| New York's 12th congressional district | |
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| Representative | |
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| Population (2024) | 752,016[1] |
| Median household income | $153,117[2] |
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| Cook PVI | D+33[3] |
New York's 12th congressional district is acongressional district for theUnited States House of Representatives located inNew York City. As of 2023, it is represented byDemocratJerry Nadler, redistricted incumbent of the former 10th congressional district who defeated incumbentCarolyn Maloney in the August 2022 Democratic primary. The redrawn District 12 includes theUpper West Side constituency (former District 10) represented by Nadler since the 1990s, theUpper East Side, and all ofMidtown Manhattan. With aCook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+33, it is the most Democratic district in New York.[4] The district is thesmallest congressional district by area in the U.S. The 12th district's per capita income, in excess of $75,000, is the highest among all congressional districts in the United States.[5]
| Year | Office | Results[6][7] |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | Obama 81% – 18% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 78% – 22% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 83% – 13% |
| Senate | Schumer 83% – 14% | |
| 2018 | Senate | Gillibrand 87% – 13% |
| Governor | Cuomo 83% – 13% | |
| Attorney General | James 83% – 15% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 85% – 14% |
| 2022 | Senate | Schumer 83% – 16% |
| Governor | Hochul 80% – 20% | |
| Attorney General | James 80% – 20% | |
| Comptroller | DiNapoli 81% – 19% | |
| 2024 | President | Harris 81% – 17% |
| Senate | Gillibrand 82% – 18% |
During the Civil War, the 12th District comprised the counties ofDutchess andColumbia.[8] The 12th District eventually became a Brooklyn district in the mid-1960s, as the result of a district realignment due to theSupreme Court's decision in theCooper v. Power case in 1966. The district was realigned to include majorityAfrican American neighborhoods such asBedford-Stuyvesant inCentral Brooklyn. Until 1992, it was the Central Brooklyn district now held byYvette Clarke (and formerly byMajor Owens), and then remapped to include Hispanic neighborhoods inLower Manhattan and Queens.
1803–1913:
1913–1945:
1945–1993:
1993–2023:
From 2003 to 2013, it included parts ofBrooklyn,Queens, andManhattan. It included the Queens neighborhoods ofMaspeth,Ridgewood, andWoodside; the Brooklyn neighborhoods ofBushwick,Greenpoint,Red Hook,East New York,Brooklyn Heights,Sunset Park, andWilliamsburg; and part of Manhattan'sLower East Side andEast Village.Prior to the 2010s redistricting, the district included several neighborhoods in theEast Side of Manhattan, theGreenpoint section ofBrooklyn, and westernQueens, as well asRoosevelt Island, mostly overlapping the pre-redistricting14th district.[9]
2023–:
The 12th district is located entirely in the New York City borough ofManhattan. Manhattan neighborhoods in the district include:[10]
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1803 | ||||
.jpg) David Thomas (Salem) | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1803 – February 17, 1808[a] | 8th 9th 10th | Redistricted from the7th district andre-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Resigned to becomeNew York State Treasurer. |
| Vacant | February 17, 1808 – November 7, 1808 | 10th | ||
| Nathan Wilson (Salem) | Democratic- Republican | November 7, 1808 – March 3, 1809 | Elected to finish Thomas's term. Retired. | |
 Erastus Root (Delhi) | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 | 11th | Elected in 1808. [data missing] |
| Arunah Metcalf (Otsego) | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | 12th | Re-elected in 1810. [data missing] |
From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the District, elected at-large on ageneral ticket.
In New York, 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").
