New York's 9th congressional district

New York's 9th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It includes parts of southern Brooklyn and south central Queens. In Queens, the 9th includes the neighborhoods of Maspeth, Fresh Meadows, Glendale, Howard Beach, Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Middle Village, Forest Hills, Ozone Park, Ridgewood, Rego Park, Rockaway Beach, and Woodhaven. Its Brooklyn section includes Flatlands, Gerritsen Beach, Marine Park, Midwood, Mill Basin and Sheepshead Bay.

Politically, the district leans Democratic, but significantly less so than neighboring districts in Brooklyn and Queens. The Queens Tribune has found that the district increasingly swung Republican following the September 11 attacks in 2001, when many police and firefighters were lost from the Rockaways.^[1] Surveys found that terrorism and foreign policy took greater importance among voters, and Republican candidates improved their vote margins in state and national elections since 2002. Its representation in Congress was reliably Democratic for decades, and Chuck Schumer and Anthony Weiner received popular support from constituents for many years. Anthony D. Weiner was Congressman from 1999 until he resigned on June 21, 2011. Republican Bob Turner succeeded Weiner after winning the special election on September 13, 2011.

In order to accommodate surrounding districts with majority African-American or Hispanic populations (the 6th, 10th, 11th and 12th), it has been drawn to consist primarily of middle-class white neighborhoods (the district as a whole is 71% non-Hispanic white, 14.5% Asian, 13.6% Hispanic and 4% African-American). The district includes large Jewish, Italian, and Irish populations.

The district gained national attention in 1984 when Rep. Geraldine Ferraro became the vice presidential candidate of the Democratic Party. Current U.S. Senator Charles Schumer represented the district prior to becoming a U.S. Senator.

Voting

Presidential elections

Components: past and present

The 9th was historically a Queens district. Part of the old 9th became the 7th District in the 1992 redistricting when the present 9th absorbed much of the old 10th District based in Brooklyn.

• 1797-1803: Montgomery County
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• 1809-1913: Montgomery County
• 1913-1945: Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
• 1945-1963: Parts of Brooklyn
• 1963-1993: Parts of Queens
• 1993-present: Parts of Brooklyn, Queens

List of representatives

Recent election results

In New York elections, there are minor parties. 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").

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Notes

References

• 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. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• "1996 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/2002/96Stat.htm. 
• "1998 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/2002/98Stat.htm. 
• "2000 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm. 
• "2002 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm. 
• "2004 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm.