New York's 15th congressional district
New York's 15th congressional district | |
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New York 's 15th congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |
Current Representative | José E. Serrano (D–Bronx) |
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Cook PVI | D+44[1] |
New York's 15th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City, State of New York. The district has been represented by Democrat José E. Serrano since 2013.
The 15th district is located entirely within The Bronx, including most of the southern and western neighborhoods of the borough. Hispanics make up a majority of this district's population, while African-Americans make up a smaller plurality. Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo are both located within the district.
From 2003 to 2013 it was composed of Upper Manhattan, Rikers Island and a largely non-residential section of northwestern Queens on the shore of the East River mostly occupied by a Consolidated Edison facility and a New York Power Authority power plant. The district included the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights and portions of the Upper West Side, located Apollo Theater, Columbia University, and Grant's Tomb.
Scoring a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+43 in 2014 rendered the district the most Democratic in the nation.[2] U.S. Senator John Kerry won 90% of the vote in the 15th congressional district in 2004. In 2012, this was the district scoring the highest percentage of local votes to President Barack Obama: 96.7%. Likewise in 2016 whereby Hillary Clinton received locally a total of 93.8% of the vote.[3]
Voting
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Redistricting
The district was a Brooklyn-based seat until 1982, when it was realigned to cover the East Side of Manhattan. Following the 1992 redistricting, it became the upper Manhattan seat previously designated the 19th District and the 18th District. After the 2012 redistricting, the 15th became the Bronx's primary district.
List of representatives
1803 – 1823: One seat, then two seats
From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the 15th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.
Cong ress |
Years | Seat A | Seat B | ||||||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | ||||
8 | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
Federalist | [Data unknown/missing.] | No 2nd seat | |||||
9 | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||
10 | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||
11 | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
Democratic- Republican |
Retired | ||||||
12 | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | ||||||||
13 | March 4, 1813 – June 21, 1813 |
Vacant | Representative-elect William Dowse died February 18, 1813, before the term began | Joel Thompson | Federalist | [Data unknown/missing.] | |||
June 21, 1813 – December 20, 1813 |
John M. Bowers | Federalist | Declared elected to finish Dowse's term; Lost election contest | ||||||
December 20, 1813 – January 24, 1814 |
Vacant | Election contested; see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1812 | |||||||
January 24, 1814 – March 3, 1815 |
Isaac Williams, Jr. | Democratic- Republican |
Successfully contested the election of John M. Bowers | ||||||
14 | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
James Birdsall | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing.] | Jabez Hammond | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||
15 | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
Isaac Williams, Jr. | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing.] | John R. Drake | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||
16 | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
Joseph S. Lyman | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing.] | Robert Monell | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||
17 | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 |
Vacant. The elections were held in April, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the result was announced or the credentials were issued; see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821 | |||||||
December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
Samuel Campbell | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing.] | James Hawkes | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing.] |
1823 – present: One seat
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Adams-Clay Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | ||
Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 | ||
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
Redistricted from the 14th district | |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – August 10, 1886 |
Redistricted from the 14th district, Died | |
Vacant | August 10, 1886 – December 6, 1886 | ||
Democratic | December 6, 1886 – March 3, 1889 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – December 26, 1893 |
Redistricted from the 13th district Resigned to become New York City Comptroller | |
Vacant | December 26, 1893 – January 30, 1894 | ||
Democratic | January 30, 1894 – March 3, 1895 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 |
Redistricted to the 16th district | |
Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
Redistricted from the 14th district | |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
