1998 New York Attorney General election

The 1998 New York Attorney General election took place on November 3, 1998 along with elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Democratic challenger Eliot Spitzer unseated one-term Republican incumbent Dennis Vacco in a major upset.

Candidates

 * Catherine Abate, State Senator from Manhattan
 * Evan A. Davis, former counsel to Governor Mario Cuomo
 * Oliver Koppell, former Attorney General and State Assemblyman from the Bronx
 * Eliot Spitzer, white collar defense attorney and candidate in 1994