New York's 3rd congressional district

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New York's 3rd congressional district
Population (2000)	654,360
Median income	$70,561
Ethnic composition	91.2% White, 2.2% Black, 3.0% Asian, 6.9% Hispanic, 0.1% Native American, 0.5% other
Cook PVI	D+2

The 3rd District of New York is generally the eastern half of Nassau County, with some parts as far west as Island Park and Long Beach. The Nassau portion contains suburban communities such as Bellmore, Bethpage, Farmingdale, Hicksville, Levittown, Massapequa, Massapequa Park, Merrick, North Bellmore, North Merrick, Seaford, Syosset, and Wantagh. The Nassau portion of the district also contains the cities of Long Beach and Glen Cove. The district also extends along the South Shore of western Suffolk County encompassing parts of Amityville, Babylon, Bay Shore, Copiague, East Islip, Islip, Lindenhurst, North Lindenhurst, West Babylon, and West Islip, although it generally does not venture north of Sunrise Highway once in Suffolk County.

The District is currently represented by Peter T. King. He was first elected in 1992. In his seventh election in 2004, he beat Democratic challenger Blair H Mathies Jr., with 62% of the vote.^[1] King ran on the Republican, Independence and Conservative ticket. He is the only Republican of the Long Island delegation.

Contents 1 Hamlets & Villages in the District 1.1 Entirely Within the District 1.2 Partially Within the District 2 Components: Past and Present 3 List of Representatives 3.1 1789-1823: One seat 3.2 1823-1843: Three, then four, seats 3.2.1 First seat 3.2.2 Second seat 3.2.3 Third seat 3.2.4 Fourth seat 3.3 1843-present 4 Election results 5 References

[edit] Hamlets & Villages in the District

[edit] Entirely Within the District

Bayville, Bethpage, Brookville, Cedar Beach, Centre Island, Cove Neck, East Norwich, Gilgo Beach, Glen Cove, Glen Head, Glenwood Landing, Harbor Isle, Hicksville, Island Park, Jericho, Lattingtown, Laurel Hollow, Levittown, Lido Beach, Locust Valley, Long Beach, Massapequa Park, Massapequa, Matinecock, Mill Neck, Muttontown, Oak Beach, Old Brookville, Oyster Bay Cove, Oyster Bay, Point Lookout, Seaford, Upper Brookville, Wantagh, and West Islip.

[edit] Partially Within the District

Amityville, Babylon, Baldwin, Bayshore, Bellmore, Brightwaters, Copiague, East Islip, Farmingdale, Freeport, Islip, Lindenhurst, Locust Grove, Merrick, North Babylon, North Bellmore, North Lindenhurst, Oceanside, Old Bethpage, Old Westbury, Plainview, Syosset, West Babylon, West Bayshore, Westbury, and Woodbury.

This district historically has been centered in northeast Nassau County, but has added other areas from time to time. In the 1960s the district emcompassed the northern half of Nassau County and a small corner of Queens. In the 1970s North Hempstead town was added to the 6th District and the 3rd moved into Huntington in Suffolk County and parts of southeast Nassau County. In the 1980s most of eastern Nassau was added to the 4th District, and the 3rd was composed of northwest Nassau, a narrow corridor along LI Sound, and northwest Suffolk. After the 1992 redistricting the North Shore was transferred to the new 5th District and the 3rd consisted of inland areas of northern and eastern Nassau County, and the Nassau County south shore. An even narrower corridor linked the northwest Nassau and northwest Suffolk portion of the 5th District, leaving most of Oyster Bay in the 3rd. The 2002 remap removed some areas of eastern Nassau, but added south shore towns in Suffolk County and the shore areas of northeast Nassau..

