New York's 2nd congressional district

New York's 2nd congressional district
New York's 2nd congressional district
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Current Representative Steve Israel (DHuntington)
Distribution 99.64% urban, 0.36% rural
Population (2000) 654,360
Median income $71,147
Ethnicity 78.4% White, 10.4% Black, 3.0% Asian, 13.9% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 1.4% other
Cook PVI D+4

The 2nd Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in central Long Island. It includes all of the town of Huntington and parts of the towns of Babylon, Islip, and Smithtown in Suffolk County as well as part of the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County. It comprises such communities as Bay Shore, Brentwood, Central Islip, Commack, Deer Park, Dix Hills, Huntington, Melville, North Amityville, Northport, Oakdale, Plainview, Ronkonkoma, Sayville and Wyandanch. The District has a modest Democratic tilt. John Kerry defeated George W. Bush in this district 53%-45%. Steve Israel has represented the district since 2001.

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Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
2000 President Gore 57 - 39%
2004 President Kerry 53 - 45%
2008 President Obama 56 - 43%

Communities within the district

Entirely within the district

Asharoken, Bayport, Bohemia, Brentwood, Centerport, Central Islip, Dix Hills, East Farmingdale, East Northport, Elwood, Greenlawn, Halesite, Hauppauge, Half Hollow Hills, Huntington, Huntington Bay, Huntington Station, Islandia, Lloyd Harbor, Melville, North Amityville, Northport, Oakdale, Sayville, South Huntington, West Hills, West Sayville, Wheatley Heights, Wyandanch

Partially within the district

Amityville, Bay Shore, Commack, Copiague, Deer Park, East Islip, Jericho, Lindenhurst, North Babylon, North Lindenhurst, Plainview, Ronkonkoma, Syosset, Woodbury, West Babylon

Components: past and present

1913-1945:

Parts of Queens

1945-1963:

Parts of Nassau

1963-1973:

Parts of Nassau, Suffolk

1973-2003:

Parts of Suffolk

2003-present:

Parts of Nassau, Suffolk

List of representatives

1789 - 1805: one seat

Representative Party Years District home Note
John Laurance Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 New York City
John Watts Pro-Administration March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 New York City
Edward Livingston Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801 New York City
Samuel Latham Mitchill Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 New York City
Joshua Sands Federalist March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 Brooklyn joined with 3rd District on a general ticket

1805 - 1809: two seats on general ticket with 3rd District

Representative Party Years District home Note
Gurdon S. Mumford Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 New York City the districts were separated again, and a second seat was added to the 2nd district
George Clinton, Jr. Democratic-Republican New York City

Note: Usually, Mumford is listed as member from the 2nd District, and Clinton from the 3rd District, because Clinton was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Mitchill to the U.S. Senate, and Mitchill had been elected previously in the 3rd District. However, in 1804 Mitchill was already re-elected on the 2nd/3rd general ticket, and both Clinton and Mumford were elected in special elections, receiving votes in both districts.

1809 - 1823: two seats

From 1809 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the second district, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Seat A

Representative Party Years District home Note
Gurdon S. Mumford Democratic-Republican March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811
William Paulding, Jr. Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Egbert Benson Federalist March 4, 1813 – August 2, 1813 Resigned
Vacant August 2, 1813 – January 22, 1814
William Irving Democratic-Republican January 22, 1814 – March 3, 1819
Henry Meigs Democratic-Republican March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
Vacant March 4 - December 3, 1821 The United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821 were held in April, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the result was announced or the credentials were issued.
Churchill C. Cambreleng Democratic-Republican December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 New York City Two seats reduced to One; Redistricted to the 3rd district

Seat B

Representative Party Years District home Note
William Denning Democratic-Republican March 4, 1809 – 1810 never took his seat, and resigned
Samuel L. Mitchill Democratic-Republican December 4, 1810 – March 3, 1813
Jotham Post, Jr. Federalist March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Peter H. Wendover Democratic-Republican March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1821
Vacant March 4 - December 3, 1821 The United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821 were held in April, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the result was announced or the credentials were issued.
John J. Morgan Democratic-Republican December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 Two seats reduced to One; Redistricted to the 3rd district

