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1906 New York governor election

Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) beat William Randolph Hearst (Democrat) in New York in 1906, 50.5% to 46.6%, a margin of 3.9 points and 57,897 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1904, when Frank W. Higgins won.

Republicans led in 56 of the 61 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 5. The largest, New York, cast 342,987 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.6 points. The closest was Schoharie, where 75 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Charles Evans Hughes won Republican 749,002 50.5%
William Randolph Hearst Democratic 691,105 46.6%
All other candidates 42,360 2.9%
Total1,482,467

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
New York 198,133 57.8% 134,325 39.2% 10,529 342,987 D+18.6
Kings 111,029 49.9% 106,454 47.8% 4,997 222,480 D+2.1
Erie 39,497 48.3% 40,779 49.9% 1,441 81,717 R+1.6
Monroe 22,061 45.5% 24,799 51.1% 1,643 48,503 R+5.6
Westchester 18,748 42.7% 24,233 55.2% 899 43,880 R+12.5
Albany 14,944 35.9% 23,461 56.3% 3,243 41,648 R+20.4
Onondaga 15,660 38.2% 24,111 58.8% 1,217 40,988 R+20.6
Queens 22,031 59.0% 14,146 37.9% 1,179 37,356 D+21.1
Oneida 13,765 43.2% 17,154 53.8% 939 31,858 R+10.6
Rensselaer 13,870 46.4% 15,444 51.6% 599 29,913 R+5.3
Orange 8,421 37.2% 12,572 55.6% 1,629 22,622 R+18.3
Dutchess 8,675 44.7% 9,826 50.7% 887 19,388 R+5.9
Steuben 7,390 40.0% 10,461 56.7% 614 18,465 R+16.6
Chautauqua 5,074 27.9% 11,768 64.7% 1,357 18,199 R+36.8
St. Lawrence 5,228 29.1% 12,235 68.1% 492 17,955 R+39.0
Ulster 7,063 40.2% 9,500 54.0% 1,027 17,590 R+13.9
Niagara 7,737 44.3% 8,659 49.6% 1,079 17,475 R+5.3
Jefferson 5,560 32.5% 10,629 62.2% 895 17,084 R+29.7
Schenectady 6,202 38.0% 8,175 50.0% 1,959 16,336 R+12.1
Oswego 5,588 34.4% 9,318 57.4% 1,329 16,235 R+23.0
Broome 5,441 33.6% 8,784 54.3% 1,965 16,190 R+20.6
Saratoga 5,799 38.1% 8,524 56.0% 898 15,221 R+17.9
Suffolk 5,712 38.0% 8,913 59.3% 412 15,037 R+21.3
Cayuga 5,140 36.3% 8,575 60.6% 433 14,148 R+24.3
Richmond 7,337 52.0% 6,538 46.3% 243 14,118 D+5.7
Herkimer 5,066 38.1% 7,685 57.8% 536 13,287 R+19.7
Cattaraugus 4,333 34.1% 7,626 60.0% 741 12,700 R+25.9
Nassau 2,969 23.9% 7,516 60.6% 1,916 12,401 R+36.7
Otsego 4,796 38.8% 6,878 55.6% 701 12,375 R+16.8
Ontario 4,640 37.8% 7,390 60.2% 250 12,280 R+22.4
Montgomery 5,108 41.9% 6,387 52.4% 688 12,183 R+10.5
Delaware 3,739 32.5% 7,109 61.9% 645 11,493 R+29.3
Chemung 4,452 39.7% 5,164 46.1% 1,594 11,210 R+6.4
Wayne 3,363 31.6% 7,018 65.9% 275 10,656 R+34.3
Washington 2,918 27.5% 6,895 64.9% 815 10,628 R+37.4
Fulton 3,831 36.5% 5,481 52.2% 1,182 10,494 R+15.7
Columbia 3,909 38.4% 5,478 53.8% 791 10,178 R+15.4
Madison 2,873 29.5% 6,248 64.2% 616 9,737 R+34.7
Chenango 3,180 34.5% 5,563 60.4% 467 9,210 R+25.9
Allegany 2,251 25.0% 6,260 69.5% 499 9,010 R+44.5
Livingston 2,948 35.2% 5,157 61.6% 260 8,365 R+26.4
Clinton 2,701 32.5% 4,962 59.7% 649 8,312 R+27.2
Greene 3,427 42.2% 4,158 51.2% 531 8,116 R+9.0
Rockland 3,416 42.4% 4,173 51.8% 472 8,061 R+9.4
Tompkins 3,110 39.0% 4,461 55.9% 408 7,979 R+16.9
Warren 2,912 37.4% 4,525 58.1% 345 7,782 R+20.7
Genesee 2,498 32.1% 5,041 64.8% 237 7,776 R+32.7
Franklin 2,063 27.3% 4,998 66.1% 502 7,563 R+38.8
Cortland 2,272 30.1% 4,506 59.8% 763 7,541 R+29.6
Sullivan 2,954 39.5% 4,182 55.9% 341 7,477 R+16.4
Wyoming 2,058 30.5% 4,404 65.3% 282 6,744 R+34.8
Orleans 2,356 35.1% 4,115 61.4% 234 6,705 R+26.2
Schoharie 3,260 48.8% 3,185 47.7% 233 6,678 D+1.1
Tioga 2,547 38.7% 3,766 57.3% 260 6,573 R+18.5
Seneca 2,810 42.9% 3,486 53.3% 247 6,543 R+10.3
Essex 1,550 25.8% 4,152 69.1% 306 6,008 R+43.3
Lewis 1,957 33.6% 3,718 63.9% 147 5,822 R+30.2
Yates 1,531 33.1% 2,943 63.6% 152 4,626 R+30.5
Schuyler 1,507 37.8% 2,334 58.6% 145 3,986 R+20.7
Putnam 1,428 40.0% 2,103 58.9% 41 3,572 R+18.9
Hamilton 430 42.9% 552 55.0% 21 1,003 R+12.2