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 61,913 | 84.6 | ||
| Republican | Miguel I. Prado | 9,978 | 13.6 | ||
| Socialist Workers | Eleanor Garcia | 1,283 | 1.8 | ||
| Majority | 51,935 | 71.0 | |||
| Turnout | 73,174 | 100 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 53,269 | 83.6 | −1.0 | |
| Republican | Rosemary Markgraf | 7,405 | 11.6 | −2.0 | |
| Conservative | Angel Diaz | 1,632 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal | Hector Cortes, Jr. | 1,400 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 45,864 | 72.0 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 63,706 | 100 | −12.9 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 86,288 | 87.1 | +3.5 | |
| Republican | Rosemary Markgraf | 10,052 | 10.1 | −1.5 | |
| Socialist | Paul Pederson | 1,025 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Right to Life | Mildred Rosario | 865 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Conservative | Cesar Estevez | 850 | 0.9 | −1.7 | |
| Majority | 76,236 | 76.9 | +4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 99,080 | 100 | +55.5 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 48,408 | 95.8 | +8.7 | |
| Conservative | Cesar Estevez | 2,119 | 4.2 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 46,289 | 91.6 | +14.7 | ||
| Turnout | 50,527 | 100 | −49.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 107,796 | 86.3 | −9.5 | |
| Republican | Paul A. Rodriguez | 17,166 | 13.7 | +13.7 | |
| Majority | 90,630 | 72.5 | −19.1 | ||
| Turnout | 124,962 | 100 | +147.3 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 62,847 | 89.7 | +3.4 | |
| Republican | Allan E. Romaguera | 7,182 | 10.3 | −3.4 | |
| Majority | 55,665 | 79.5 | +7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 70,029 | 100 | −44.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 123,053 | 90.0 | +0.3 | |
| Republican | Allan E. Romaguera | 13,748 | 10.0 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 109,305 | 80.0 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 136,801 | 100 | +95.3 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Nydia Velazquez (incumbent) | 68,624 | 93.9 | +3.9 | |
| Conservative | Alice Gaffney | 4,482 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
| Majority | 64,142 | 87.7 | +7.7 | ||
| Turnout | 73,106 | 100 | −46.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Carolyn Maloney | 193,455 | 72.1 | −21.8 | |
| Republican | Christopher Wight | 46,692 | 17.4 | +7.4 | |
| Majority | 146,763 | 54.7 | −33.0 | ||
| Turnout | 268,287 | 100 | +366.9 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 90,603 | 77.2 | +5.1 | |
| Republican | Nick Di Iorio | 22,731 | 19.4 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 67,872 | 57.8 | +3.1 | ||
| Turnout | 117,420 | 100 | −228.5 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 244,358 | 83.2 | +6.0 | |
| Republican | Robert Ardini | 49,398 | 16.8 | −2.6 | |
| Majority | 194,960 | 66.4 | +8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 293,756 | 100 | +250.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 26,742 | 59.6 | |
| Democratic | Suraj Patel | 18,098 | 40.4 | |
| Total votes | 44,840 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 217,430 | 86.4 | +3.2 | |
| Republican | Eliot Rabin | 30,446 | 12.1 | −4.7 | |
| Green | Scott Hutchins | 3,728 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 186,984 | 74.3 | +12.1 | ||
| Turnout | 251,604 | 100 | −16.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 40,362 | 42.8 | |
| Democratic | Suraj Patel | 37,106 | 39.4 | |
| Democratic | Lauren Ashcraft | 12,810 | 13.6 | |
| Democratic | Peter Harrison | 4,001 | 4.2 | |
| Total votes | 94,279 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 265,172 | 82.0 | −4.4 | |
| Republican | Carlos Santiago-Cano | 53,061 | 16.0 | +3.9 | |
| Libertarian | Steven Kolln | 4,015 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 208,096 | 65.0 | −9.3 | ||
| Turnout | 322,248 | 100 | +28.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerrold Nadler (incumbent) | 45,545 | 55.4 | |
| Democratic | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 20,038 | 24.4 | |
| Democratic | Suraj Patel | 15,744 | 19.2 | |
| Democratic | Ashmi Sheth | 832 | 1.0 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerry Nadler (incumbent) | 200,890 | 81.8 | N/A | |
| Republican | Michael Zumbluskas | 44,173 | 18.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mikhail Itkis | 631 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 156,086 | 63.5 | −1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 245,694 | 100 | −4.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerry Nadler (incumbent) | 260,165 | 80.5 | −1.3 | |
| Republican | Michael Zumbluskas | 61,989 | 19.5 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 197,176 | 61 | −2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 323,154 | 100 | |||
| Preceded by | Home district of thepresident of the United States January 20, 2017 – September 27, 2019 | Succeeded by |
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