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New York's 18th congressional district
Map
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative
Distribution
  • 81.48% urban
  • 18.52% rural
Population (2023)784,352
Median household
income
$93,064[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+1[2]

New York's 18th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that contains the northern suburbs and exurbs of New York City. It is currently represented by Democrat Pat Ryan.

The 18th district includes all of Orange County, and most of Dutchess and Ulster Counties. The district includes the cities of Newburgh, Beacon, Kingston, and Poughkeepsie.[3]

In the August 23, 2022 Democratic Party primary Ulster County executive Pat Ryan defeated Aisha Mills and Moses Mugulusi.[4] On the same date Ryan also defeated Dutchess County executive Marc Molinaro (Republican) in a special election to fill a vacant seat in the district. The latter contest was seen as a victory in a bellwether district.[5] In the November 8, 2022 general election Ryan defeated New York State Assembly member Republican Colin Schmitt.

Republican Molinaro ran in the New York's 19th congressional district in the November general election and defeated Democrat Josh Riley. Incumbent Sean Patrick Maloney changed his election district to the New York's 17th congressional district, after redistricting maps were announced.

Recent statewide election results

Results under current lines (since 2023)[6]

Year Office Result
2016 President Clinton 47.9 - 47.0%
2020 President Biden 53.3 - 45.0%

History

2023–present:

All of Orange
Parts of Dutchess and Ulster

2013–2023: (map)

All of Orange and Putnam
Parts of Dutchess and Westchester

2003–2013:

Parts of Rockland, Westchester

1993–2003:

Parts of Bronx, Queens, Westchester

1983–1993:

Parts of Bronx

1913–1983:

Parts of Manhattan

1853–1873:

Montgomery

The 18th District was created in 1813. For many years, it was the upper Manhattan district. It was the east side Manhattan seat in the 1970s and then a Bronx district in the 1980s, Following the 1992 remap it became a Westchester-based district with narrow corridor through the Bronx and a large portion of central Queens. The 2002 remap gave those Queens areas to the 5th District and the 18th absorbed some Rockland areas due to the deconstruction of the old Orange-Rockland 20th District. In 2012, population lost in New York pushed the district further north, into the mid-Hudson Valley suburbs. From 2002 to 2013, the 18th district included most of Westchester County and part of Rockland County. It included Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Ossining, the Town of Pelham, Scarsdale, Tarrytown, White Plains as well as most of New City and Yonkers.

The redrawn district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the 2003-2013 congressional districts: 1 percent from the 18th congressional district; 76 percent from the 19th congressional district; 2 percent from the 20th congressional district; and 21 percent from the 22nd congressional district.[7]

Since 2012, the district has been a presidential bellwether, voting for the winner each time.[8]

List of members representing the district

Representative Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history Location
District established March 4, 1813

Moss Kent
(LeRaysville)
Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817
13th
14th
Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
[data missing]
1813–1823
St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis counties

David A. Ogden
(Madrid)
Federalist March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819
15th Elected in 1816.
Lost re-election.
William Donnison Ford
(Watertown)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821
16th Elected in 1818.
[data missing]
Vacant March 4, 1821 –
December 3, 1821
17th Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
Micah Sterling
(Watertown)
Federalist December 3, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
Elected in 1821.
[data missing]
Henry C. Martindale
(Sandy Hill)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th
19th
20th
21st
Elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
[data missing]
1823–1833
Washington County
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1831
Nathaniel Pitcher
(Sandy Hill)
Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
22nd Elected in 1830.
[data missing]

Daniel Wardwell
(Mannsville)
Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837
23rd
24th
Redistricted from the 20th district and re-elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
[data missing]
1833–1843
[data missing]
Isaac H. Bronson
(Watertown)
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
25th Elected in 1836.
[data missing]
Thomas C. Chittenden
(Adams)
Whig March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843
26th
27th
Elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
[data missing]

Preston King
(Ogdensburg)
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847
28th
29th
Elected in 1842.
Re-elected in 1844.
[data missing]
1843–1853
[data missing]

William Collins
(Lowville)
Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1846.
[data missing]

Preston King
(Ogdensburg)
Free Soil March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853
31st
32nd
Elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
[data missing]

Peter Rowe
(Schenectady)
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Elected in 1852.
[data missing]
1853–1863
[data missing]
Thomas R. Horton
(Fultonville)
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th Elected in 1854.
[data missing]

Clark B. Cochrane
(Schenectady)
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861
35th
36th
Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
[data missing]

Chauncey Vibbard
(Schenectady)
Democratic March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
37th Elected in 1860.
[data missing]

