New York's 15th congressional district

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New York's 15th congressional district
Population (2000)	654,360
Median income	$27,934
Ethnic composition	28.2% White, 34.6% Black, 2.9% Asian, 47.6% Hispanic, 0.9% Native American, 5.2% other
Cook PVI	D+43

New York's 15th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It is composed of Upper Manhattan, Rikers Island and a largely non-residential section of northwestern Queens on the shore of the East River mostly occupied by the Consolidated Edison power plant. The district includes the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights and portions of the Upper West Side. The Apollo Theater, Columbia University, and Grant's Tomb are located within this district. It is the smallest congressional district by area in the United States, comprising just 10.29 square miles (26.65 square kilometers) of land.^[1]

The district is currently represented by Democrat Charles B. Rangel. Scoring a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+43 in 2004, the 15th Congressional District was tied with neighboring 16th Congressional District (most of the Bronx) in being the two most Democratic districts in the nation.^[2] John Kerry won 90% of the vote in the 15th Congressional District that year.

Contents 1 Components: Past and Present 2 Representatives 3 Election results 4 References

[edit] Components: Past and Present

1993-present:

Parts of Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx

1983-1993:

Parts of Manhattan

1963-1983:

Parts of Brooklyn

1953-1963:

All of Staten Island

Parts of Brooklyn

1945-1953:

Parts of Brooklyn

1913-1945:

Parts of Manhattan

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Note
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	redistricted from 10th district, redistricted to 11th district
John H. Ray	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963
Hugh L. Carey	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974	redistricted from 12th district, resigned
vacant		January 1, 1975 – January 2, 1975
Leo C. Zeferetti	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983
S. William Green	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	redistricted from 18th district
Charles B. Rangel	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – present	redistricted from 16th district

The 15th District was a Brooklyn based seat until 1982, when it was realigned to cover the East Side Manhattan seat. Following the 1992 reamp it became the upper Manhattan seat previously designated the 19th District and the 18th District.

[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 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	103,916	94.0	+2.9
	Republican	Edward Daniels	6,592	6.0	-1.0
Majority			97,324	88.1	+3.9
Turnout			110,508	100	-37.6

US House election, 2004: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	161,351	91.1	+2.6
	Republican	Kenneth P. Jefferson, Jr.	12,355	7.0	-4.5
	Independence	Jessie A. Fields	3,345	1.9	+1.9
Majority			148,996	84.2	+7.3
Turnout			177,051	100	+85.6

US House election, 2002: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	84,367	88.5	-3.4
	Republican	Jesse A. Fields	11,008	11.5	+6.3
Majority			73,359	76.9	-9.8
Turnout			95,375	100	-32.7

US House election, 2000: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	130,161	91.9	-1.2
	Republican	Jose Agustin Suero	7,346	5.2	-0.6
	Green	Dean Loren	2,134	1.5	+1.5
	Independence	Jesse A. Fields	1,051	0.7	+0.7
	Conservative	Frank Della Valle	492	0.3	-0.8
	Libertarian	Scott A. Jeffery	480	0.3	+0.3
Majority			122,815	86.7	-0.6
Turnout			141,664	100	+45.8

US House election, 1998: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	90,424	93.1	+1.8
	Republican	David E. Cunningham	5,633	5.8	+1.0
	Conservative	Patrick McManus	1,082	1.1	-2.0
Majority			84,791	87.3	+0.8
Turnout			97,139	100	-22.1

US House election, 1996: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	113,898	91.3
	Republican	Edward R. Adams	5,951	4.8
	Conservative	Ruben Dario Vargas	3,896	3.1
	Right to Life	Jose Suero	989	0.8
Majority			107,947	86.5
Turnout			124,734	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 "

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