New York's 8th congressional district
New York's 8th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 776,825[1] | ||
Median household income | $59,806[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+33[3] |
New York's 8th congressional district for the US House of Representatives is in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Its current representative is Hakeem Jeffries.
From 1993 to 2013, the district covered much of the west side of Manhattan and western coastal sections of Brooklyn. However, after decennial redistricting, it was redrawn to take in much of the territory previously in the 10th District. It now encompasses majority African-American and Caribbean-American Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York, Ocean Hill, Spring Creek, and East Flatbush; the mostly white neighborhoods of Bergen Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Howard Beach, Marine Park, and Mill Basin; and mixed neighborhoods like Clinton Hill, Flatlands, Fort Greene, Ozone Park, Brighton Beach, and Coney Island.[4] Most of the old 8th was renumbered as the 10th.
Recent results in statewide races[]
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | Clinton 77 - 17% |
1996 | President | Clinton 77 - 16% |
2000 | President | Gore 74 - 18% |
2004 | President | Kerry 72 - 27% |
2008 | President | Obama 86 - 14% |
2012 | President | Obama 89 - 10% |
2016 | President | Clinton 85 - 14% |
2020 | President | Biden 82 - 16% |
2012 election[]
The state's congressional districts had been redrawn in a manner which puts much of the territory of the old 10th Congressional district into the new 8th Congressional district. The election had a few competitors for what was then an open seat, with the 10th incumbent congressman Edolphus Towns retiring. State assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries faced off against New York City Councilman Charles Barron.[5] Jeffries won the primary and ultimately the general election.[6][7]
Components: Past and Present[]
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1913-1963:
- Parts of Brooklyn
1963-1983:
- Parts of Queens
1983-1993:
- Parts of Bronx, Nassau, Queens
1993–2013:
- Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan
2013–present:
- Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
Various New York districts have been numbered "8" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.
List of members representing the district[]
1793–1833: One seat[]
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
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District created March 4, 1793 | |||||
Henry Glen | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
3rd 4th 5th 6th |
Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Lost re-election. |
1793–1803 [data unknown/missing] |
Federalist | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801 | ||||
Killian K. Van Rensselaer |
Federalist | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
7th | Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
Henry W. Livingston |
Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
8th 9th |
Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. [data unknown/missing] |
1803–1813 [data unknown/missing] |
James I. Van Alen | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
10th | Elected in 1806. Lost re-election. | |
John Thompson | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
11th | Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1808. [data unknown/missing] | |
Benjamin Pond | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12th | Elected in 1810. [data unknown/missing] | |
Samuel Sherwood |
Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th | Elected in 1812. [data unknown/missing] |
1813–1823 Delaware and Greene counties |
Vacant | March 4, 1815 – December 26, 1815 |
14th | Credentials had been issued for John Adams (Fed.), but Adams did not take or claim the seat, see 1814 United States House of Representatives elections in New York. | ||
Erastus Root |
Democratic-Republican | December 26, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
Successfully contested Adams's election. [data unknown/missing] | ||
Dorrance Kirtland | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
15th | Elected in 1816. [data unknown/missing] | |
Robert Clark | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
16th | Elected in 1818. [data unknown/missing] | |
Vacant | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 |
17th | Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued. | ||
Richard McCarty | Democratic-Republican | December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
Elected in 1821. [data unknown/missing] | ||
James Strong | Adams-Clay Federalist | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th 21st |
Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing] |
1823–1833 Columbia County |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831 | ||||
John King | Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
22nd | Elected in 1830. [data unknown/missing] |
1833–1843: Two seats[]
From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned to the 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 | ||||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
John Adams |
Jacksonian | Elected in 1832. | Aaron Vanderpoel |
Jacksonian | Elected in 1832. | ||
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
Valentine Efner | Jacksonian | Elected in 1834. | Re-elected in 1834. Lost re-election. | ||||
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
Zadock Pratt |
Democratic | Elected in 1836. Retired. |
Robert McClellan | Democratic | Elected in 1836 | ||
26th | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
John Ely | Democratic | Elected in 1838. | Aaron Vanderpoel |
Democratic | Elected in 1838. Retired. | ||
27th | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
Jacob Houck Jr. | Democratic | Elected in 1840. | Robert McClellan | Democratic | Elected in 1840. |
1843–present: One seat[]
The 8th district was a Queens-based seat until the 1992 redistricting. At that time much of the old 8th district became the 5th district. The new 8th district was created by cobbling together portions of the Manhattan-based 17th district and the 13th district in Brooklyn.
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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Richard D. Davis | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | Redistricted from 5th district and re-elected in 1842. [data unknown/missing] |
William W. Woodworth | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
29th | Elected in 1844. [data unknown/missing] |
Cornelius Warren | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | Elected in 1846. [data unknown/missing] |
Ransom Halloway |
Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | Elected in 1848. [data unknown/missing] |
Gilbert Dean |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | Elected in 1850. Redistricted to 12th district |
Francis B. Cutting |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Elected in 1852. [data unknown/missing] |
Abram Wakeman |
Whig | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | Elected in 1854. [data unknown/missing] |
Horace F. Clark |
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th 36th |
Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [data unknown/missing] |
Anti-Lecompton Democrat | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | |||
Isaac C. Delaplaine | Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | Elected in 1860. [data unknown/missing] |
James Brooks |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – April 7, 1866 |
38th 39th |
Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. [data unknown/missing] |
William E. Dodge |
Republican | April 7, 1866 – March 3, 1867 |
39th | Successfully contested election of James Brooks to |
James Brooks |
Democratic | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 |
40th 41st 42nd |
Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to 6th district |
John D. Lawson | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Elected in 1872. [data unknown/missing] |
Elijah Ward |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | Elected in 1874. [data unknown/missing] |
Anson G. McCook |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
45th 46th 47th |
Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data unknown/missing] |
John J. Adams | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | Redistricted from 7th district and re-elected in 1882. [data unknown/missing] |
Samuel S. Cox |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – May 20, 1885 |
49th | Elected in 1884. Resigned to become Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire |
Vacant | May 20, 1885 – November 3, 1885 |
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Timothy J. Campbell |
Democratic | November 3, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
49th 50th |
Elected to finish Cox's term. Re-elected in 1886. [data unknown/missing] |
John H. McCarthy |
Democratic | March 4, 1889 – January 14, 1891 |
51st | Elected in 1888. Resigned to become Justice of the City Court of New York City |
Vacant | January 14, 1891 – March 3, 1891 |
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Timothy J. Campbell |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | Elected in 1890. [data unknown/missing] |
Edward J. Dunphy |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | Redistricted from 7th district and re-elected in 1892. [data unknown/missing] |
James J. Walsh |
Democratic | March 4, 1895 – June 2, 1896 |
54th | Elected in 1894. Unseated in contested election. |
John M. Mitchell |
Republican | June 2, 1896 – March 3, 1899 |
54th 55th |
Successfully contested election of James J. Walsh. Re-elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing] |
Daniel J. Riordan |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 |
56th | Elected in 1898. [data unknown/missing] |
Thomas J. Creamer |
Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
57th | Elected in 1900. [data unknown/missing] |
Timothy D. Sullivan |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – July 27, 1906 |
58th 59th |
Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Resigned. |
Vacant | July 27, 1906 – November 6, 1906 |
59th | ||
Daniel J. Riordan |
Democratic | November 6, 1906 – March 3, 1913 |
59th 60th 61st 62nd |
Elected to finish Sullivan's term. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to 11th district. |
Daniel J. Griffin |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – December 31, 1917 |
63rd 64th 65th |
Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Resigned on election as sheriff of Kings County. |
Vacant | January 1, 1918 – March 5, 1918 |
65th | ||
William E. Cleary |
Democratic | March 5, 1918 – March 3, 1921 |
65th 66th |
Elected in 1918. [data unknown/missing] |
Charles G. Bond |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 |
67th | Elected in 1920. [data unknown/missing] |
William E. Cleary |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 |
68th 69th |
Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. [data unknown/missing] |
Patrick J. Carley |
Democratic | March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1935 |
70th 71st 72nd 73rd |
Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. [data unknown/missing] |
Richard J. Tonry |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
74th | Elected in 1934. [data unknown/missing] |
Donald L. O'Toole |
Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1945 |
75th 76th 77th 78th |
Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to 13th district |
Joseph L. Pfeifer |
Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951 |
79th 80th 81st |
Redistricted from 3rd district and re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. |
Victor Anfuso |
Democratic | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
82nd | Elected in 1950. Retired. |
Louis B. Heller |
Democratic | January 3, 1953 – July 21, 1954 |
83rd | Redistricted from 7th district and re-elected in 1952. Resigned. |