James M. Marvin
(Saratoga Springs)
Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1869
38th
39th
40th
Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
[data missing]
1863–1873
[data missing]

Stephen Sanford
(Amsterdam)
Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871
41st Elected in 1868.
[data missing]

John M. Carroll
(Johnstown)
Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
42nd Elected in 1870.
[data missing]

William A. Wheeler
(Malone)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Elected in 1872.
Redistricted to the 19th district.
1873–1883
[data missing]

Andrew Williams
(Plattsburg)
Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879
44th
45th
Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
[data missing]

John Hammond
(Crown Point)
Republican March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1883
46th
47th
Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
[data missing]

Frederick A. Johnson
(Glens Falls)
Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Elected in 1882.
Redistricted to the 21st district.
1883–1893
[data missing]

Henry G. Burleigh
(Whitehall)
Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
49th Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 1884.
[data missing]

Edward W. Greenman
(Troy)
Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
50th Elected in 1886.
[data missing]

John A. Quackenbush
(Stillwater)
Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893
51st
52nd
Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
[data missing]

Jacob LeFever
(New Paltz)
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897
53rd
54th
Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
[data missing]
1893–1903
[data missing]

John H. Ketcham
(Dover Plains)
Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1903
55th
56th
57th
Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 21st district.

Joseph A. Goulden
(The Bronx)
Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1911
58th
59th
60th
61st
Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
[data missing]
1903–1913
[data missing]

Stephen B. Ayres
(New York)
Independent Democrat March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
62nd Elected in 1910.
[data missing]

Thomas G. Patten
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1917
63rd
64th
Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
[data missing]
1913–1933
[data missing]
George B. Francis
(New York)
Republican March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1919
65th Elected in 1916
[data missing]

John F. Carew
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1919 –
December 28, 1929
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Resigned to become justice in Supreme Court of New York.
Vacant December 28, 1929 –
April 11, 1930
71st

Martin J. Kennedy
(New York)
Democratic April 11, 1930 –
January 3, 1945
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
Elected to finish Carew's term.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
[data missing]
1933–1943
[data missing]
1943–1953
[data missing]

Vito Marcantonio
(New York)
American Labor January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1951
79th
80th
81st
Redistricted from the 20th district and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
[data missing]

James G. Donovan
(New York)
Democratic January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1957
82nd
83rd
84th
Elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
[data missing]
1953–1963
[data missing]

Alfred E. Santangelo
(New York)
Democratic January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1963
85th
86th
87th
Elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
[data missing]

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
(New York)
Democratic January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1971
88th
89th
90th
91st
Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Lost re-nomination.
1963–1973
[data missing]

Charles Rangel
(New York)
Democratic January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1973
92nd Elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 19th district.

Ed Koch
(New York)
Democratic January 3, 1973 –
December 31, 1977
93rd
94th
95th
Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Resigned to become Mayor of New York City.
1973–1983
[data missing]
Vacant January 1, 1978 –
February 13, 1978
95th

Bill Green
(New York)
Republican February 14, 1978 –
January 3, 1983
95th
96th
97th
Elected to finish Koch's term.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 15th district.

Robert Garcia
(The Bronx)
Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 7, 1990
98th
99th
100th
101st
Redistricted from the 21st district and re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Resigned.
1983–1993
[data missing]
Vacant January 8, 1990 –
March 19, 1990
101st

José E. Serrano
(The Bronx)
Democratic March 20, 1990 –
January 3, 1993
101st
102nd
Elected to finish Garcia's term.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 16th district.

Nita Lowey
(Harrison)
Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2013
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
Redistricted from the 20th district and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 17th district.
1993–2003
[data missing]
2003–2013

Sean Patrick Maloney
(Cold Spring)
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2023
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 17th district and lost re-election.
2013–2023

Pat Ryan
(Gardiner)
Democratic January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
2023–2025
Catskills and mid-Hudson Valley region


2025–present
Catskills and mid-Hudson Valley region

Recent 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").

