New York's 17th congressional district
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New York's 17th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Southern New York. It encompasses portions of the Bronx, Westchester County, and Rockland County. It includes the neighborhoods of Norwood, Riverdale, Wakefield, and Woodlawn in the Bronx, the city of Mount Vernon and parts of Yonkers in Westchester, as well as Monsey, Nanuet, Pearl River, and Suffern in Rockland County. The district is currently represented by Democrat Eliot L. Engel. It was the subject of The Colbert Report's Better Know A District segment on January 19, 2006.
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[edit] Components: Past and Present
2003-present:
- Parts of Bronx, Rockland, Westchester
1993-2003:
- Parts of Bronx, Westchester
1983-1993:
1973-1983:
- All of Staten Island
- Parts of Manhattan
1913-1973
- Parts of Manhattan
[edit] Representatives
- Joseph C. Baldwin, Republican, March 11, 1941 - January 3, 1947
- Frederic R. Coudert, Jr., Republican, January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1959
- John V. Lindsay, Republican, January 3, 1959 - December 31, 1965
- Theodore R. Kupferman, Republican, February 8, 1966 - January 3, 1969
- Edward I. Koch, Democrat, January 3, 1969 - January 3, 1973 (redistricted to 18th district)
- John M. Murphy, Democrat, January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1981 (redistricted from 16th district)
- Guy V. Molinari, Republican, January 3, 1981 - January 3, 1983 (redistricted to 14th district)
- Theodore S. Weiss, Democrat, January 3, 1983 - September 14, 1992 (redistricted from 20th district)
- Jerrold Nadler, Democrat, November 3, 1992 - January 3, 1993 (redistricted to 8th district)
- Eliot L. Engel, Democrat, January 3, 1993 - present (redistricted from 19th district)
The 17th was historically the East Side Manhattan district. In the 1970s it was a Staten Island seat. It became the west side Manhattan seat in the 1980s. It became a Bronx based seat in the 1992 remap and was shifted north into Rockland county in 2002 to absorb terrain from the deconsruction of the old 20th District.
Previously the 19th District covered much of the Bronx portion of the seat in the 1980s; while in the 1970s the 23rd District covered most of this area.
[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 17 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 93,614 | 76.4 | +0.2 | |
| Republican | Jim Faulkner | 28,842 | 23.6 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 64,772 | 52.9 | -1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 122,456 | 100 | -33.6 | ||
| US House election, 2004: New York District 17 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 140,530 | 76.2 | +13.6 | |
| Republican | Matt I. Brennan | 40,524 | 22.0 | -12.4 | |
| Conservative | Kevin Brawley | 3,482 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 100,006 | 54.2 | +26.0 | ||
| Turnout | 184,536 | 100 | +49.0 | ||
| US House election, 2002: New York District 17 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 77,535 | 62.6 | -27.1 | |
| Republican | C. Scott Vanderhoef | 42,634 | 34.4 | +24.1 | |
| Right to Life | Arthur L. Gallagher | 1,931 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Green | Elizabeth Shanklin | 1,743 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 34,901 | 28.2 | -51.2 | ||
| Turnout | 123,843 | 100 | -3.5 | ||
| US House election, 2000: New York District 17 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 115,093 | 89.7 | +1.7 | |
| Republican | Patrick McManus | 13,201 | 10.3 | -1.7 | |
| Majority | 101,892 | 79.4 | +3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 128,294 | 100 | +39.5 | ||
| US House election, 1998: New York District 17 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 80,947 | 88.0 | +3.0 | |
| Republican | Peter Fiumefreddo | 11,037 | 12.0 | -1.3 | |
| Majority | 69,910 | 76.0 | +4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 91,984 | 100 | -22.8 | ||
| US House election, 1996: New York District 17 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 101,287 | 85.0 | ||
| Republican | Denis McCarthy | 15,892 | 13.3 | ||
| Independence | Dennis Coleman | 2,008 | 1.7 | ||
| Majority | 85,395 | 71.6 | |||
| Turnout | 119,187 | 100 | |||
[edit] References
- 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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