Redistricted to the 18th district | |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 2, 1917 |
Redistricted from the 12th district, Died | |
Vacant | March 2, 1917 – April 12, 1917 | ||
Democratic | April 12, 1917 – March 3, 1919 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 |
Redistricted from the 16th district | |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – October 5, 1938 |
Died | |
Vacant | October 5, 1938 – January 3, 1939 | ||
Democratic | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 |
Redistricted from the 10th district Redistricted to the 11th district | |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974 |
Redistricted from the 12th district Resigned to become Governor of New York | |
Vacant | January 1, 1975 – January 2, 1975 | ||
Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
Redistricted to 14th district Defeated by 17th district incumbent Guy Molinari | |
Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Redistricted from the 18th district | |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
Redistricted from the 16th district, Redistricted to the 13th district | |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – |
Redistricted from the 16th district |
Recent election results
U.S. President
Year | Result |
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2000 | Gore 87–7% |
2004 | Kerry 90–9% |
2008 | Obama 93–6% |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
In New York State electoral politics, there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Joseph M. Warren | 17,793 | 59.9 | ||
Republican | J. Thomas Davis | 11,659 | 39.3 | ||
Temperance | Alvin C. Rose | 235 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 6,134 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 29,687 | 100 |
[Data unknown/missing.]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 113,898 | 91.3 | ||
Republican | Edward R. Adams | 5,951 | 4.8 | ||
Conservative (N.Y.) | Ruben Dario Vargas | 3,896 | 3.1 | ||
Right to Life | Jose Suero | 989 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 107,947 | 86.5 | |||
Turnout | 124,734 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 90,424 | 93.1 | +1.8 | |
Republican | David E. Cunningham | 5,633 | 5.8 | +1.0 | |
Conservative (N.Y.) | Patrick McManus | 1,082 | 1.1 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 84,791 | 87.3 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 97,139 | 100 | -22.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 130,161 | 91.9 | -1.2 | |
Republican | Jose Agustin Suero | 7,346 | 5.2 | -0.6 | |
Green | Dean Loren | 2,134 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Independence | Jesse A. Fields | 1,051 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Conservative (N.Y.) | Frank Della Valle | 492 | 0.3 | -0.8 | |
Libertarian | Scott A. Jeffery | 480 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 122,815 | 86.7 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 141,664 | 100 | +45.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 84,367 | 88.5 | -3.4 | |
Republican | Jesse A. Fields | 11,008 | 11.5 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 73,359 | 76.9 | -9.8 | ||
Turnout | 95,375 | 100 | -32.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 161,351 | 91.1 | +2.6 | |
Republican | Kenneth P. Jefferson, Jr. | 12,355 | 7.0 | -4.5 | |
Independence | Jessie A. Fields | 3,345 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 148,996 | 84.2 | +7.3 | ||
Turnout | 177,051 | 100 | +85.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 103,916 | 94.0 | +2.9 | |
Republican | Edward Daniels | 6,592 | 6.0 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 97,324 | 88.1 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 110,508 | 100 | -37.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 177,151 | 89.2 | -5.8 | |
Republican | Edward Daniels | 15,676 | 7.9 | +1.9 | |
Independent | Craig Schley | 3,708 | 1.9 | ||
Socialist Workers | Martin Koppel | 2,141 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 161,475 | 81.3 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 198,676 | 100 | +79.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 91,225 | 80.4 | -8.7 | |
Republican | Michel Faulkner | 11,754 | 10.4 | +2.5 | |
Independent | Craig Schley | 7,803 | 6.9 | +5.0 | |
Socialist Workers | Róger Calero | 2,647 | 2.3 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 79,471 | 70.1 | -11.2 | ||
Turnout | 113,429 | 100 | -42.9 |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ Median & Most Partisan Districts, 1998-2014.
- ↑ Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for the 2016 and 2012 elections, dailykos.com.
- ↑ November Election, 1870. Complete Statement of the Official Canvass, in Detail of the Election Held November 8, 1870, Giving the Vote of Each Election District, with Proceedings of County And State... Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2034. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- Clarke, Matthew St. Clair & David A. Hall (1834) "Cases of Contested Elections in Congress, from the Year 1789 to 1834, Inclusive", Gales And Seaton.
- "1996 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- "1998 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- "2000 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- "2002 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- "2004 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Coordinates: 40°49′27″N 73°53′28″W / 40.82417°N 73.89111°W