New York's 23rd congressional district

New York's 23rd congressional district
	New York 's 23rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Tom Reed; R–Corning
Distribution	52.44% rural; 47.56% urban;
Population (2018)	693,764
Median income	$51,675[1]
Ethnicity	88.1% white; 4.1% Hispanic; 2.7% black; 2.3% Asian; 2.2% other; 0.6% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+6[2]

The 23rd congressional district of New York extends along New York's border with Pennsylvania from the shores of Lake Erie in Chautauqua County to the suburbs of Binghamton in Tioga County. It includes three of the eleven Finger Lakes: Keuka Lake, Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake.

The district comprises eleven counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins and Yates county along with parts of Ontario, and Tioga counties.[3]

The largest cities in the predominantly rural district are Jamestown, Elmira, and Ithaca. Its largest individual employers are Corning Incorporated in Corning and Cornell University in Ithaca.

Democrat Tracy Mitrano challenged Republican incumbent Tom Reed in the November 6, 2018 election.[4] Congressman Tom Reed won reelection on November 6, 2018, retaining his seat for a fourth term. Reed's 8.4% margin of victory was his smallest since his first election in 2012.[5]

Voting

Election results from presidential races (current boundaries)
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 50 - 49%
2012	President	Romney 49.6 - 48.4%
2016	President	Trump 54.5 - 39.7%

Election results from presidential races (old boundaries)
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Bush 40 - 37%
1996	President	Clinton 46 - 39%
2000	President	Bush 49 - 47%
2004	President	Bush 51 - 47%
2008	President	Obama 52 - 47%

Components: past and present

1913–1919: Parts of Manhattan
1919–1969: Parts of The Bronx
1969–1971: Parts of The Bronx, Manhattan
1971–1973: Parts of The Bronx
1973–1983: Parts of The Bronx, Westchester
1983–1993: All of Albany, Schenectady; Parts of Montgomery, Rensselaer
1993–2003: All of Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego; Parts of Broome, Delaware, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schoharie
2003–2013: All of Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oswego, St. Lawrence; Parts of Essex, Fulton, Oneida
2013–present: All of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, Yates; Parts of Ontario, Tioga

Various New York districts have been numbered "23" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

List of representatives

1823–1833: One seat

Years	Cong ress	Representative	Party	Electoral history
March 4, 1823	District created
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elisha Litchfield	Crawford Democratic- Republican	Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected here in 1822 [data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Luther Badger	Anti-Jacksonian	Elected in 1824 [data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831	20th 21st	Jonas Earll, Jr.	Jacksonian	First elected in 1826 Re-elected in 1828 [data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Freeborn G. Jewett	Jacksonian	Elected in 1830 [data unknown/missing]

1833–1843: Two seats

From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned, elected on a general ticket.

Congress	Years	Seat A			Seat B
Congress	Years	Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history
23rd	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	William K. Fuller	Jacksonian	Elected in 1832	William Taylor	Jacksonian	Elected in 1832
24th	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	William K. Fuller	Jacksonian	Re-elected in 1834 [data unknown/missing]		Jacksonian	Re-elected in 1834
25th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	Bennet Bicknell	Democratic	Elected in 1836 [data unknown/missing]		Democratic	Re-elected in 1836 [data unknown/missing]
26th	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	Nehemiah H. Earll	Democratic	Elected in 1838 Lost re-election	Edward Rogers	Democratic	Elected in 1838 [data unknown/missing]
27th	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	Victory Birdseye	Whig	Elected in 1840 Retired	A. Lawrence Foster	Whig	Elected in 1840 [data unknown/missing]

1843–present: One seat

Years	Cong ress	Representative	Party	Electoral history
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Orville Robinson	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	William J. Hough	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	William Duer	Whig	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Leander Babcock	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Caleb Lyon	Independent	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1855 – February 27, 1857	34th	William A. Gilbert	Opposition	Resigned
February 27, 1857 – March 4, 1857	Vacant
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Charles B. Hoard	Republican	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Ambrose W. Clark	Republican	Redistricted to the 20th district
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th 39th	Thomas Treadwell Davis	Unionist	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Thomas Treadwell Davis	Republican	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Dennis McCarthy	Republican	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	R. Holland Duell	Republican	Redistricted to the 24th district
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	William E. Lansing	Republican	Redistricted from the 22nd district [data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Scott Lord	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	William J. Bacon	Republican	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Cyrus D. Prescott	Republican	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	John T. Spriggs	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	James S. Sherman	Republican	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Henry W. Bentley	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	John M. Wever	Republican	Redistricted from the 21st district [data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Wallace T. Foote, Jr.	Republican	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Louis W. Emerson	Republican	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	58th 59th 60th 61st	George N. Southwick	Republican	Redistricted from the 20th district [data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Henry S. De Forest	Republican	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1913 – May 3, 1915	63rd 64th	Joseph A. Goulden	Democratic	Died
May 3, 1915 – November 2, 1915	Vacant
November 2, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th	William Bennet	Republican	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919	65th	Daniel C. Oliver	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921	66th	Richard F. McKiniry	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	Albert B. Rossdale	Republican	[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1923 – June 18, 1934	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd	Frank A. Oliver	Democratic	Resigned after being appointed justice of the Court of Special Sessions
June 18, 1934 – January 3, 1935	Vacant
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1945	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Charles A. Buckley	Democratic	Redistricted to the 25th district
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951	79th 80th 81st	Walter A. Lynch	Democratic	Redistricted from the 22nd district [data unknown/missing]
January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953	82nd	Sidney A. Fine	Democratic	Redistricted to the 22nd district
January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1959	83rd 84th 85th 86th	Isidore Dollinger	Democratic	Redistricted from the 24th district Resigned
January 1, 1960 – March 7, 1960	Vacant
March 8, 1960 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	Jacob H. Gilbert	Democratic	Redistricted to the 22nd district
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Charles A. Buckley	Democratic	Redistricted from the 24th district [data unknown/missing]
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973	89th 90th 91st 92nd	Jonathan Bingham	Democratic	Redistricted to the 22nd district
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977	93rd 94th	Peter A. Peyser	Republican	Redistricted from the 25th district [data unknown/missing]
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979	95th	Bruce Caputo	Republican	[data unknown/missing]
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	96th 97th	Peter A. Peyser	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989	98th 99th 100th	Samuel S. Stratton	Democratic	Redistricted from the 28th district [data unknown/missing]
January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993	101st 102nd	Mike McNulty	Democratic	Redistricted to the 21st district
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Sherwood Boehlert	Republican	Redistricted from the 25th district Redistricted to the 24th district
January 3, 2003 – September 21, 2009	108th 109th 110th 111th	John M. McHugh	Republican	Redistricted from the 24th district Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Army
September 21, 2009 – November 3, 2009	Vacant
November 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013	111th 112th	Bill Owens	Democratic	First elected to finish McHugh's term Re-elected in 2010, Redistricted to the 21st district
January 3, 2013 – Present	113th 114th 115th 116th	Tom Reed	Republican	Redistricted from the 29th district

Recent election results

In New York, there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties often 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.

US House election, 1984: New York District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel S. Stratton	188,144	77.8
	Republican	Frank Wicks	53,060	21.9
	Socialist Workers	Richard Ariza	642	0.3
Majority			135,084	55.9
Turnout			241,846	100

US House election, 1996: New York District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sherwood Boehlert	124,626	64.3
	Democratic	Bruce W. Hapanowicz	50,436	26.0
	Independence	Thomas E. Loughlin, Jr.	10,835	5.6
	Right to Life	William Tapley	7,790	4.0
Majority			74,190	38.3
Turnout			193,687

