Governor elections in New York
● In officeKathy HochulDemocratic
Elections won
R 17 · D 41 · Other 1068 gubernatorial elections since 1789
Last decided by
6.4 pts2022, Kathy Hochul over Lee Zeldin
Closest ever
0.06 pts1854, Myron Clark over Horatio Seymour
Longest streak
16 in a rowDemocratic, 1801–1836
Next election
2026Tuesday, November 3, 2026
New York's governor is Democrat Kathy Hochul; Hochul won the most recent race by 6.4 points in 2022. Hochul has held the office since 2022. The 2022 race put Hochul ahead of Lee Zeldin, 6.4 points clear. Across 68 elections since 1789, Republicans have won 17 and Democrats 41, with 10 going to other parties. Of those, the closest was 1854, decided by 0.06 points; the widest 2006, by 38.6 points.
Kathy Hochul D 3,140,415 · Lee Zeldin R 2,762,581
Andrew Cuomo D 3,635,340 · Marc Molinaro R 2,207,602
Andrew Cuomo D 2,069,480 · Rob Astorino R 1,537,077
Andrew Cuomo D 2,910,876 · Carl Paladino R 1,547,857
Eliot Spitzer D 3,086,709 · John Faso R 1,274,335
George Pataki R 2,538,702 · Mario Cuomo D 2,364,904
Mario Cuomo D 2,775,045 · Andrew O'Rourke R 1,363,968
Mario Cuomo D 2,675,213 · Lewis Lehrman R 2,494,827
Hugh Carey D 2,429,272 · Perry Duryea R 2,156,404
Hugh Carey D 3,028,503 · Malcolm Wilson R 2,219,667
Nelson Rockefeller R 2,690,626 · Frank D. O'Connor D 2,298,363
Nelson Rockefeller R 3,081,587 · Robert Morgenthau D 2,552,418
Nelson Rockefeller R 3,126,929 · W. Averell Harriman D 2,553,895
W. Averell Harriman D 2,560,738 · Irving Ives R 2,549,613
Thomas E. Dewey R 2,819,523 · Walter A. Lynch D 2,246,855
Thomas E. Dewey R 2,825,633 · James M. Mead D 2,138,482
Herbert H. Lehman D 2,391,286 · Thomas E. Dewey R 2,326,892
Herbert H. Lehman D 2,970,575 · William F. Bleakley R 2,450,104
Herbert H. Lehman D 2,201,729 · Robert Moses R 1,393,638
Herbert H. Lehman D 2,659,519 · William J. Donovan R 1,812,080
Theodore Roosevelt R 661,707 · Augustus Van Wyck D 643,921
Grover Cleveland D 535,318 · Charles J. Folger R 342,464
John Adams Dix R 445,801 · Francis Kernan D 392,350
John T. Hoffman D 399,490 · Stewart L. Woodford R 366,424
John T. Hoffman D 439,301 · John Augustus Griswold R 411,355
Reuben E. Fenton R 366,315 · John T. Hoffman C 352,526
Reuben E. Fenton N 369,557 · Horatio Seymour D 352,526
Horatio Seymour D 306,649 · James S. Wadsworth N 295,897
Edwin D. Morgan R 358,272 · William Kelly D 294,812
Myron Clark O 156,804 · Horatio Seymour D 156,495
Horatio Seymour D 264,121 · Washington Hunt W 241,525
Washington Hunt W 214,614 · Horatio Seymour D 214,352
John Young W 198,878 · Silas Wright D 187,306
Silas Wright D 241,090 · Millard Fillmore W 231,057
William C. Bouck D 208,072 · Luther Bradish W 186,091
William H. Seward W 222,011 · William C. Bouck D 216,726
William H. Seward W 192,882 · William L. Marcy D 182,461
William L. Marcy D 166,122 · Jesse Buel W 136,648
William L. Marcy D 181,900 · William H. Seward W 169,008
William L. Marcy D 166,410 · Francis Granger A 156,672
Enos T. Throop D 128,842 · Francis Granger A 120,361
DeWitt Clinton D 99,785 · William B. Rochester D 96,135
DeWitt Clinton D 103,452 · Samuel Young D 87,093
Joseph C. Yates D 128,493 · Solomon Southwick I 2,910
DeWitt Clinton D 47,447 · Daniel D Tompkins D 45,990
DeWitt Clinton D 43,310 · Peter Buell Porter T 1,417
Daniel D Tompkins D 45,412 · Rufus King F 38,647
Daniel D Tompkins D 43,324 · Stephen Van Rensselaer F 39,718
Daniel D Tompkins D 43,094 · Jonas Platt F 36,484
Daniel D Tompkins D 35,074 · Morgan Lewis D 30,989
Morgan Lewis D 30,829 · Aaron Burr D 22,139
George Clinton D 24,808 · Stephen Van Rensselaer F 20,843
John Jay F 16,012 · Robert Livingston D 13,632
John Jay F 13,481 · Robert Yates D 11,892
George Clinton D 8,440 · John Jay F 8,332
George Clinton A 6,391 · Robert Yates A 5,962