2006 New York gubernatorial election

2006 New York gubernatorial election
	November 7, 2006
Turnout	34.9%
	County results; Spitzer: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Faso: 40–50% 50–60%
Governor before election; George Pataki; Republican	Elected Governor ; Eliot Spitzer; Democratic

The 2006 New York gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of New York. Then-incumbent Republican governor George Pataki chose not to run for re-election in a fourth term. Democrat Eliot Spitzer, the New York Attorney General, won the election over former Republican state Assembly minority leader John Faso. Primary elections were held on September 12.

Spitzer was slated to serve between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2010, but he announced his resignation on March 12, 2008 (effective March 17, 2008), amid news of his involvement in a prostitution scandal. Spitzer was succeeded on March 17 by Lieutenant Governor David Paterson.