| New York's 2nd congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025 | |
| Representative | |
| Distribution |
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| Population (2024) | 777,625[1] |
| Median household income | $125,071[2] |
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| Cook PVI | R+6[3] |
New York's 2nd congressional district is acongressional district for theUnited States House of Representatives along theSouth Shore ofLong Island,New York. It includes southwesternSuffolk County and a small portion of southeasternNassau County. The district is currently represented byRepublicanAndrew Garbarino.
From 2003 to 2013 it included all of the town ofHuntington and parts of the towns ofBabylon,Islip andSmithtown inSuffolk County as well as part of the town ofOyster Bay inNassau County. It comprised such communities asBay Shore,Brentwood,Central Islip,Commack,Deer Park,Dix Hills,Huntington,Melville,North Amityville,Northport,Oakdale,Plainview,Ronkonkoma,Sayville andWyandanch. Much of this area is now the3rd congressional district, while most of the territory currently in the 2nd district was located in the 3rd district.[citation needed]
According to theAPM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 512,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 68% are White, 17% Latino, and 10% Black. Immigrants make up 15% of the district's potential voters. The median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $109,400. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 32% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.
| Voter registration and party enrollment as of February 20, 2025[4] | |||||
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| Party | Active voters | Inactive voters | Total voters | Percentage | |
| Democratic | 178,494 | 6,335 | 184,829 | 33.81% | |
| Republican | 167,319 | 6,166 | 173,485 | 31.74% | |
| Conservative | 9,514 | 381 | 9,895 | 1.81% | |
| Working Families | 2,203 | 66 | 2,269 | 0.42% | |
| Other | 14,724 | 286 | 15,010 | 2.75% | |
| Unaffiliated | 155,371 | 5,800 | 161,171 | 29.48% | |
| Total | 527,625 | 19,034 | 546,659 | 100% | |
For the119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following the New York Court of Appeals' December 2023 decision inHoffman v New York State Ind. Redistricting. Commn.), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, towns and municipalities.[5][6]
Suffolk County(12)
| Year | Office | Results[7][8] |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | Obama 53% - 46% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 54% - 46% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 52% - 44% |
| Senate | Schumer 61% - 37% | |
| 2018 | Senate | Gillibrand 55% - 45% |
| Governor | Cuomo 51% - 46% | |
| Attorney General | James 51% - 47% | |
| 2020 | President | Trump 51% - 48% |
| 2022 | Senate | Pinion 58% - 42% |
| Governor | Zeldin 61% - 39% | |
| Attorney General | Henry 60% - 40% | |
| Comptroller | Rodríguez 57% - 43% | |
| 2024 | President | Trump 56% - 43% |
| Senate | Sapraicone 54% - 45% |
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1789 | |||||
John Laurance (New York) | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 | 1st 2nd | Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Retired. | |
John Watts (New York) | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | 3rd | Elected in 1793. Lost re-election. | |
Edward Livingston (New York) | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801 | 4th 5th 6th | Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. [data missing] | |
Samuel L. Mitchill (New York) | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | 7th | Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the3rd district. | |
Joshua Sands (Brooklyn) | Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | 8th | Elected in 1802. Retired. | |
Gurdon S. Mumford is usually[by whom?] listed as member from the 2nd district, andGeorge Clinton Jr. from the 3rd district, because Clinton was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Mitchill to the U.S. Senate, and Mitchill had been elected previously in the 3rd district. However, in 1804 Mitchillwas already re-elected on the 2nd/3rd general ticket, and both Clinton and Mumford were elected in special elections, receiving votes in both districts.
| Cong ress | Years | Seat A | Seat B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | ||||
| 9th 10th | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 | Gurdon S. Mumford (New York) | Democratic- Republican | Daniel D. Tompkins waselected in 1804 but declined the seat when appointed to theNew York Supreme Court. Elected to begin Tompkins's term. Re-elected in 1806. | George Clinton Jr. (New York) | Democratic- Republican | Samuel L. Mitchill (previously of the 3rd district) wasre-elected in 1804 but resigned November 22, 1804 whenelected U.S. Senator. Elected to begin Mitchell's term. Re-elected in 1806. The districts were separated again, and a second seat was added to the 2nd district. | ||
The districts were separated in 1809.
From 1809 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the second district, elected at-large on ageneral ticket.
New York election law allows forfusion voting, where a candidate can run as a member of multiple parties. The pooled vote totals for candidates are listed first, and the split of the votes among the parties they ran as is listed beneath. See below for blank, void, and scattering notes.*
| Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 90,438 | 48% | Joan B. Johnson | 65,880 | 35% | Robert Walsh | Right to Life | 11,224 | 6% | |||||||
| Democratic | 90,438 | Republican | 65,880 | Richard N. Thompson | Conservative | 10,824 | 6% | |||||||||
| David A. Bishop | 10,266 | 5% | ||||||||||||||
| Independence | 7,595 | |||||||||||||||
| Green | 1,404 | |||||||||||||||
| Working Families | 1,267 | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 85,451 | 58% | Joseph P. Finley | 59,117 | 40% | John Keenan | Green | 1,558 | 1% | |||||||
| Democratic | 75,845 | Republican | 48,239 | |||||||||||||
| Independence | 7,632 | Conservative | 5,772 | |||||||||||||
| Working Families | 1,974 | Right to Life | 5,106 | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | 161,593 | 67% | Richard Hoffmann | 80,950 | 33% | |||||||||||
| Democratic | 147,197 | Republican | 72,953 | |||||||||||||
| Independence | 9,508 | Conservative | 7,997 | |||||||||||||
| Working Families | 4,888 | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 105,276 | 70% | John W. Bugler | 44,212 | 30% | |||||||||||
| Democratic | 94,100 | Republican | 37,671 | |||||||||||||
| Independence | 7,443 | Conservative | 6,541 | |||||||||||||
| Working Families | 3,733 | |||||||||||||||
| 2008 | 161,279 | 67% | Frank J. Stalzer | 79,641 | 33% | |||||||||||
| Democratic | 143,759 | Republican | 70,145 | |||||||||||||
| Independence | 11,900 | Conservative | 9,496 | |||||||||||||
| Working Families | 5,620 | |||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 94,694 | 56% | John Gomez | 72,115 | 43% | Anthony Tolda | CST | 1,258 | 1% | |||||||
| Democratic | 84,211 | Republican | 53,747 | |||||||||||||
| Independence | 6,353 | Conservative | 13,525 | |||||||||||||
| Working Families | 4,130 | |||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Vivianne Falcone | 92,060 | 41% | 131,091 | 59% | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Patricia Maher | 40,009 | 28% | 91,701 | 65% | |||||||||||
| 2016 | Du Wayne Gregory | 110,938 | 38% | 181,506 | 62% | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Liuba Grechen Shirley | 106,996 | 45% | 122,103 | 53% | |||||||||||
| Democratic | 102,977 | Republican | 107,495 | |||||||||||||
| Women's Equality | 1,371 | Conservative | 11,742 | |||||||||||||
| Working Families | 2,648 | Independence | 2,417 | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Jackie Gordon | 154,123 | 46% | 177,353 | 53% | Harry Burger | Green | 3,446 | 1% | |||||||
* Blank, void, and write-in candidate ("scattering") notes: In 2000, there were 37,596 BVS votes; in 2002, 14,087; in 2004, 40,937; and in 2006, 14,101. Since 2008, results were separated out, and there were 54,163 blank votes; 10 void ballots; and 12 votes cast for write-in candidates. In 2010, 7,104 were blank votes; 93 were void ballots; and thirty were votes cast for write-in candidates.