1990 New York gubernatorial election

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The 1990 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of New York. Democratic incumbent Mario Cuomo won a third term in office over Republican economist Pierre Andrew Rinfret and Conservative academic Herbert London, with the two right wing parties splitting their tickets for the first time since 1974. Cuomo won an absolute majority, meaning that the real contest was for second place, which would have secured preferential ballot positioning and major-party privileges under New York election law, including authority on state and county boards of elections, through 1994. Rinfret narrowly edged out London by less than one percent of the overall vote to maintain the Republicans' status as the second largest party in New York. As of 2026, this remains the strongest performance in a gubernatorial election by the Conservative Party in terms of both votes and percentage.

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