[edit] Components: Past and Present

1913-1945:

Parts of Brooklyn

1945-1953:

Parts of Queens

1953-1971:

Parts of Nassau

1971-1973:

Parts of Nassau, Queens

1973-1993:

Parts of Nassau, Suffolk

1993-2003:

Parts of Nassau

2003-present:

Parts of Nassau, Suffolk

[edit] List of Representatives

[edit] 1789-1823: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Egbert Benson	Pro-Administration	1789 – 1793
Philip Van Cortlandt	Anti-Administration	1793 – 1795
	Democratic-Republican	1795 – 1803
Samuel Latham Mitchill	Democratic-Republican	1803 – 1805
George Clinton	Democratic-Republican	1805 – 1809
Jonathan Fisk	Democratic-Republican	1809 – 1811
Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1811 – 1813
Peter Denoyelles	Democratic-Republican	1813 – 1815
Jonathan Ward	Democratic-Republican	1815 – 1817
Caleb Tompkins	Democratic-Republican	1817 – 1821
Jeremiah H. Pierson	Democratic-Republican	1821 – 1823		Two more seats added to the district

[edit] 1823-1843: Three, then four, seats

Starting in 1823, three seats were elected at-large district-wide on a general ticket.

[edit] First seat

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Churchill C. Cambreleng	Crawford Democratic-Republican	1823-03-04 – 1825-03-03		Redistricted from the 2nd district Lost re-election
	Jacksonian	1825-03-04 – 1837-03-03
	Democratic	1837-03-04 – 1839-03-03
Moses H. Grinnell	Whig	1839-03-04 – 1841-03-03		Lost re-election
Charles G. Ferris	Democratic	1841-03-04 – 1843-03-03

[edit] Second seat

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[edit] Third seat

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[edit] Fourth seat

In 1833, a fourth seat was added to the district.

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[edit] 1843-present

The single-seat district was restored in 1843.

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Henry J. Latham	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953		redistricted to 4th district
Frank J. Becker	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963		redistricted to 5th district
Steven Derounian	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965		redistricted from 2nd district
Lester L. Wolff	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973		redistricted to 6th district
Angelo D. Roncallo	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
Jerome A. Ambro, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981
Gregory W. Carman	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
Robert J. Mrazek	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993
Peter T. King	Republican	January 3, 1993 – present		Incumbent

[edit] Election results

In New York State there are numerous 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, 1996: New York District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	127,972	55.3
	Democratic	Dal A. Lamagna	97,518	42.1
	Right to Life	John J. O'Shea	4,129	1.8
	Liberal	John A. DePrima	1,807	0.8
Majority			30,454	13.2
Turnout			231,426	100

US House election, 1998: New York District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	117,258	64.3	+9.0
	Democratic	Kevin N. Langberg	63,628	34.9	-7.2
	Liberal	Thomas R. DiLavore	1,497	0.8	+0.0
Majority			53,630	29.4	+16.2
Turnout			182,383	100	-21.2

US House election, 2000: New York District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	143,126	59.5	-4.8
	Democratic	Dal LaMagna	95,787	39.8	+4.9
	Liberal	Selma Olchin	1,515	0.6	-0.2
Majority			47,339	19.7	-9.7
Turnout			240,428	100	+31.8

US House election, 2002: New York District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	121,537	71.9	+12.4
	Democratic	Stuart L. Finz	46,022	27.2	-12.6
	Liberal	Janeen DePrima	1,513	0.9	+0.3
Majority			75,515	44.7	+25.0
Turnout			169,072	100	-29.7

US House election, 2004: New York District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	171,259	63.0	-8.9
	Democratic	Blair H. Mathies, Jr.	100,737	37.0	+9.8
Majority			70,522	25.9	-18.8
Turnout			271,996	100	+60.9

US House election, 2006: New York District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	101,787	56.0	-7.0
	Democratic	Dave Mejias	79,843	44.0	+7.0
Majority			21,944	12.1	-13.8
Turnout			181,630	100	-33.2

[edit] References

• 1996 House election data "
• 1998 House election data "
• 2000 House election data "
• 2002 House election data "
• 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives

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