Counties as they stood in 1906; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

New York governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kathy Hochul (D) D+6.4
2018 Andrew Cuomo (D) D+23.4
2014 Andrew Cuomo (D) D+13.9
2010 Andrew Cuomo (D) D+29.3
2006 Eliot Spitzer (D) D+40.8
2002 George Pataki (R) R+15.9
1998 George Pataki (R) R+21.2
1994 George E. Pataki (R) R+3.3
1990 Mario Cuomo (D) D+31.8
1986 Mario M. Cuomo (D) D+32.9
1982 Mario M. Cuomo (D) D+3.4
1978 Hugh L. Carey (D) D+5.7
1974 Hugh L. Carey (D) D+15.3
1970 Nelson Rockefeller (R) R+12.1
1966 Nelson Rockefeller (R) R+6.5
1962 Nelson A. Rockefeller (R) R+9.1
1958 Nelson A. Rockefeller (R) R+10.2
1954 W. Averell Harriman (D) D+0.2
1950 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+10.8
1946 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+13.8
1942 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+15.7
1938 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+1.4
1936 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+9.4
1934 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+21.2
1932 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+18.1
1930 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+23.1
1928 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+0.6
1926 Alfred Emanuel Smith (D) D+8.5
1924 Alfred E. Smith (D) D+3.3
1922 Alfred Emanuel Smith (D) D+15.2
1920 Nathan L. Miller (R) R+2.6
1918 Al Smith (D) D+0.7
1916 Charles S. Whitman (R) R+10.0
1914 Charles S. Whitman (R) R+10.4
1912 William Sulzer (D) D+13.1
1910 John Alden Dix (D) D+4.7
1908 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+4.2
1906 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+3.9
1904 Frank W. Higgins (R) R+5.0
1902 Benjamin B. Odell Jr. (R) R+0.6
1900 Benjamin B. Odell Jr. (R) R+7.2
1898 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+1.3
1896 Frank S. Black (R) R+15.0
1894 Levi P. Morton (R) R+12.3
1891 Roswell Pettibone Flower (D) D+4.1
1888 David B. Hill (D) D+1.5
1885 David B. Hill (D) D+1.1
1882 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.1
1879 Alonzo B. Cornell (R) R+4.8
1876 Lucius Robinson (D) D+3.0
1874 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+6.3
1872 John Adams Dix (R) R+6.4
1870 John T. Hoffman (D) D+4.3
1868 John T. Hoffman (D) D+3.3
1866 Reuben Fenton (R) R+51.0