New York's 19th congressional district

New York's 19th congressional district
Current Representative		John Hall (D)
Population (2000)	654,360
Median income	$64,337
Ethnicity	88.1% White, 5.4% Black, 2.2% Asian, 7.7% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI	R+3

United States House of Representative, New York District 19 is located in the southern part of the State of New York in the USA. District 19 is north of New York City and is composed of parts of Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, in addition to the entirety of Putnam County.

District 19 is currently represented by Democrat John Hall, who was sworn in with the rest of the 110th Congress on January 4, 2007.

Voting

Components: Past and Present

1873-1875:

Montgomery

1913-1983:

Parts of Manhattan

1983-1993:

Parts of Bronx, Westchester

1993-2003:

All of Putnam

Parts of Dutchess, Orange, Westchester

2003-present:

All of Putnam

Parts of Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, Westchester

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2008 Republican primary

Two Republicans announced they were considering seeking the nomination to run against Democratic incumbent John Hall. They are (in alphabetical order): Iraq vet, lawyer, and high school teacher Kieran Michael Lalor of Wappingers Falls; and County Legislator George Oros of Westchester. On November 20, 2007 prior candidate Andrew Saul, head of the Federal Thrift Retirement Investment Board and Vice Chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) announced he was removing himself from the race for "personal reasons." State Assemblyman Greg Ball is also declined to enter the race. In February of 2008, however, Saul was rumored to be considering entering the race once again and had launched online polls to gauge interest.^[1]

Until 2006, the 19th Congressional District was considered a reliably Republican district and the National Republican Congressional Committee has targeted Hall for the 2008 election cycle.

Representatives

The 19th District was a Manhattan-based district until 1980. It then was the Bronx-Westchester seat now numbered the 17th District. The present 19th District was the 21st District prior to the 1990s, and prior to that was the 25th District.

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 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").

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
• 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives

1. ^ Elan, Suan. "To run or not to run...". The Journal News. February 15, 2008.
2. ^ "NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns Nov. 4, 2008" (PDF). http://www.elections.state.ny.us/NYSBOE/elections/2008/General/USCongress08.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-08. 

• 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2002 House election data "
• 2000 House election data "
• 1998 House election data "
• 1996 House election data "

External links

• Kieran Michael Lalor site
• John Hall site