In New York State, to qualify for automatic ballot access, a party must have received at least 50,000 votes in the previous gubernatorial election. They need not run their own candidate, they can nominate a different party's nominee, and if 50,000 voters vote for that candidate on their party line, they have qualified. In addition to determining whether they automatically qualify for the next 4 years, this also determines the order on the ballot.
In the 1994 election, the Democratic Party received the most votes, and so qualified to be first on the ballot for the next 4 years, even though their candidate, incumbent Governor Mario Cuomo lost. George Pataki beat him because he received more votes combined over all of his party lines.
In the 2002 election, 3 qualified parties failed to re-qualify. One of these, the Liberal Party, dates back to 1944, and became dormant as a result of this.
In the 2006 election, 5 parties received at least 50,000 votes, and qualified. They only nominated 2 candidates between them.
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1994
| Parties that qualified from the 1994 New York gubernatorial election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Mario Cuomo | 2,272,903 | |||
| Republican | George Pataki | 2,156,057 | |||
| Conservative | George Pataki | 328,605 | |||
| Independence | B. Thomas Golisano | 217,490 | |||
| Liberal | Mario Cuomo | 92,001 | |||
| Right to Life | Robert T. Walsh | 67,750 | |||
| Tax Cut Now | George Pataki | 54,040 | |||
1998
| Parties that qualified from the 1998 New York gubernatorial election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | George Pataki | 2,223,264 | 47.37 | +5.82 | |
| Democratic | Peter Vallone | 1,518,992 | 32.36 | −11.44 | |
| Independence | B. Thomas Golisano | 364,056 | 7.76 | +3.57 | |
| Conservative | George Pataki | 348,727 | 7.43 | +1.10 | |
| Liberal | Betsy McCaughey Ross | 77,915 | 1.66 | −0.11 | |
| Right to Life | Michael Reynolds | 56,683 | 1.21 | −0.10 | |
| Green | Al Lewis | 52,533 | 1.12 | +1.12 | |
| Working Families | Peter Vallone | 51,325 | 1.09 | +1.09 | |
2002
| Parties that qualified from the 2002 New York gubernatorial election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | George Pataki | 2,085,407 | 46.86 | −0.51 | |
| Democratic | Carl McCall | 1,443,531 | 32.44 | +0.07 | |
| Independence | B. Thomas Golisano | 654,016 | 14.70 | +6.94 | |
| Conservative | George Pataki | 176,848 | 3.97 | −3.46 | |
| Working Families | Carl McCall | 90,533 | 2.03 | +0.94 | |
2006
| Parties that qualified from the 2006 New York gubernatorial election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Eliot Spitzer | 2,740,864 | 62.85 | +30.41 | |
| Republican | John Faso | 1,105,681 | 25.35 | −21.51 | |
| Independence | Eliot Spitzer | 190,661 | 4.37 | −10.32 | |
| Conservative | John Faso | 168,654 | 3.87 | −0.11 | |
| Working Families | Eliot Spitzer | 155,184 | 3.56 | +1.52 | |
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