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2010Final results

2010 election for New York Governor

Governor · New York

Andrew Cuomo (D) won with 65.3% of the vote, defeating Carl Paladino (R) by 30.6 points.

Andrew CuomoDemocrat · winner
65.3%2,911,721
Carl PaladinoRepublican
34.7%1,548,184
4,459,905 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2010

Races before and after

EvenR+21.21998R+15.92002D+41.62006D+30.62010D+14.02014D+26.32018

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET