New York's 8th congressional district
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New York's Eighth Congressional District district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It is split into two sections. The northern portion of it includes most of Manhattan's Upper West Side, and continues south to include most parts of Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea, SoHo, Greenwich Village, TriBeCa, and Downtown Manhattan. The southern portion in Brooklyn includes parts of Borough Park, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Gravesend, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, and Seagate.
The current Representative from the Eighth District is Jerrold Nadler. The district was the subject of The Colbert Report's Better Know A District segment on February 2, 2006.
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[edit] Geography
Similar to other districts around the New York harbor, this district is not one solid landmass, but rather two separate ones that both border on the water. Such division is necessary due to the prevalence of islands and peninsulae in New York City, as well as to facilate the creation of the adjoining Hispanic majority 12th District.
[edit] Components: Past and Present
1993-present:
1983-1993:
1963-1983:
- Parts of Queens
1913-1963:
- Parts of Brooklyn
[edit] Representatives
- Joseph L. Pfeifer, Democrat, January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1951 (redistricted from 3rd district)
- Victor L. Anfuso, Democrat, January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1953
- Louis B. Heller, Democrat, January 3, 1953 - July 21, 1954 (redistricted from 7th district)
- Victor L. Anfuso, Democrat, January 3, 1955 - January 3, 1963
- Benjamin S. Rosenthal, Democrat, January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1983 (redistricted from 6th district, redistricted to 7th district)
- James H. Scheuer, Democrat, January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1993 (redistricted from 11th district)
- Jerrold Nadler, Democrat, January 3, 1993 - present (redistricted from 17th district)
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.
[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 8 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 108,536 | 85.0 | +4.5 | |
| Republican | Eleanor Friedman | 17,413 | 13.6 | -5.9 | |
| Conservative | Dennis E. Adornato | 1,673 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 91,123 | 71.4 | +10.4 | ||
| Turnout | 127,622 | 100 | -36.6 | ||
| US House election, 2004: New York District 8 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 162,082 | 80.5 | +4.4 | |
| Republican | Peter Hort | 39,240 | 19.5 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 122,842 | 61.0 | +3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 201,322 | 100 | +89.1 | ||
| US House election, 2002: New York District 8 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 81,002 | 76.1 | -5.1 | |
| Republican | Jim Farrin | 19,674 | 18.5 | +3.9 | |
| Conservative | Alan Jay Gerber | 3,361 | 3.2 | +2.2 | |
| Green | Dan Wentzel | 1,918 | 1.8 | -0.8 | |
| Libertarian | Joseph Dobrain | 526 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 61,328 | 57.6 | -9.0 | ||
| Turnout | 106,481 | 100 | -42.4 | ||
| US House election, 2000: New York District 8 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 150,273 | 81.2 | -4.8 | |
| Republican | Marian S. Henry | 27,057 | 14.6 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Dan Wentzel | 4,765 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Conservative | Anthony A. LaBella | 1,849 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Independence | Harry Kresky | 1,025 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 123,216 | 66.6 | -5.4 | ||
| Turnout | 184,969 | 100 | +40.8 | ||
| US House election, 1998: New York District 8 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 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 | ||
| US House election, 1996: New York District 8 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 131,943 | 82.3 | ||
| Republican | Michael Benjamin | 26,028 | 16.2 | ||
| Conservative | George A. Galip, Jr. | 2,381 | 1.5 | ||
| Majority | 105,915 | 66.1 | |||
| Turnout | 160,352 | 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 "
[edit] See also
| New York's congressional districts |
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