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1908 New York governor election

Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) beat Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler (Democrat) in New York in 1908, 49.1% to 44.8%, a margin of 4.2 points and 69,462 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1906, when Charles Evans Hughes also won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 61 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 7. The largest, New York, cast 347,124 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.2 points. The closest was Hamilton, where 60 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 804,651 49.1%
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler Democratic 735,189 44.8%
All other candidates 99,663 6.1%
Total1,639,503

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
New York 181,325 52.2% 132,091 38.1% 33,708 347,124 D+14.2
Kings 109,832 46.4% 105,598 44.6% 21,224 236,654 D+1.8
Erie 50,865 51.1% 46,654 46.9% 2,018 99,537 D+4.2
Monroe 24,351 41.6% 31,846 54.4% 2,340 58,537 R+12.8
Westchester 20,027 39.6% 27,894 55.2% 2,598 50,519 R+15.6
Onondaga 17,868 38.6% 26,186 56.6% 2,246 46,300 R+18.0
Albany 20,518 46.2% 23,107 52.1% 747 44,372 R+5.8
Queens 22,315 50.6% 17,275 39.2% 4,520 44,110 D+11.4
Oneida 15,937 45.0% 18,493 52.2% 1,015 35,445 R+7.2
Rensselaer 13,978 44.7% 16,474 52.6% 847 31,299 R+8.0
Orange 10,962 43.3% 13,559 53.6% 795 25,316 R+10.3
Chautauqua 7,167 29.9% 15,049 62.8% 1,729 23,945 R+32.9
Steuben 8,875 40.6% 11,873 54.3% 1,111 21,859 R+13.7
St. Lawrence 6,208 29.8% 13,897 66.7% 743 20,848 R+36.9
Dutchess 10,047 48.3% 10,154 48.8% 603 20,804 R+0.5
Niagara 9,576 47.0% 10,213 50.2% 569 20,358 R+3.1
Jefferson 7,249 36.6% 11,006 55.5% 1,562 19,817 R+19.0
Ulster 8,780 44.3% 10,407 52.5% 622 19,809 R+8.2
Schenectady 7,771 41.2% 9,644 51.1% 1,461 18,876 R+9.9
Broome 7,168 38.9% 10,361 56.2% 912 18,441 R+17.3
Oswego 6,577 36.6% 10,144 56.5% 1,226 17,947 R+19.9
Suffolk 6,430 36.2% 10,273 57.9% 1,035 17,738 R+21.7
Cayuga 6,400 38.5% 9,288 55.9% 934 16,622 R+17.4
Cattaraugus 6,320 38.6% 9,198 56.2% 858 16,376 R+17.6
Saratoga 7,645 47.8% 7,721 48.3% 629 15,995 R+0.5
Nassau 5,620 36.2% 9,123 58.7% 803 15,546 R+22.5
Richmond 7,818 51.8% 6,422 42.5% 854 15,094 D+9.2
Herkimer 6,217 42.6% 7,872 54.0% 488 14,577 R+11.4
Ontario 5,616 39.9% 8,180 58.2% 263 14,059 R+18.2
Otsego 6,202 44.4% 7,315 52.3% 458 13,975 R+8.0
Chemung 6,205 44.5% 7,175 51.4% 577 13,957 R+6.9
Montgomery 5,937 44.7% 6,914 52.1% 424 13,275 R+7.4
Wayne 4,463 34.9% 7,998 62.6% 324 12,785 R+27.6
Delaware 4,796 38.8% 7,190 58.1% 390 12,376 R+19.3
Washington 4,184 34.6% 7,450 61.5% 474 12,108 R+27.0
Allegany 3,474 29.9% 7,508 64.7% 619 11,601 R+34.8
Fulton 4,169 36.8% 6,104 53.8% 1,065 11,338 R+17.1
Columbia 5,305 47.7% 5,577 50.1% 248 11,130 R+2.4
Madison 3,786 34.4% 6,699 60.9% 521 11,006 R+26.5
Chenango 3,882 37.4% 5,950 57.4% 540 10,372 R+19.9
Clinton 4,131 41.9% 5,241 53.2% 488 9,860 R+11.3
Livingston 3,938 41.3% 5,379 56.4% 224 9,541 R+15.1
Franklin 3,099 33.1% 5,859 62.6% 395 9,353 R+29.5
Genesee 3,350 36.0% 5,649 60.7% 309 9,308 R+24.7
Rockland 4,265 46.0% 4,591 49.6% 409 9,265 R+3.5
Tompkins 3,872 41.8% 5,066 54.7% 327 9,265 R+12.9
Sullivan 4,033 46.0% 4,531 51.7% 198 8,762 R+5.7
Wyoming 2,975 34.9% 5,280 61.9% 269 8,524 R+27.0
Greene 3,848 46.2% 4,111 49.4% 367 8,326 R+3.2
Warren 3,348 40.8% 4,532 55.2% 327 8,207 R+14.4
Cortland 2,759 33.7% 5,027 61.4% 399 8,185 R+27.7
Orleans 2,714 34.7% 4,789 61.2% 324 7,827 R+26.5
Schoharie 3,860 51.4% 3,433 45.7% 219 7,512 D+5.7
Essex 2,237 29.9% 4,983 66.6% 257 7,477 R+36.7
Tioga 2,759 38.0% 4,228 58.2% 275 7,262 R+20.2
Lewis 3,017 42.2% 3,972 55.5% 168 7,157 R+13.3
Seneca 3,207 45.0% 3,732 52.4% 186 7,125 R+7.4
Yates 1,951 36.2% 3,295 61.1% 143 5,389 R+24.9
Schuyler 1,796 42.0% 2,336 54.6% 146 4,278 R+12.6
Putnam 1,521 40.4% 2,151 57.2% 90 3,762 R+16.7
Hamilton 644 50.7% 584 45.9% 43 1,271 D+4.7

Counties as they stood in 1908; 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