New York's 8th congressional district

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New York's 8th congressional district
Population (2000) 654,360
Median income $47,061
Ethnic composition 74.6% White, 6.1% Black, 11.1% Asian, 11.7% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 2.0% other
Cook PVI D+28

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.

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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:

Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan

1983-1993:

Parts of Bronx, Nassau, Queens

1963-1983:

Parts of Queens

1913-1963:

Parts of Brooklyn
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[edit] List of Representatives

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Congress(es)/Year(s) Representative Party
3rd (1793–1795) Henry Glen Pro-Administration
4th–6th (1795–1801) Federalist
7th (1801–1803) Killian Van Rensselaer
8th–9th (1803–1807) Henry W. Livingston
10th (1807–1809) James I. Van Alen Democratic-Republican
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Representative Party Years Note
Joseph L. Pfeifer Democratic January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951 redistricted from 3rd district
Victor L. Anfuso Democratic January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953
Louis B. Heller Democratic January 3, 1953 – July 21, 1954 redistricted from 7th district, resigned
vacant July 22, 1954 – January 2, 1955
Victor L. Anfuso Democratic January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963
Benjamin S. Rosenthal Democratic January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1983 redistricted from 6th district, redistricted to 7th district
James H. Scheuer Democratic January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 redistricted from 11th district
Jerrold Nadler Democratic 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

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