Vacant | July 22, 1954 – January 2, 1955 |
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Victor Anfuso |
Democratic | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 |
84th 85th 86th 87th |
Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Retired to run for New York Supreme Court |
Benjamin Rosenthal |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1983 |
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th |
Redistricted from 6th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to 7th district |
James H. Scheuer |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Redistricted from 11th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Retired. |
Jerry Nadler |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Redistricted from 17th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to 10th district. |
Hakeem Jeffries |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – Present |
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. [data unknown/missing] |
Recent election results[]
In New York 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 | James Brooks (incumbent) | 12,845 | 53.0 | ||
Republican | George Wilkes | 7,149 | 29.5 | ||
Independent | 4,243 | 17.5 | |||
Majority | 5,696 | 23.5 | |||
Turnout | 24,237 | 100 |
[data unknown/missing]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler (incumbent) | 131,943 | 82.3 | ||
Republican | Michael Benjamin | 26,028 | 16.2 | ||
Conservative | 2,381 | 1.5 | |||
Majority | 105,915 | 66.1 | |||
Turnout | 160,352 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler (incumbent) | 112,948 | 86.0 | +3.7 | |
Republican | Theodore Howard | 18,383 | 14.0 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 94,565 | 72.0 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 131,331 | 100 | -18.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler (incumbent) | 150,273 | 81.2 | -4.8 | |
Republican | 27,057 | 14.6 | +0.6 | ||
Green | 4,765 | 2.6 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative | 1,849 | 1.0 | +1.0 | ||
Independence | 1,025 | 0.6 | +0.6 | ||
Majority | 123,216 | 66.6 | -5.4 | ||
Turnout | 184,969 | 100 | +40.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler (incumbent) | 81,002 | 76.1 | -5.1 | |
Republican | 19,674 | 18.5 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative | 3,361 | 3.2 | +2.2 | ||
Green | 1,918 | 1.8 | -0.8 | ||
Libertarian | 526 | 0.5 | +0.5 | ||
Majority | 61,328 | 57.6 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 106,481 | 100 | -42.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler (incumbent) | 162,082 | 80.5 | +4.4 | |
Republican | 39,240 | 19.5 | +1.0 | ||
Majority | 122,842 | 61.0 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 201,322 | 100 | +89.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler (incumbent) | 108,536 | 85.0 | +4.5 | |
Republican | 17,413 | 13.6 | -5.9 | ||
Conservative | 1,673 | 1.3 | +1.3 | ||
Majority | 91,123 | 71.4 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 127,622 | 100 | -36.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler (incumbent) | 160,775 | 80.5 | -4.5 | |
Republican | Grace Lin | 39,062 | 19.5 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 121,713 | 61.0 | -10.4 | ||
Turnout | 199,837 | 100 | +56.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler (incumbent) | 98,839 | 75.5 | -5.0 | |
Republican | Susan L. Kone | 31,996 | 24.5 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 66,843 | 51.0 | -10.0 | ||
Turnout | 130,835 | 100 | -34.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Hakeem Jeffries | 184,038 | 90.2 | +14.7 | |
Republican | 17,650 | 8.7 | -15.9 | ||
Green | Colin Beavan | 2,441 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 166,388 | 81.2 | +31.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent) | 77,255 | 92.1 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | 6,673 | 8.0 | -0.7 | ||
Majority | 70,582 | 84.1 | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent) | 214,595 | 93.3 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Daniel Cavanagh | 15,401 | 6.7 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 229,996 | 86.6 | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent) | 180,376 | 94.3 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Ernest Johnson | 9,997 | 5.2 | -1.5 | |
Reform | Jessica White | 1,031 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 191,404 | 89.1 | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Hakeem Jeffries | 207,111 | 74.8 | |
Working Families | Hakeem Jeffries | 27,822 | 10.0 | |
Total | Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent) | 234,933 | 84.8 | |
Republican | Garfield Wallace | 39,124 | 14.1 | |
Conservative | Garfield Wallace | 2,883 | 1.1 | |
Total | Garfield Wallace | 42,007 | 15.2 | |
Total votes | 276,940 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Historical district boundaries[]
See also[]
- List of United States congressional districts
- New York's congressional districts
- United States congressional delegations from New York
Notes[]
- ^ "New York congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area". United States Census Bureau. June 8, 2017. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ "'Substantially the same'? Redistricting maps tell a different story than Cuomo's". March 16, 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
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- ^ 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... Vol. Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2029. Retrieved March 27, 2009.
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References[]
- 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
- Election date from the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
- Congressional districts of New York (state)
- Constituencies established in 1793
- 1793 establishments in New York (state)