Representative Charles Rangel
This is the Electoral history of Charles Rangel , a Democratic Representative from New York City , who represented the 18th , 19th , 16th , 15th , and 13th districts of New York. Rangel was first elected in November 1970, and was re-elected in every subsequent election. Rangel chose not to run in the 2016 House election, and retired when his term ended in January 2017. At the time of his retirement, he was the second most senior United States Representative , behind representative John Conyers .
New York's 19th congressional district : Results 1972–1980[1] [2]
Year
Subject
Party
Votes
%
Opponent
Party
Votes
%
Opponent
Party
Votes
%
1972
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Republican , Liberal
104,427
96%
Marshall Dodge
Conservative
2,517
1%
Jose Stevens
Communist
843
1%
1974
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Republican , Liberal
63,146
97%
Charles Mills
Conservative
2,039
3%
1976
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Republican , Liberal
91,672
97%
Benton Cole
Conservative
2,169
2%
Helen Halyard
Workers
640
1%
1978
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Republican , Liberal
91,672
96%
F. Freeman Yearling
Conservative
1,648
3%
Kenneth Miliner
Socialist Workers
612
0%
1980
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Republican , Liberal
84,062
96%
Marjorie Garvey
Conservative , Right to Life
2,622
3%
Reba Dixon
Socialist Workers
692
1%
New York's 16th congressional district : Results 1982–1990[1] [2]
Year
Subject
Party
Votes
%
Opponent
Party
Votes
%
Opponent
Party
Votes
%
1982
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Republican , Liberal
76,626
97%
Michael Berns
Conservative
1,261
2%
Veronica Cruz
Socialist Workers
718
1%
1984
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Republican
117,759
97%
Michael Berns
Conservative
2,541
2%
Nan Bailey
Socialist Workers
1,098
1%
1986
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Republican , Liberal
61,262
96%
Michael Berns
Conservative
1,288
2%
William Seraile
New Alliance
995
2%
1988
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Republican , Liberal
107,620
97%
Michael Liccione
Conservative
1,779
2%
Barbara Taylor
New Alliance
1,451
1%
1990
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Republican , Libertarian
55,882
97%
Alvaader Frazier
New Alliance
1,592
3%
New York's 15th congressional district : Results 1992–2010[1] [2] [4]
Year
Subject
Party
Votes
%
Opponent
Party
Votes
%
Opponent
Party
Votes
%
Opponent
Party
Votes
%
1992
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Liberal
105,011
95%
Jose Suero
Conservative
4,345
4%
Jessie Fields
New Alliance
1,337
1%
1994
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Liberal
77,830
97%
Jose Suero
Right to Life
2,812
3%
1996
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Liberal
113,898
91%
Edward Adams
Republican
5,951
5%
Ruben Vargas
Conservative , Independence
3,896
3%
Jose Suero
Right to Life
989
1%
1998
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Liberal
90,424
93%
David Cunningham
Republican
5,633
5%
Patrick McManus
Conservative
1,082
1%
2000
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Liberal
130,161
92%
Jose Suero
Republican
7,346
5%
Dean Loren
Green
2,134
2%
Jessie Fields
Independence
1,051
1%
[5]
2002
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Working Families
153,099
91%
Kenneth Jefferson
Republican
12,355
7%
Jessie Fields
Independence
3,345
2%
2006
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Working Families
103,916
94%
Edward Daniels
Republican
6,592
6%
2008
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Working Families
177,151
89%
Edward Daniels
Republican
15,676
8%
Craig Schley
Vote People Change
3,708
2%
Martin Koppel
Socialist Workers
2,141
1%
2010
Charles Rangel
Democratic , Working Families
91,225
80%
Michel Faulkner
Republican , Conservative
11,754
10%
Craig Schley
Independence , Vote People Change
7,803
7%
Róger Calero
Socialist Workers
2,647
2%
References [ ]
^ a b c d "Office of the House Clerk – Electoral Statistics" . Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. pp. 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996. Archived from the original on July 30, 2008. Retrieved March 9, 2010 .
^ a b c d "Election Results" . Federal Election Commission. pp. 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008. Retrieved March 9, 2010 .
^ Additionally, Socialist Workers candidate Paul Boutelle received 242 votes in 1978.
^ http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2010/general/2010CongressAmended01272011.pdf [dead link ]
^ Additionally, Conservative candidate Frank Valle received 492 votes, and Libertarian candidate Scott Jeffery received 480 votes.
^ "NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012" (PDF) . New York State Board of Elections . March 20, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2013 .
^ "NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns November 4, 2014" (PDF) . New York State Board of Elections . December 15, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015 .