New York's 15th congressional district
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New York's 15th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It is comprised of Upper Manhattan, Rikers Island and a largely non-residential section of northwestern Queens on the shore of the East River mostly occupied by the Consolidated Edison power plant. The district includes the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, and Washington Heights. The Apollo Theater, Columbia University, and Grant's Tomb are located within this district. It is the smallest congressional district by area in the United States, comprising just 10.29 square miles (26.65 square kilometres) of land.[1]
The district is currently represented by Democrat Charles B. Rangel.
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[edit] Components: Past and Present
1993-present:
1983-1993:
- Parts of Manhattan
1963-1983:
- Parts of Brooklyn
1953-1963:
- All of Staten Island
- Parts of Brooklyn
1945-1953:
- Parts of Brooklyn
1913-1945:
- Parts of Manhattan
[edit] Representatives
- Emanuel Celler, Democrat, January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1953 (redistricted from 10th district, redistricted to 11th district)
- John H. Ray, Republican, January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1963
- Hugh L. Carey, Democrat, January 3, 1963 - December 31, 1974 (redistricted from 12th district)
- Leo C. Zeferetti, Democrat, January 3, 1975 - January 3, 1983
- S. William Green, Republican, January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1993 (redistricted from 18th district)
- Charles B. Rangel, Democrat, January 3, 1993 - present (redistricted from 16th district)
The 15th District was a Brooklyn based seat until 1982, when it was realigned to cover the East Side Manhattan seat. Following the 1992 reamp it became the upper Manhattan seat previously designated the 19th District and the 18th District
[edit] 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 15 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | ||
| US House election, 2004: New York District 15 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | ||
| US House election, 2002: New York District 15 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | ||
| US House election, 2000: New York District 15 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | 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 | ||
| US House election, 1998: New York District 15 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 90,424 | 93.1 | +1.8 | |
| Republican | David E. Cunningham | 5,633 | 5.8 | +1.0 | |
| Conservative | Patrick McManus | 1,082 | 1.1 | -2.0 | |
| Majority | 84,791 | 87.3 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 97,139 | 100 | -22.1 | ||
| US House election, 1996: New York District 15 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 113,898 | 91.3 | ||
| Republican | Edward R. Adams | 5,951 | 4.8 | ||
| Conservative | Ruben Dario Vargas | 3,896 | 3.1 | ||
| Right to Life | Jose Suero | 989 | 0.8 | ||
| Majority | 107,947 | 86.5 | |||
| Turnout | 124,734 | 100 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ United States Census Bureau. Congreational Districts by Land Area (National) (ASCII text). Retrieved on November 11, 2006.
- 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
- 2002 House election data "
- 2000 House election data "
- 1998 House election data "
- 1996 House election data "
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