US House election, 1998: New York District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Sherwood Boehlert	111,242	80.8	+16.5
	Conservative	David Vickers	26,493	19.2	+19.2
Majority			84,749	61.5	+23.2
Turnout			137,735		-28.9

US House election, 2000: New York District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Sherwood Boehlert	124,132	60.5	-20.3
	Conservative	David Vickers	42,854	20.9	+1.7
	Democratic	Richard W. Englebrecht	38,049	18.6	+18.6
Majority			81,278	39.6	-21.9
Turnout			205,535		+48.9

US House election, 2002: New York District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	John M. McHugh	124,682	100	+39.5
Majority			124,682	100	+61.4
Turnout			124,682		-39.2

US House election, 2004: New York District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	John M. McHugh	160,079	70.7	-29.3
	Democratic	Robert J. Johnson	66,448	29.3	+29.3
Majority			93,631	41.3	-59.7
Turnout			226,527		+81.7

US House election, 2006: New York District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	John M. McHugh	106,781	63.1	-7.6
	Democratic	Robert J. Johnson	62,318	36.9	+7.6
Majority			44,463	26.3	-15.0
Turnout			169,099		-25.4

US House election, 2008: New York District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	John M. McHugh	129,991	65.3	+2.2
	Democratic	Michael P. Oot	69,112	34.7	-2.2
Majority			60,879	30.6
Turnout			199,103		+17.7

New York's 23rd congressional district special election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Bill Owens	73,137	48.3	+14.0
	Conservative	Doug Hoffman	69,553	46.0	+25.1 (2000)
	Republican	Dede Scozzafava (withdrew, but still on the ballot)[6]	8,582	5.7	-59.6
Majority			3,584	2.4	-28.2
Turnout			151,272		-24.0

Scozzafava dropped out of the race just prior to the election and endorsed Democrat Bill Owens. The results were not certified by the New York State Board of Elections until December 15, 2009.

US House election, 2010: New York District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Bill Owens	82,232	47.5	-0.8
	Republican	Matt Doheny	80,237	46.4	+40.7
	Conservative	Doug Hoffman	10,507	6.1	-39.9
Majority			1,995	1.2	-1.2
Turnout			172,976		+14.3

23rd Congressional District Election Results (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Reed	126,519	51.9
	Democratic	Nate Shinagawa	117,055	48.1
Total votes			243,571	100.0

23rd Congressional District Election Results (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Reed	113,130	59.4
	Democratic	Martha Robertson	70,242	36.9
Total votes			190,554	100.0

23rd Congressional District Election Results (2016)[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Reed	161,050	57.6
	Democratic	John Plumb	118,584	42.4
Total votes			279,634	100.0

23rd Congressional District Election Results (2018)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Reed	130,323	54.2
	Democratic	Tracy Mitrano	109,932	45.8
Total votes			240,255	100.0

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=36&cd=23
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-03-11. Retrieved 2014-06-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Reynolds, Nick (July 3, 2018). "Tracy Mitrano to face Tom Reed in November". Ithaca.com. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
Ballotpedia "". Ballotpedia.com
Associated Press (October 31, 2009). "Republican in State House Race Suspends Campaign". New York Times.
"NYS Board of Elections Representatives in Congress Election Returns Nov. 8, 2016" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 7, 2017.

Sources

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

External links

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
Election results via Clerk.house.gov:
- 1996 House election data, via Clerk of the House of Representatives
- 1998 House election data
- 2000 House election data
- 2002 House election data
- 2004 House election data

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[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=36&cd=23

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-03-11. Retrieved 2014-06-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] Reynolds, Nick (July 3, 2018). "Tracy Mitrano to face Tom Reed in November". Ithaca.com. Retrieved October 10, 2018.

[5] Ballotpedia "". Ballotpedia.com

[6] Associated Press (October 31, 2009). "Republican in State House Race Suspends Campaign". New York Times.

[7] "NYS Board of Elections Representatives in Congress Election Returns Nov. 8, 2016" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 7, 2017.