1823 - present: one seat

Representative Party Years District home Note
Jacob Tyson Crawford Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 Staten Island
Joshua Sands Adams March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
John J. Wood Jacksonian March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
Jacob Crocheron Jacksonian March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
John T. Bergen Jacksonian March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Isaac B. Van Houten Jacksonian March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Samuel Barton Jacksonian March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Abraham Vanderveer Democratic March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
James De la Montanya Democratic March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
Joseph Egbert Democratic March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Henry C. Murphy Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Henry J. Seaman American March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
Henry C. Murphy Democratic March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
David A. Bokee Whig March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Obadiah Bowne Whig March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Thomas W. Cumming Democratic March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
James S.T. Stranahan Opposition March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
George Taylor Democratic March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
James Humphrey Republican March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Moses F. Odell Democratic March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Martin Kalbfleisch Democratic March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
Teunis G. Bergen Democratic March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
Demas Barnes Democratic March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
John G. Schumaker Democratic March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
Thomas Kinsella Democratic March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
John G. Schumaker Democratic March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877
William D. Veeder Democratic March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Daniel O'Reilly Democratic March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
William E. Robinson Democratic March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885
Felix Campbell Democratic March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891 redistricted from 4th congressional district
David A. Boody Democratic March 4, 1891 – October 13, 1891 resigned to become railroad commissioner of New York State
vacant October 13, 1891 – November 3, 1891
Alfred C. Chapin Democratic November 3, 1891 – November 16, 1892 resigned
vacant November 16, 1892 – March 4, 1893
John M. Clancy Democratic March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 redistricted from 4th congressional district
Denis M. Hurley Republican March 4, 1895 – February 26, 1899 died
vacant February 26, 1899 – March 4, 1899
John J. Fitzgerald Democratic March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 redistricted to 7th congressional district
George H. Lindsay Democratic March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1913
Denis O'Leary Democratic March 4, 1913 – December 31, 1914 resigned
vacant December 31, 1914 – March 4, 1915
C. Pope Caldwell Democratic March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921
John J. Kindred Democratic March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929
William F. Brunner Democratic March 4, 1929 – September 27, 1935 resigned upon election as sheriff of Queens County
vacant September 27, 1935 – November 5, 1935
William B. Barry Democratic November 5, 1935 – January 3, 1945 Redistricted to 4th district
Leonard W. Hall Republican January 3, 1945 – December 31, 1952 Redistricted from 1st district, resigned to become chairman of the Republican National Committee
vacant December 31, 1952 – January 3, 1953
Steven Derounian Republican January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 Redistricted to 3rd district
James R. Grover, Jr. Republican January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975
Thomas J. Downey Democratic January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993
Rick Lazio Republican January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Steve Israel Democratic January 3, 2001 – present Dix Hills Incumbent

Recent election results

New York election law allows for fusion voting, where a candidate can run as a member of multiple parties. The pooled vote totals for candidates are listed first, and the split of the votes among the parties they ran as is listed beneath. See below for blank, void, and scattering notes.*

New York's 2nd congressional district: Results 2000–2010[1][2][3]
Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct
2000 Steve Israel 90,438 48% Joan B. Johnson 65,880 35% Robert Walsh Right to Life 11,224 6%
Democratic 90,438 Republican 65,880 Richard N. Thompson Conservative 10,824 6%
David A. Bishop 10,266 5%
Independence 7,595
Green 1,404
Working Families 1,267
2002 Steve Israel 85,451 58% Joseph P. Finley 59,117 40% John Keenan Green 1,558 1%
Democratic 75,845 Republican 48,239
Independence 7,632 Conservative 5,772
Working Families 1,974 Right to Life 5,106
2004 Steve Israel 161,593 67% Richard Hoffmann 80,950 33%
Democratic 147,197 Republican 72,953
Independence 9,508 Conservative 7,997
Working Families 4,888
2006 Steve Israel 105,276 70% John W. Bugler 44,212 30%
Democratic 94,100 Republican 37,671
Independence 7,443 Conservative 6,541
Working Families 3,733
2008 Steve Israel 161,279 67% Frank J. Stalzer 79,641 33%
Democratic 143,759 Republican 70,145
Independence 11,900 Conservative 9,496
Working Families 5,620
2010 Steve Israel 94,694 56% John Gomez 72,115 43% Anthony Tolda CST 1,258 1%
Democratic 84,211 Republican 53,747
Independence 6,353 Conservative 13,525
Working Families 4,130
* Blank, void, and write-in candidate ("scattering") notes: In 2000, there were 37,596 BVS votes; in 2002, 14,087; in 2004, 40,937; and in 2006, 14,101. Since 2008, results were separated out, and there were 54,163 blank votes; 10 void ballots; and 12 votes cast for write-in candidates. In 2010, 7,104 were blank votes; 93 were void ballots; and thirty were votes cast for write-in candidates.

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