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  NY Attorney General
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > New York > Attorney General
OfficeAttorney General
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1938 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 08, 1938 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 08, 1938 - 11:00pm
Term Start January 01, 1939 - 12:00pm
Term End January 01, 1943 - 12:00pm
Contributornystate63
Last Modifiedbudgeteer January 23, 2017 10:11pm
Data SourcesNY Red Book 1939
DescriptionMcDermott also ran on the Independent Progressive line.
REP 1,950,187 INP 11,044

O'Leary also ran on the Socialist line.
ALP 391,901 SOC 23,963
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/1936
NameJohn J. Bennett, Jr. Votes3,075,060 (57.65%)
Term01/01/1937 - 01/03/1939 Margin981,898 (+18.41%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail

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Name (I) Attorney General John J. Bennett, Jr. Arthur V. McDermott Joseph V. O'Leary Frank E. Passonno
PartyDemocratic Republican American Labor Industrial Government
Votes2,151,831 (47.42%) 1,961,231 (43.22%) 415,864 (9.17%) 8,756 (0.19%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -190,600 (-4.20%) -1,735,967 (-38.26%) -2,143,075 (-47.23%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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