New York's 1st congressional district
New York's 1st congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries (Suffolk County highlighted in red) | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 713,168[1] [2] | ||
Median household income | $101,701[3] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+6[4] |
The 1st congressional district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in eastern Long Island. It includes the eastern two-thirds of Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown, as well as the entirety of the towns of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and Shelter Island. The district encompasses extremely wealthy enclaves such as the Hamptons, middle class suburban towns such as Selden, Centereach and Lake Grove, working-class towns such as Mastic, Shirley, and Riverhead and rural farming communities such as Mattituck and Jamesport on the North Fork. The district currently is represented by Republican Lee Zeldin. In the 2014 election, Zeldin defeated Democratic incumbent Tim Bishop, who had represented the district since 2003.
The district was a battleground for most of the 1990s and 2000s, as President George W. Bush defeated challenger John Kerry by less than a percentage point in 2004, while in 2012, President Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney by a single point. Donald Trump won the district by 12 percentage points over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. At the same time, Zeldin won a second term, defeating Democratic challenger Anna-Thone Holst by a margin of 15.6%, the largest margin of victory for a Republican since 1998. In 2018, Zeldin won re-election to a third term, narrowly defeating Democratic challenger Perry Gershon by 4.1%. In 2020, the district shifted back in the Democratic direction, with Trump carrying the district with a reduced margin of only four points in the 2020 United States presidential election.
In 2012, New York underwent redistricting, and the 1st District was slightly modified.
Recent election results in statewide races[edit]
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | GHW Bush 40–38% |
1996 | President | B. Clinton 51–36% |
2000 | President | Gore 52–44% |
2004 | President | GW Bush 49–49%[a] |
2008 | President | Obama 52–48% |
2012 | President | Obama 50–49% |
2016 | President | Trump 54–42% |
2020 | President | Trump 51–47% |
Communities within the district[edit]
- Amagansett
- Aquebogue
- Baiting Hollow
- Bellport
- Blue Point
- Bridgehampton
- Brookhaven (hamlet)
- Calverton
- Center Moriches
- Centereach
- Cherry Grove
- Coram
- Cutchogue
- Dering Harbor
- East Hampton (village)
- East Marion
- East Moriches
- East Patchogue
- East Quogue
- East Setauket
- East Shoreham
- Eastport
- Farmingville
- Gordon Heights
- Greenport
- Hagerman
- Hampton Bays
- Hauppauge
- Head of the Harbor
- Holtsville
- Jamesport
- Kings Park
- Lake Grove
- Laurel
- Manorville
- Mastic
- Mastic Beach
- Mattituck
- Medford
- Middle Island
- Miller Place
- Montauk
- Mount Sinai
- Moriches
- Nesconset
- New Suffolk
- Nissequogue
- North Bellport
- North Patchogue
- Orient
- Patchogue
- Peconic
- Port Jefferson
- Port Jefferson Station
- Quiogue
- Quogue
- Ridge
- Riverhead (hamlet)
- Rocky Point
- Ronkonkoma
- Sag Harbor
- Sagaponack
- Selden
- Setauket
- Shelter Island (hamlet)
- Shelter Island Heights
- Shirley
- Shoreham
- Smithtown (hamlet)
- Sound Beach
- Southampton (village)
- Southold (hamlet)
- Speonk
- Springs
- St. James
- Stony Brook
- Terryville
- Upton
- Village of the Branch
- Wading River
- Wainscott
- Water Mill
- Westhampton
- Westhampton Beach
- Yaphank
Components: past and present[edit]
1823–1945:
1945–1963:
1963–2022:
- Parts of Suffolk
2022–Present:
List of members representing the district[edit]
1789–1813: one seat[edit]
1813–1823: two seats[edit]
From 1809 to 1823, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.
