User:LizArchive/1994 Albany gubernatorial election

The 1994 Albany gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1994, to elect the Governor of Albany. Incumbent Progressive Daniel Lorenzo won re-election against New Republican Theodore Roosevelt. Lorenzo was re-elected by a landslide margin.

The election was held in the midst of a long-term economic boom ('The Miracle on the Hudson River'), and as a result Lorenzo continuously held polling leads in excess of 70 points over the relatively unknown maverick Roosevelt. Roosevelt's party - the centre-right New Republicans - never supported his campaign fully as Lorenzo was universally expected to win, including by the New Republicans themselves.

Lorenzo won all major cities and coastal regions, with his best results coming from Burlington (99.7%), Arlington (99.2%), Boston (98%), Baltimore (97%), New York (96%), Philadelphia (96%), Norfolk (95%), Portland (95%), Pittsburgh (94%), Newark (94%), Richmond (93%), Hartford (92%), Providence (92%), Albany (91%), and Buffalo (90%).

Roosevelt did best in Central Pennsylvania, Southwestern Virginia, and West Virginia, with the highest totals coming from Grant County, WV (75%), Lee County, VA (74%), Ritchie County, WV (72%), Buchanan County, VA (70%), Fulton County, PA (69%), and Bedord County, PA (68%).