New York's 10th congressional district

New York's 10th congressional district
Current Representative		Ed Towns (D)
Population (2000)	654,360
Median income	$30,212
Ethnicity	21.0% White, 63.0% Black, 2.7% Asian, 17.2% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 2.0% other
Cook PVI	D+38

New York's 10th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Brooklyn, New York City. It includes the neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Heights, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York and Ocean Hill, as well as parts of Fort Greene, Prospect Heights and Williamsburg. It is currently represented by Democrat Edolphus Towns.

Voting

Components: Past and Present

1983-present:

Parts of Brooklyn

1973-1983:

Parts of Bronx, Queens

1971-1973:

Parts of Brooklyn

1963-1971

Parts of Brooklyn, Queens

1913-1963

Parts of Brooklyn

1875-1913:

Various parts of mid-town and Lower Manhattan.

1873-1875:

Northern Manhattan.

1863-1873:

Westchester and Rockland Counties and The Bronx.

1853-1863:

Sullivan and Orange Counties.

1843-1853:

Delaware and Ulster Counties.

1823-1843:

Albany County

1813-1823:

Rensselaer County

1809-1813:

Jefferson, Lewis, Herkimer and St. Lawrence Counties.

1803-1809:

Rensselaer County

1799-1803:

All New York west of and including Cayuga, Onondaga, Cortland, and Broome Counties. It also included portions of what is today Chenango and Otsego Counties.

1793-1799:

Western New York with its eastern border being approximately the eastern borders of Jefferson (with St. Lawrence County), Lewis (with St. Lawrence County), Herkimer (its northern border), Hamilton (northern and eastern), Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie, and Delaware Counties. With Delaware County its southern border was also one of the district borders.

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List of representatives

The 10th District was a Brooklyn-based seat prior to 1972, when that district became the 16th and the 10th District was reassigned to a district in northern Queens and the east Bronx. The 1980 redistricting restored the 10th District to Brooklyn (covering the same terrain). In the 1990 remap, much of the old 10th District was added to the new Queens-Brooklyn 9th District. The new 10th then absorbed much of the old 11th District, including its congressman.

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").

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
• 2006 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
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• 1996 House election data "