Years | Cong ress |
Seat A | Seat B | Location | ||||||
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Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th | John Lefferts | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1812. [data unknown/missing] |
Ebenezer Sage | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected in 1812. [data unknown/missing] |
1813–1823 1st and 2nd Ward of New York County, and Kings, Queens, Suffolk and Richmond counties. | ||
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th | Henry Crocheron | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1814. [data unknown/missing] |
George Townsend | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1814 | |||
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
15th | Tredwell Scudder | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1816. Retired. |
Re-elected in 1816. [data unknown/missing] | |||||
March 4, 1819 – January 14, 1820 |
16th | ![]() Silas Wood |
Federalist | Elected in 1818 | Vacant | Credentials had been issued for Ebenezer Sage (Dem.-Rep.), but Sage did not take or claim the seat, see 1818 United States House of Representatives elections in New York | ||||
January 14, 1820 – March 3, 1821 |
James Guyon Jr. | Democratic-Republican | Successfully contested the election of Ebenezer Sage. [data unknown/missing] | |||||||
March 4, 1821 – December 12, 1821 |
17th | Re-elected in 1821. Became the sole representative from the district in 1823. |
Vacant | Credentials had been issued for Peter Sharpe (Dem.-Rep.), but Sharpe did not take or claim the seat, see 1821 United States House of Representatives elections in New York | ||||||
December 12, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
![]() Cadwallader D. Colden |
Federalist | Successfully contested the election of Peter Sharpe. [data unknown/missing] |
1823–Present: one seat[edit]
Recent election results[edit]
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").
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Michael P. Forbes (Incumbent) | 116,620 | 54.7 | ||
Democratic | Nora L. Bredes | 96,496 | 45.3 | ||
Majority | 20,124 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 213,116 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Michael P. Forbes (Incumbent) | 99,460 | 64.1 | ![]() | |
Democratic | William G. Holst | 55,630 | 35.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 43,830 | 28.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 155,090 | 100 | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Felix Grucci | 133,020 | 55.5 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Regina Seltzer | 97,299 | 40.6 | ![]() | |
None | Michael P. Forbes (Incumbent) | 6,318 | 2.6 | ![]() | |
Green | William G. Holst | 2,967 | 1.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 35,721 | 14.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 239,604 | 100 | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop | 84,276 | 50.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | Felix Grucci (Incumbent) | 81,524 | 48.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Lorna Salzman | 1,991 | 1.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 2,752 | 1.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 167,791 | 100 | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 156,354 | 56.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | William M. Manger, Jr. | 121,855 | 43.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 34,499 | 12.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 278,209 | 100 | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 104,360 | 62.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | Italo Zanzi | 63,328 | 37.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 41,032 | 24.5 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 167,688 | 100 | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 162,083 | 58.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | Lee M. Zeldin | 115,545 | 41.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 46,538 | 16.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 277,628 | 100 | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 98,316 | 50.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | Randy Altschuler | 97,723 | 49.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 593 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 196,039 | 100 | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 132,525 | 52.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | Randy Altschuler | 121,478 | 47.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 11,047 | 4.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 254,003 | 100 | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin | 94,035 | 53.2 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 78,722 | 44.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 15,313 | 8.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 176,719 | 100 | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin (Incumbent) | 188,499 | 55.2 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Anna Throne-Holst | 135,278 | 39.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 53,221 | 15.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 341,554 | 100 | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin (Incumbent) | 139,027 | 51.5 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Perry Gershon | 127,991 | 47.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 12,036 | 4.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 270,006 | 100 | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin (Incumbent) | 205,714 | 54.86 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Nancy Goroff | 169,294 | 45.14 | ![]() | |
Majority | 36,420 | 9.72 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 375,116 | 100 | ![]() |
See also[edit]
- List of United States congressional districts
- New York's congressional districts
- United States congressional delegations from New York
Notes[edit]
- ^ 2004 margin was <1%
References[edit]
- ^ "Congressional District 1, NY". Census Reporter. 2019.
- ^ "NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS BY URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION AND LAND AREA". U.S. Census. 2010.
- ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ Parsons, Stanley B.; Dubin, Michael J.; Parsons, Karen Toombs (1990). United States Congressional Districts, 1883-1913. ISBN 9780313264825.
- ^ Parsons, Stanley B.; Dubin, Michael J.; Parsons, Karen Toombs (1990). United States Congressional Districts, 1883-1913. ISBN 9780313264825.
- ^ Parsons, Stanley B.; Dubin, Michael J.; Parsons, Karen Toombs (1990). United States Congressional Districts, 1883-1913. ISBN 9780313264825.
- ^ "Mr. Hicks to Take Seat From First District New York". Washington Evening Star. December 24, 1915.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- "House Map 2012". The New York Times. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- National atlas congressional maps
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