New York's 2nd congressional district
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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. Democrat Steve Israel has represented the district since 2001.
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[edit] Communities Within the District
[edit] Entirely Within the District
Asharoken, Bayport, Bohemia, Brentwood, Centerport, Central Islip, Dix Hills, East Farmingdale, East Northport, Elwood, Greenlawn, Halesite, 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
[edit] Partially Within the District
Amityville, Bayshore, Commack, Copiague, Deer Park, East Islip, Jericho, Lindenhurst, North Babylon, North Lindenhurst, Plainview, Ronkonkoma, Syosset, Woodbury, West Babylon
[edit] Representatives
- Leonard W. Hall, Republican, January 3, 1945 - December 31, 1952
- Steven B. Derounian, Republican, January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1963
- James R. Grover, Jr., Republican, January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1975
- Thomas J. Downey, Democrat, January 3, 1975 - January 3, 1993
- Rick Lazio, Republican, January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2001
- Steve Israel, Democrat, January 3, 2001 - present
[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, 2004: New York District 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Steve Israel | 161,593 | 66.6 | +8.1 | |
| [[Republican Party (US)|Republican]] | Richard Hoffmann | 80,950 | 33.4 | -7.1 | |
| Majority | 80,643 | 33.2 | +15.2 | ||
| Turnout | 242,543 | 100 | +66.0 | ||
| US House election, 2002: New York District 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Steve Israel | 85,451 | 58.5 | +10.6 | |
| [[Republican Party (US)|Republican]] | Joseph P. Finley | 59,117 | 40.5 | +5.6 | |
| Green | John Keenan | 1,558 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 26,334 | 18.0 | +5.0 | ||
| Turnout | 146,126 | 100 | -22.5 | ||
| US House election, 2000: New York District 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Steve Israel | 90,438 | 47.9 | +18.4 | |
| [[Republican Party (US)|Republican]] | Joan B. Johnson | 65,880 | 34.9 | -31.3 | |
| Right to Life | Robert T. Walsh | 11,224 | 6.0 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | Richard N. Thompson | 10,824 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
| Independence | David A. Bishop | 10,266 | 5.4 | +4.0 | |
| Majority | 24,558 | 13.0 | -23.7 | ||
| Turnout | 188,632 | 100 | +46.9 | ||
| US House election, 1998: New York District 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| [[Republican Party (US)|Republican]] | Rick Lazio | 85,089 | 66.2 | +2.0 | |
| Democratic | John C. Bace | 37,949 | 29.5 | -3.7 | |
| Right to Life | Dennis K. Quinn | 3,646 | 2.8 | +0.2 | |
| Independence | Kenneth J. Herman | 1,754 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 47,140 | 36.7 | +5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 128,438 | 100 | -26.4 | ||
| US House election, 1996: New York District 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| [[Republican Party (US)|Republican]] | Rick Lazio | 112,135 | 64.2 | ||
| Democratic | Kenneth J. Herman | 57,953 | 33.2 | ||
| Right to Life | Alice Cort Ross | 4,506 | 2.6 | ||
| Majority | 54,182 | 31.0 | |||
| Turnout | 174,594 | 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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