New York held various elections on November 5, 2002.
New York lost 2 seats following congressional apportionment.
In the period 1984 to 2002, competition in New York state campaigns drastically reduced, while campaign spending for Assembly candidates rose from $22,625 in 1984 to an average of $108,625 in 2002, and State Senate candidates' spending went from an average of $35,054 to $328,228 in the same period.
George Pataki, a Republican, was re-elected to a third term.
Democratic Eliot Spitzer was re-elected to a 2nd term as Attorney General.
Alan Hevesi was elected to replace fellow Democrat Carl McCall, who ran unsuccessfully for governor.
A district was added.