New York's 10th congressional district
New York's 10th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives currently represented by Democrat Dan Goldman. The district contains all of Lower Manhattan and the western Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Gowanus, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, and Sunset Park. The district also contains portions of Borough Park and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, and all of Prospect Park. In Upper New York Harbor, the district includes Governors Island, Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty, and parts of Ellis Island.
New York's 10th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 14.25 sq mi (36.9 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 706,151[1] | ||
Median household income | $103,988[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+35[3] |
History
This congressional district has changed configurations and locations many times throughout its history due to redistricting, initially starting out as an upstate constituency before gradually moving south. Beginning in the 1870s, it shifted into parts of New York City, where it has remained to this day.
In the 20th century, the 10th district was always a Brooklyn-based seat from 1913 until 1973, when that iteration of the district was redrawn and renumbered as the new 16th, and the 10th was reassigned to a district in northern Queens and the east Bronx. The 1980 redistricting cycle restored the 10th district to Brooklyn, covering largely the same terrain as before. In the 1990 remap, much of the old 10th district was added to the new Queens–Brooklyn 9th district, while the new 10th then absorbed much of the old 11th district, including its congressman, Ed Towns.
From 2003 to 2013, this district was exclusively Brooklyn-based. During this time, it was majority-African American and included the neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Heights, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York, and Ocean Hill, as well as parts of Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, and Williamsburg.[4] Following the 2010–12 redistricting cycle, the district shed most of its Brooklyn territory, and picked up parts of Manhattan that had been in the 8th district.
The 2010 map had a size of 14.25 sq mi (36.9 km2), New York's 10th district was the second-smallest by total area in the country, after New York's 13th.[5] Demographically, it also had the largest number (270,000) and the highest percentage of Jews (37.6%) of any congressional district,[6] largely as a result of the fact that it included several heavily Jewish neighborhoods of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Prior to the 2020 census, the district stretched from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Borough Park.
List of members representing the district
National and statewide election results
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | B. Clinton 83–13% |
1996 | President | B. Clinton 90–6% |
2000 | President | Gore 88–8% |
2004 | President | Kerry 86–13% |
2008 | President | Obama 76–23% |
2012 | President | Obama 73–25% |
2016 | President | H. Clinton 78–18% |
2020 | President | Biden 76–22% |
Electoral history
District election results
The following are historical results for the 10th district's congressional elections.[lower-alpha 1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Clarkson Nott Potter (incumbent) | 14,249 | 57.1 | ||
Republican | James Westervelt | 10,685 | 42.9 | ||
Majority | 3,564 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 24,934 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edolphus Towns (incumbent) | 99,889 | 91.3 | ||
Republican | Amelia Smith-Parker | 8,660 | 7.9 | ||
Right to Life | Julian M. Hill Jr. | 893 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 91,229 | 83.4 | |||
Turnout | 109,442 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edolphus Towns (incumbent) | 83,528 | 92.3 | 1.0 | |
Republican | Ernestine M. Brown | 5,577 | 6.2 | 1.7 | |
Conservative | Ernest Johnson | 1,396 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 77,951 | 86.1 | 2.7 | ||
Turnout | 90,501 | 100 | 17.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edolphus Towns (incumbent) | 120,700 | 90.2 | 2.1 | |
Republican | Ernestine M. Brown | 6,852 | 5.1 | 1.1 | |
Working Families | Barry Ford | 5,530 | 4.1 | 4.1 | |
Conservative | Ernest Johnson | 802 | 0.6 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 113,848 | 85.0 | 1.1 | ||
Turnout | 133,884 | 100 | 47.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edolphus Towns (incumbent) | 73,859 | 97.8 | 7.6 | |
Conservative | Herbert F. Rayn | 1,639 | 2.2 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 72,220 | 95.7 | 10.7 | ||
Turnout | 75,498 | 100 | 43.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edolphus Towns (incumbent) | 136,113 | 91.5 | 6.3 | |
Republican | Harvey R. Clarke | 11,099 | 7.5 | 7.5 | |
Conservative | Mariana Blume | 1,554 | 1.0 | 1.2 | |
Majority | 125,014 | 84.0 | 11.7 | ||
Turnout | 148,766 | 100 | 97.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edolphus Towns (incumbent) | 72,171 | 92.2 | 0.7 | |
Republican | Jonathan H. Anderson | 4,666 | 6.0 | 1.5 | |
Conservative | Ernest Johnson | 1,470 | 1.9 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 67,505 | 86.2 | 2.2 | ||
Turnout | 78,307 | 100 | 47.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edolphus Towns (incumbent) | 72,171 | 92.2 | 0.7 | |
Republican | Jonathan H. Anderson | 4,666 | 6.0 | 1.5 | |
Conservative | Ernest Johnson | 1,470 | 1.9 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 67,505 | 86.2 | 2.2 | ||
Turnout | 78,307 | 100 | 47.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerry Nadler (incumbent) | 89,080 | 87.6 | n/a | |
Conservative | Ross Brady | 12,042 | 11.8 | n/a | |
Flourish Every Person | Michael Dilger | 554 | 0.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 89,080 | 75.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 113,226 | 20.1 | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerry Nadler (incumbent) | 25,527 | 89.6 | n/a | |
Democratic | Oliver Rosenberg | 2,949 | 10.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 22,578 | 79.3 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 28,476 | 5.1 | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerry Nadler (incumbent) | 170,286 | 77.5 | n/a | |
Republican | Philip Rosenthal | 49,530 | 22.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 120,756 | 55 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 219,816 | 39.4 | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerry Nadler (incumbent) | 173,095 | 82.1 | n/a | |
Republican | Naomi Levin | 33,692 | 16.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 173,095 | 82 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 210,714 | 100 | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerry Nadler (incumbent) | 51,054 | 64.2 | n/a | |
Democratic | Lindsey Boylan | 16,511 | 20.8 | n/a | |
Democratic | Jonathan Herzog | 7,829 | 9.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 34,543 | 43.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 79,483 | 30.0 | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry Nadler | 181,215 | 65.5 | |
Working Families | Jerry Nadler | 25,095 | 9.1 | |
Total | Jerry Nadler (incumbent) | 206,310 | 74.6 | |
Republican | Cathy Bernstein | 61,045 | 22.1 | |
Conservative | Cathy Bernstein | 5,844 | 2.1 | |
Total | Cathy Bernstein | 66,889 | 24.2 | |
Libertarian | Michael Madrid | 3,370 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 276,569 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
See also
Notes
- In New York State, there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for an office; hence, where applicable, the state electoral results below contain both the individual party votes and the final candidate votes (listed as "Total").
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