2022 New York Attorney General election
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Nominee Letitia James Michael Henry
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families Conservative
Popular vote 3,168,256 2,631,301
Percentage 54.6% 45.4%
2022 NY Attorney General by CD
James:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Henry:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%
     No votes
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Letitia James
Democratic

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Letitia James
Democratic

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The 2022 New York Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Letitia James was eligible for re-election, however originally decided to run for Governor of New York in 2022. On December 9, 2021, however, James suspended her gubernatorial campaign and announced that she would seek re-election as attorney general. Republicans nominated Michael Henry, an attorney from Queens. James defeated Henry by a margin of 9.2%, a massive underperformance from her 27.2% victory in 2018.

Between every statewide race in New York in 2022, this is the only one where the incumbent (Letitia James) refused to debate their opponent.[1]

Democratic primary

After incumbent attorney general Letitia James announced her candidacy for governor of New York, several other Democrats launched campaigns for attorney general. When James suspended her campaign for governor and announced that she would seek re-election instead, those candidates ended their campaigns for attorney general and endorsed James. As of June 23, 2022, James had no primary challengers.[2] The Democratic primary for AG was cancelled and James advanced to the November general election.

Candidates

Official designee

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Dan Goldman (withdrew)
U.S. representatives
Letitia James
U.S. executive branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives[23]
State officials
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
Zephyr Teachout (withdrew)
State officials
Local officials
Individuals

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Andrew
Cuomo 		Michael
Gianaris 		Daniel
Goldman 		Eric
Gonzalez 		Letitia
James 		Melinda
Katz 		Sean Patrick
Maloney 		Shelley
Mayer 		Kathleen
Rice 		Zephyr
Teachout 		Clyde
Vanel 		Maria
Vullo 		Other Undecided
Emerson College March 9–10, 2022 504 (LV) ± 4.3% – – – – 47% – – – – – – – 25% 28%
33% – – – 45% – – – – – – – 13% 9%
Data for Progress (D)[b] November 16–17, 2021 528 (LV) ± 4.0% – 2% 5% 7% – 7% 8% 2% 7% 15% 1% 1% – 48%

Republican primary

Two candidates, John Sarcone and Michael Henry, competed for the Republican nomination. In a surprise move, Sarcone declined to be nominated at the state Republican convention, leading to Michael Henry earning the endorsement unanimously.[37]

Candidates

Official designee

Declined

Withdrew

Endorsements

Michael Henry
Federal officials
Organizations

Conservative primary

Candidates

Official designee

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[46] Safe D September 14, 2022
Elections Daily[47] Safe D November 1, 2022

Endorsements

Letitia James (D)
U.S. executive branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives[23]
State officials
Local officials
Individuals
Newspapers
Michael Henry (R)
U.S. executive branch officials
  • Nikki Haley, United States ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018) and former Governor of South Carolina (2011–2017)[52]
Federal officials
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

Graphical summary
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Letitia
James (D) 		Michael
Henry (R) 		Other Undecided
KAConsulting (R)[A] October 27–29, 2022 501 (LV) ± 4.4% 47% 41% – 8%
Data for Progress (D) October 26–28, 2022 818 (LV) ± 3.0% 55% 40% – 6%
Slingshot Strategies (D) October 25–26, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.1% 48% 36% – 16%
Siena College October 12–14, 2022 707 (LV) ± 4.9% 51% 40% 1%[c] 8%
The Trafalgar Group (R) September 30 – October 3, 2022 1,087 (LV) ± 2.9% 44% 45% 0% 10%
Siena College September 16–25, 2022 655 (LV) ± 3.9% 53% 37% 1%[d] 9%
The Trafalgar Group (R) August 31 – September 1, 2022 1,091 (LV) ± 2.9% 43% 44% 0% 13%
Emerson College July 26–28, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 50% 32% 4% 12%
Siena College July 24–28, 2022 806 (LV) ± 3.5% 50% 36% 0% 13%
Hypothetical polling
Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican with Andrew Cuomo as an independent
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Generic
Democrat 		Generic
Republican 		Andrew
Cuomo (I) 		Undecided
Emerson College March 9–10, 2022 1,000 (RV) ± 3.0% 36% 34% 13% 17%

Results

2022 New York Attorney General election[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Letitia James 2,875,687 49.58% -8.80%
Working Families Letitia James 292,569 5.05% +2.51%
Total Letitia James (incumbent) 3,168,256 54.63% -7.79%
Republican Michael Henry 2,317,573 39.96% +9.05%
Conservative Michael Henry 313,728 5.41% +1.12%
Total Michael Henry 2,631,301 45.37% +10.17%
Total votes 5,799,557 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ This poll was sponsored by Neal Kwatra on behalf of an unnamed donor
  3. ^ "Not going to vote" with 1%; "Another candidate" with 0%
  4. ^ "Not going to vote" with 1%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll conducted for Citizens United, a conservative non-profit organization.

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