1996 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nita Lowey (Incumbent) 118,194 63.6%
Republican Kerry J. Katsorhis 59,487 32.0%
Independence Concetta M. Ferrara 4,283 2.3%
Right to Life Florence T. O'Grady 3,758 2.0%
Majority 58,707 31.6%
Turnout 185,722 100%
1998 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nita Lowey (Incumbent) 91,623 82.8% +19.2%
Conservative Daniel McMahon 12,594 11.4% +11.4%
Independence Giulio A. Cavallo 3,251 2.9% +0.6%
Right to Life Marion M. Conner 3,234 2.9% +0.9%
Majority 79,029 71.4% +39.8%
Turnout 110,702 100% −40.4%
2000 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nita Lowey (Incumbent) 126,878 67.3% −15.5%
Republican John G. Vonglis 58,022 30.8% +30.8%
Right to Life Florence T. O'Grady 3,747 2.0% −0.9%
Majority 68,856 36.5% +34.9%
Turnout 188,647 100% +70.4%
2002 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nita Lowey (Incumbent) 98,957 92.0% +24.7%
Right to Life Michael J. Reynolds 8,558 8.0% +6.0%
Majority 90,399 84.1% +47.6%
Turnout 107,515 100% −43.0%
2004 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nita Lowey (Incumbent) 170,715 69.8% −22.2%
Republican Richard A. Hoffman 73,975 30.2% +30.2%
Majority 96,740 39.5% −44.6%
Turnout 244,690 100% +127.6%
2006 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nita Lowey (Incumbent) 124,256 70.7% +0.9%
Republican Richard A. Hoffman 51,450 29.3% −0.9%
Majority 72,806 41.4% +1.9%
Turnout 175,706 100% −28.2%
2008 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nita Lowey (Incumbent) 174,791 68.5% −2.2%
Republican Jim Russell 80,498 29.3% −0.9%
Majority 94,293 41.4% +29.5%
Turnout 255,289 100% +45.3%
2010 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nita Lowey (Incumbent) 114,810 58.2% −10.3%
Republican Jim Russell 70,015 35.5% +6.2%
Majority 44,795 22.7% −18.7%
Turnout 197,212 100% −23.8%
2012 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Sean Patrick Maloney 130,462 51.7% −6.5
Republican Nan Hayworth (Incumbent) 121,911 48.3% +12.8
Majority 8,551 3.5% −19.2
Turnout 252,373 100% +21.9
Democratic gain from Republican
2014 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Sean Patrick Maloney (Incumbent) 84,415 47.6% −4.1
Republican Nan Hayworth 81,625 46.0% −2.3
Send Mr. Smith Scott Smith 4,924 2.3% +2.3%
Majority 2,790 1.6% −1.9
Turnout 177,424 100% −29.7
[9]
2016 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Sean Patrick Maloney (Incumbent) 162,060 55.6% +8.0
Republican Phil Oliva 129,369 44.0% −1.6
Majority 32,691 11.6% +10.0
Turnout 291,429 100% +64.4
[10]
2018 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Sean Patrick Maloney (Incumbent) 139,564 55.5% −0.1
Republican James O'Donnell 112,035 44.5% +0.5
Majority 27,529 11.0% −0.6
Turnout 251,599 100% −13.8
2020 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sean Patrick Maloney 170,899 51.0
Working Families Sean Patrick Maloney 12,914 3.8
Independence Sean Patrick Maloney 3,356 1.0
Total Sean Patrick Maloney (incumbent) 187,169 55.8
Republican Chele Farley 128,568 38.3
Conservative Chele Farley 16,530 4.9
Total Chele Farley 145,098 43.2
Libertarian Scott Smith 2,686 0.8
SAM Scott Smith 476 0.2
Total Scott Smith 3,162 1.0
Total votes 335,429 100.0
Democratic hold
2022 United States House of Representatives elections: New York District 18
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pat Ryan 123,168 46.15
Working Families Pat Ryan 12,077 4.52
Total Pat Ryan (incumbent) 135,245 50.67
Republican Colin Schmitt 116,972 43.83
Conservative Colin Schmitt 14,681 5.50
Total Colin Schmitt 131,653 49.33
Total votes 266,398 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ [1], Detailed Map of Congressional District 18
  4. ^ Patricia Doxsey, 'Daily Freeman,' August 23, 2022 https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2022/08/23/18th-congressional-district-democratic-primary-pat-ryan-easily-defeats-two-rivals/
  5. ^ Bill Mahoney, 'Politico,' 'Democrat Pat Ryan wins bellwether special election in New York's Hudson Valley' August 24, 2022 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/24/pat-ryan-molinaro-new-york-special-00053458
  6. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  7. ^ "Congressional District Comparison"
  8. ^ "Just 47 House districts flipped in the last three presidential elections. What do they tell us?".
  9. ^ "NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns Nov. 8, 2016" (PDF). New York Board of Elections. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  10. ^ "Certified Results from the November 6, 2018 General Election for U.S. Congress" (PDF). New York Board of Elections. Retrieved September 4, 2019.

References

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