New York's 18th congressional district

New York's 18th congressional district
New York's 18th congressional district
Representative	Nita Lowey; D
Population (2000)	654,360
Median household; income	68,887
Ethnicity	74.9% White; 16.2% Hispanic; 10.0% Black; 5.3% Asian; 0.9% other; 0.2% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+10

The 18th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in the northern suburbs of New York City. It includes most of Westchester County and part of Rockland County. It includes Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Ossining, the Town of Pelham, Scarsdale, Tarrytown, White Plains as well as most of New City and Yonkers. It is currently represented by Democrat Nita Lowey.

Components: Past and Present

The 18th District was created in 1813. For many years it was the upper Manhattan district. It was the east side Manhattan seat in the 1970s and then a Bronx district in the 1980s, Following the 1992 remap it became a Westchester based district with narrow corridor through the Bronx and a large portion of central Queens. The 2002 remap gave those Queens areas to the 5th District and the 18th absorbed some Rockland areas due to the deconstruction of the old Orange-Rockland 20th District.

The lower Westchester seat was the 20th District in the 1980s. The 23rd and 24th Districts covered most of this area in the 1970s.

2003-present:

Parts of Rockland, Westchester

1993-2003:

Parts of Bronx, Queens, Westchester

1983-1993:

Parts of Bronx

1913-1983:

Parts of Manhattan

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District created		March 4 1813
Moss Kent	Federalist	March 4 1813 - March 3 1817
David A. Ogden	Federalist	March 4 1817 - March 3 1819	Hamilton	Lost re-election
William Donnison Ford	Democratic-Republican	March 4 1819 - March 3 1821	Watertown	Retired
...		March 4 1821 - January 3 1945
Vito Marcantonio	American Labor	January 3 1945 – January 3 1951		redistricted from 20th district
James G. Donovan	Democratic	January 3 1951 – January 3 1957
Alfred E. Santangelo	Democratic	January 3 1957 – January 3 1963
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.	Democratic	January 3 1963 – February 28 1967		Redistricted from 16th district, Excluded by the House
vacant		March 1 1967 – April 10 1967
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.	Democratic	April 11 1967 – January 3 1971		Won special election to fill his own seat. Lost re-nomination to Charles B. Rangel
Charles B. Rangel	Democratic	January 3 1971 – January 3 1973		Redistricted to 19th district
Edward I. Koch	Democratic	January 3 1973 – December 31 1977		Redistricted from 17th district, resigned after being elected Mayor of New York
vacant		January 1 1978 – February 13 1978
S. William Green	Republican	February 14 1978 – January 3 1983		Redistricted to 15th district
Robert Garcia	Democratic	January 3 1983 – January 7 1990		Redistricted from 21st district, Resigned
vacant		January 8 1990 – March 19 1990
Jose Serrano	Democratic	March 20 1990 – January 3 1993		redistricted to 16th district
Nita M. Lowey	Democratic	January 3 1993 – present		redistricted from 20th district

Election results

Note that 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").

US House election, 2006: New York District 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nita Lowey	124,256	70.7	+0.9
	Republican	Richard A. Hoffman	51,450	29.3	−0.9
Majority			72,806	41.4	+1.9
Turnout			175,706	100	−28.2

US House election, 2004: New York District 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nita Lowey	170,715	69.8	−22.2
	Republican	Richard A. Hoffman	73,975	30.2	+30.2
Majority			96,740	39.5	−44.6
Turnout			244,690	100	+127.6

US House election, 2002: New York District 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nita Lowey	98,957	92.0	+24.7
	Right to Life	Michael J. Reynolds	8,558	8.0	+6.0
Majority			90,399	84.1	+47.6
Turnout			107,515	100	−43.0

US House election, 2000: New York District 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nita Lowey	126,878	67.3	−15.5
	Republican	John G. Vonglis	58,022	30.8	+30.8
	Right to Life	Florence T. O'Grady	3,747	2.0	−0.9
Majority			68,856	36.5	+34.9
Turnout			188,647	100	+70.4

US House election, 1998: New York District 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nita Lowey	91,623	82.8	+19.2
	Conservative	Daniel McMahon	12,594	11.4	+11.4
	Independence	Giulio A. Cavallo	3,251	2.9	+0.6
	Right to Life	Marion M. Conner	3,234	2.9	+0.9
Majority			79,029	71.4	+39.8
Turnout			110,702	100	−40.4

US House election, 1996: New York District 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nita Lowey	118,194	63.6
	Republican	Kerry J. Katsorhis	59,487	32.0
	Independence	Concetta M. Ferrara	4,283	2.3
	Right to Life	Florence T. O'Grady	3,758	2.0
Majority			58,707	31.6
Turnout			185,722	100

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