New York's 12th congressional district
New York's 12th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. As of 2023, it is represented by Democrat Jerry Nadler, redistricted incumbent of the former 10th congressional district who defeated incumbent Carolyn Maloney in the August 2022 Democratic primary. The redrawn District 12 includes the Upper West Side constituency (former District 10) represented by Nadler since the 1990s, the Upper East Side, and all of Midtown Manhattan. The district is the smallest congressional district by area in the U.S.
New York's 12th congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |||
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 705,008[1] | ||
Median household income | $142,104[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+34[3] |
Pre-redistricting, the district included several neighborhoods in the East Side of Manhattan, the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, and western Queens, as well as Roosevelt Island, mostly overlapping the pre-redistricting 14th district.[4] The 12th district's per capita income, in excess of $75,000, is the highest among all congressional districts in the United States.[5]
Recent statewide election results
Year | Office | Results |
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2008 | President | Obama 80–19% |
2012 | President | Obama 77–22% |
2016 | President | Clinton 83–14% |
2020 | President | Biden 84–15% |
History
During the Civil War, the 12th District comprised the counties of Dutchess and Columbia.[6] The 12th District eventually became a Brooklyn district in the mid-1960s, as the result of a district realignment due to the Supreme Court's decision in the Cooper v. Power case in 1966. The district was realigned to include majority African American neighborhoods such as Bedford-Stuyvesant in Central Brooklyn. Until 1992, it was the Central Brooklyn district now held by Yvette Clarke (and formerly by Major Owens), and then remapped to include Hispanic neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan and Queens.
1803–1913:
1913–1945:
- Parts of Manhattan
1945–1993:
- Parts of Brooklyn
1993–2023:
From 2003 to 2013 it included parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. It included the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Ridgewood, and Woodside; the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Greenpoint, Red Hook, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, and Williamsburg; and part of Manhattan's Lower East Side and East Village.
2023–:
- Parts of Manhattan
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List of members representing the district
1803–1813: one seat
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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District established March 4, 1803 | ||||
![]() David Thomas (Salem) |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1803 – February 17, 1808[lower-alpha 1] |
8th 9th 10th |
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Resigned to become New York State Treasurer. |
Vacant | February 17, 1808 – November 7, 1808 |
10th | ||
Nathan Wilson (Salem) |
Democratic- Republican |
November 7, 1808 – March 3, 1809 |
Elected to finish Thomas's term. Retired. | |
![]() Erastus Root (Delhi) |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
11th | Elected in 1808. [data missing] |
Arunah Metcalf (Otsego) |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12th | Re-elected in 1810. [data missing] |
1813–1823: two seats
From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the District, elected at-large on a general ticket.
Cong ress |
Years | Seat A | Seat B | Location | |||||||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
13th | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
Zebulon R. Shipherd (Granville) |
Federalist | Elected in 1812. [data missing] |
Elisha I. Winter (Peru) |
Federalist | Elected in 1812. [data missing] |
1813–1823 Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Washington and Warren counties | |||
14th | March 4, 1815 – December 7, 1815 |
Vacant | Member-elect Benjamin Pond died October 6, 1814. | ![]() John Savage (Salem) |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1814. [data missing] | |||||
December 7, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
Asa Adgate (Chesterfield) |
Democratic-Republican | Elected to finish Pond's term. [data missing] | ||||||||
15th | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
John Palmer (Plattsburg) |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1816. [data missing] | |||||||
16th | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
Ezra C. Gross (Elizabeth) |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1818. Lost re-election. |
Nathaniel Pitcher (Sandy Hill) |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1821. [data missing] | ||||
17th | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 |
Vacant | Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued. | ||||||||
December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
![]() Reuben H. Walworth (Plattsburg) |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1821. |
1823–present: one seat
Recent elections
In New York, 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 | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 61,913 | 84.6 | ||
Republican | Miguel I. Prado | 9,978 | 13.6 | ||
Socialist Workers | Eleanor Garcia | 1,283 | 1.8 | ||
Majority | 51,935 | 71.0 | |||
Turnout | 73,174 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 53,269 | 83.6 | −1.0 | |
Republican | Rosemary Markgraf | 7,405 | 11.6 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Angel Diaz | 1,632 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Hector Cortes, Jr. | 1,400 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 45,864 | 72.0 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 63,706 | 100 | −12.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 86,288 | 87.1 | +3.5 | |
Republican | Rosemary Markgraf | 10,052 | 10.1 | −1.5 | |
Socialist | Paul Pederson | 1,025 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Right to Life | Mildred Rosario | 865 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Cesar Estevez | 850 | 0.9 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 76,236 | 76.9 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 99,080 | 100 | +55.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 48,408 | 95.8 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Cesar Estevez | 2,119 | 4.2 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 46,289 | 91.6 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 50,527 | 100 | −49.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 107,796 | 86.3 | −9.5 | |
Republican | Paul A. Rodriguez | 17,166 | 13.7 | +13.7 | |
Majority | 90,630 | 72.5 | −19.1 | ||
Turnout | 124,962 | 100 | +147.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 62,847 | 89.7 | +3.4 | |
Republican | Allan E. Romaguera | 7,182 | 10.3 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 55,665 | 79.5 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 70,029 | 100 | −44.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 123,053 | 90.0 | +0.3 | |
Republican | Allan E. Romaguera | 13,748 | 10.0 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 109,305 | 80.0 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 136,801 | 100 | +95.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 68,624 | 93.9 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Alice Gaffney | 4,482 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 64,142 | 87.7 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 73,106 | 100 | −46.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Carolyn Maloney | 193,455 | 72.1 | −21.8 | |
Republican | Christopher Wight | 46,692 | 17.4 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 109,305 | 54.7 | −33.0 | ||
Turnout | 268,287 | 100 | +366.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 90,603 | 77.2 | +5.1 | |
Republican | Nick Di Iorio | 22,731 | 19.4 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 67,872 | 57.8 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 117,420 | 100 | −228.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 244,358 | 83.2 | +6.0 | |
Republican | Robert Ardini | 49,398 | 16.8 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 194,960 | 66.4 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 293,756 | 100 | +250.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 26,742 | 59.6 | |
Democratic | Suraj Patel | 18,098 | 40.4 | |
Total votes | 44,840 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 217,430 | 86.4 | +3.2 | |
Republican | Eliot Rabin | 30,446 | 12.1 | −4.7 | |
Green | Scott Hutchins | 3,728 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 186,984 | 74.3 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 251,604 | 100 | −16.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 40,362 | 42.8 | |
Democratic | Suraj Patel | 37,106 | 39.4 | |
Democratic | Lauren Ashcraft | 12,810 | 13.6 | |
Democratic | Peter Harrison | 4,001 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 94,279 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 265,172 | 82.0 | −4.4 | |
Republican | Carlos Santiago-Cano | 53,061 | 16.0 | +3.9 | |
Libertarian | Steven Kolln | 4,015 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 208,096 | 65.0 | −9.3 | ||
Turnout | 322,248 | 100 | +28.1 |
See also
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.
- Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- "New York Redistricting". New York Times. March 20, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- "Highest Income Per Capita In The United States By Congressional District".
- "Ancestry.ca". www.ancestry.ca. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States (Vol. V; page 182)
- Shabad, Rebecca (August 23, 2022). "Rep. Jerry Nadler beats Rep. Carolyn Maloney in New York House primary". NBC News. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- "June 23 2020 Primary Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- David Thomas was appointed New York State Treasurer on February 5, 1808, and resigned his seat. His letter of resignation was read in the House on February 17.[7]
References
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- 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
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