New York's 5th congressional district

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New York's 5th congressional district
Population (2000)	654,360
Median income	$51,156
Ethnic composition	55.7% White, 5.6% Black, 24.6% Asian, 23.5% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% other
Cook PVI	D+18

The 5th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that lies along the North Shore of Long Island. It consists of Northeastern Queens County and Northwestern Nassau County. The Queens portion of the district includes the neighborhoods of Bayside, Corona, Douglaston, Flushing, Jamaica Estates, Little Neck, and Whitestone. The Nassau portion of the distinct includes Albertson, Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington, Roslyn, and Sands Point. The district is currently represented by Democrat Gary Ackerman.

The district is very racially diverse. Although it is plurality White, it includes a large Hispanic population and the largest Asian-American population in any congressional district outside Hawaii and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Contents 1 Components: past and present 2 List of Representatives 3 Election results 4 References

[edit] Components: past and present

2003-present:

Parts of Nassau, Queens

1993-2003:

Parts of Nassau, Queens, Suffolk

1963-1993:

Parts of Nassau

1945-1963:

Parts of Queens

1913-1945:

Parts of Brooklyn

[edit] List of Representatives

For this portion of the list, the assignment of Representatives into the 1st district, as opposed to another district, is taken from United States congressional delegations from New York as of 2008-02-05.

Congress(es)/Year(s)	Representative	Party
1st–2nd (1789–1793)	Peter Silvester	Pro-Administration
3rd (1793–1795)	Theodorus Bailey	Anti-Administration
4th (1795–1797)		Democratic-Republican
5th (1797–1799)	David Brooks	Federalist
6th (1799–1801)	Theodorus Bailey	Democratic-Republican
7th (1801-03-04 – 1801-08-10)	Thomas Tillotson
7th (1801-10-06 – 1803)	Theodorus Bailey
8th (1803–1805)	Andrew McCord
9th–10th (1805–1809)	John Blake, Jr.
...	...	...

Representative	Party	Years	Note
James A. Roe	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
Robert T. Ross	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
T. Vincent Quinn	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – December 30, 1951	resigned
vacant		December 31, 1951 – February 18, 1952
Robert T. Ross	Republican	February 19, 1952 – January 3, 1953
Albert H. Bosch	Republican	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1960	resigned
vacant		January 1, 1961 – January 2, 1961
Joseph P. Addabbo	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	redistricted to 7th district
Frank J. Becker	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	redistricted from 3rd district
Herbert Tenzer	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969
Allard K. Lowenstein	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
Norman F. Lent	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	redistricted to 4th district
John W. Wydler	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	redistricted from 4th district
Raymond J. McGrath	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993
Gary Ackerman	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – present	redistricted from 7th district

Prior to 1992 the 5th District was centered on the south shore of Nassau County including towns mostly now in the 3rd and 4th District. The Queens portions of the 5th had been previously primarily in the 8th District of the 1980s. In general, the present 5th District greatly mirrors the 6th District from 1972 to 1982. The 1990s version of this district included northeast Nassau and northwest Suffolks counties; these areas were placed in the 2nd and 3rd District in 2002 and the 5th District gained areas in Queens formerly in 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 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	77,190	100	+28.7
Majority			77,190	100	+56.6
Turnout			77,190	100	-54.0

US House election, 2004: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	119,726	71.3	-21.0
	Republican	Stephen Graves	46,867	27.9	+27.9
	Independent	Gonzalo Policarpio	1,248	0.7	+0.7
Majority			72,859	43.4	-41.2
Turnout			167,841	100	+125.3

US House election, 2002: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	68,773	92.3	+24.3
	Conservative	Perry S. Reich	5,718	7.7	+7.7
Majority			63,055	84.6	+46.8
Turnout			74,491	100	-63.2

US House election, 2000: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	137,684	68.0	+3.0
	Republican	Edward Elkowitz	61,084	30.1	-3.0
	Right to Life	Anne T. Robinson	3,846	1.9	-0.0
Majority			76,600	37.8	+5.9
Turnout			202,614	100	+35.2

US House election, 1998: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	97,404	65.0	+1.3
	Republican	David C. Pinzon	49,586	33.1	-1.9
	Right to Life	Anne T. Robinson	2,872	1.9	+0.6
Majority			47,818	31.9	+3.2
Turnout			149,862	100	-24.2

US House election, 1996: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	125,918	63.7
	Republican	Grant M. Lally	69,244	35.0
	Right to Life	Andrew J. Duff	2,623	1.3
Majority			56,674	28.7
Turnout			197,785	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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