New York's 8th congressional district

New York's8th 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 PVID+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.

1 Geography
2 Components: Past and Present
3 List of Representatives
4 Election results
5 References

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.

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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List of Representatives

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. 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... ... ...

Representative Party Years Note Joseph L. Pfeifer Democratic January 3, 1945– January 3, 1951redistricted from 3rd district Victor L. Anfuso Democratic January 3, 1951– January 3, 1953 Louis B. Heller Democratic January 3, 1953– July 21, 1954redistricted 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, 1983redistricted from 6th district, redistricted to 7th district James H. Scheuer Democratic January 3, 1983– January 3, 1993redistricted 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.

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 Nadler108,536 85.0 +4.5 RepublicanEleanor Friedman 17,413 13.6 -5.9 ConservativeDennis E. Adornato 1,673 1.3 +1.3 Majority 91,123 71.4 +10.4 Turnout127,622 100 -36.6

US House election, 2004: New York District 8 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Jerrold Nadler162,082 80.5 +4.4 RepublicanPeter Hort 39,240 19.5 +1.0 Majority 122,842 61.0 +3.4 Turnout201,322 100 +89.1

US House election, 2002: New York District 8 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Jerrold Nadler81,002 76.1 -5.1 RepublicanJim Farrin 19,674 18.5 +3.9 ConservativeAlan Jay Gerber 3,361 3.2 +2.2 GreenDan Wentzel 1,918 1.8 -0.8 LibertarianJoseph Dobrain 526 0.5 +0.5 Majority 61,328 57.6 -9.0 Turnout106,481 100 -42.4

US House election, 2000: New York District 8 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Jerrold Nadler150,273 81.2 -4.8 RepublicanMarian S. Henry 27,057 14.6 +0.6 GreenDan Wentzel 4,765 2.6 +2.6 ConservativeAnthony A. LaBella 1,849 1.0 +1.0 IndependenceHarry Kresky 1,025 0.6 +0.6 Majority 123,216 66.6 -5.4 Turnout184,969 100 +40.8

US House election, 1998: New York District 8 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Jerrold Nadler112,948 86.0 +3.7 Republican Theodore Howard18,383 14.0 -2.2 Majority 94,565 72.0 +5.9 Turnout131,331 100 -18.1

US House election, 1996: New York District 8 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Jerrold Nadler131,943 82.3 Republican Michael Benjamin26,028 16.2 ConservativeGeorge A. Galip, Jr. 2,381 1.5 Majority 105,915 66.1 Turnout160,352 100