polling

Poll Source Dates administered Tom DiNapoli Eliot Spitzer Undecided
Marist Poll September 17, 2009 49% 37% 14%

Republican Party

Nommiee: Harry Wilson

Other Parties

Green Party

Libertarian Party

  • John Gaetani

General election

Polling

Poll Source Dates administered Tom DiNapoli (D) Harry Wilson (R) Undecided
NY GOP April 12, 2010 22% 25% 48%
Marist Poll June 5, 2010 42% 47% 11%
Marist Poll July 17, 2010 22% 48% 1%
Marist Poll August 1–4, 2010 42% 48% 7%
Marist Poll September 19, 2010 45% 45% 7%
Marist Poll October 7, 2010 32% 49% 1%
Marist Poll October 12, 2010 32% 35% 41%
Marist Poll October 19, 2010 49% 34% 1%
NY Post October 22, 2010 39% 45% 4%
Marist Poll October 27, 2010 42% 41% 1%
Marist Poll November 1, 2010 45% 45% 7%

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas P. DiNapoli (incumbent) 2,271,666 50.78%
Republican Harry Wilson 2,069,427 46.26%
Green Julia A. Willebrand 104,445 2.33%
Libertarian John Gaetani 27,882 0.62%
Total votes 4,473,420 100%
Democratic hold

References

  1. "NYS Board of Elections Comptroller Election Returns November 2, 2010" (PDF). Elections.NY.gov. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
Preceded by
2006
New York Comptroller election
2010
Succeeded by
2014


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