2010 New York gubernatorial election

2010 New York gubernatorial election
	November 2, 2010
Turnout	35.5% 0.6pp
	County results ; Cuomo: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Paladino: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Governor before election; David Paterson; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Andrew Cuomo; Democratic

The 2010 New York gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor David Paterson, elected as lieutenant governor in 2006 as the running mate of Eliot Spitzer, initially ran for a full term but dropped out of the race. Democratic New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo defeated Republican Carl Paladino to become the next governor of New York.

The results of New York's gubernatorial elections are used to decide which parties receive automatic ballot access and in what order the parties are listed on the ballot. Parties whose candidates for governor receive over 50,000 votes on that party's line receive automatic ballot access for the next four years until the next gubernatorial election. This rule applies regardless of whether the party fielded its own candidate or cross-endorsed the candidate of another party. Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins received over 57,000 votes, allowing the New York Green Party to be listed on the ballot for the following four years. This is the most recent and the last New York gubernatorial election in which the winner won a majority of New York's counties.

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