New York's 17th congressional district

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New York's 17th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Southern New York. It encompasses portions of the Bronx, Westchester County, and Rockland County. It includes the neighborhoods of Norwood, Riverdale, Wakefield, and Woodlawn in the Bronx, the city of Mount Vernon and parts of Yonkers in Westchester, as well as Monsey, Nanuet, Pearl River, and Suffern in Rockland County. The district is currently represented by Democrat Eliot L. Engel. It was the subject of The Colbert Report's Better Know A District segment on January 19, 2006.

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[edit] Components: Past and Present

2003-present:

Parts of Bronx, Rockland, Westchester

1993-2003:

Parts of Bronx, Westchester

1983-1993:

Parts of Bronx, Manhattan

1973-1983:

All of Staten Island
Parts of Manhattan

1913-1973

Parts of Manhattan
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[edit] Representatives

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The 17th was historically the East Side Manhattan district. In the 1970's it was a Staten Island seat. It became the west side Manhattan seat in the 1980's. It became a Bronx based seat in the 1992 remap and was shifted north into Rockland county in 2002 to absorb terrain from the deconsruction of the old 20th District.

Previously the 19th District covered much of the Bronx portion of the seat in the 1980's; while in the 1970's the 23rd District covered most of this area.

[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 17
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eliot L. Engel 140,530 76.2 +13.6
Republican Matt I. Brennan 40,524 22.0 -12.4
Conservative Kevin Brawley 3,482 1.9 +1.9
Majority 100,006 54.2 +26.0
Turnout 184,536 100 +49.0
US House election, 2002: New York District 17
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eliot L. Engel 77,535 62.6 -27.1
Republican C. Scott Vanderhoef 42,634 34.4 +24.1
Right to Life Arthur L. Gallagher 1,931 1.6 +1.6
Green Elizabeth Shanklin 1,743 1.4 +1.4
Majority 34,901 28.2 -51.2
Turnout 123,843 100 -3.5
US House election, 2000: New York District 17
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eliot L. Engel 115,093 89.7 +1.7
Republican Patrick McManus 13,201 10.3 -1.7
Majority 101,892 79.4 +3.4
Turnout 128,294 100 +39.5
US House election, 1998: New York District 17
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eliot L. Engel 80,947 88.0 +3.0
Republican Peter Fiumefreddo 11,037 12.0 -1.3
Majority 69,910 76.0 +4.4
Turnout 91,984 100 -22.8
US House election, 1996: New York District 17
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eliot L. Engel 101,287 85.0
Republican Denis McCarthy 15,892 13.3
Independence Dennis Coleman 2,008 1.7
Majority 85,395 71.6
Turnout 119,187 100

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New York's congressional districts
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The 30th – 45th districts are obsolete.
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United States congressional districts - Congressional apportionment - Redistricting - Gerrymandering - York Maps
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