New York's 1st congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in eastern Long Island. It includes the eastern two-thirds of Suffolk County, including the northern portion of Brookhaven, as well as the entirety of the towns of Huntington, Smithtown, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and Shelter Island. The district encompasses extremely wealthy enclaves such as the Hamptons, middle class suburban towns such as Selden, Centereach, and Lake Grove, working-class towns such as Riverhead and rural farming communities such as Mattituck and Jamesport on the North Fork. The district currently is represented by Republican Nick LaLota who lives in Amityville, outside of the district.
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Population (2022) | 775,158[1] [2] | ||
Median household income | $126,171[3] | ||
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Cook PVI | R+3[4] |
The district has been a swing district since the 1990s and a Republican-leaning seat since the 2010s. President George W. Bush defeated challenger John Kerry by less than one percentage point in 2004, while in 2008 and 2012, Barack Obama won the district by less than five points. In 2012, New York underwent redistricting, and the 1st district was slightly modified. In the 2014 election, Republican Lee Zeldin defeated Democratic incumbent Tim Bishop, who had represented the district since 2003. Donald Trump won the district by 12 percentage points over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. At the same time, Zeldin won a second term, defeating Democratic challenger Anna-Thone Holst by a margin of 15.6%, the largest margin of victory for a Republican since 1998. In 2018, Zeldin won re-election to a third term, narrowly defeating Democratic challenger Perry Gershon by 4.1%. In 2020, the district shifted back in the Democratic direction, with Trump carrying the district by only four points in the 2020 United States presidential election.
In 2022, Republican Nick LaLota defeated Democrat Bridget Fleming in the newly-redrawn district by an approximately ten-point margin. As a result, it was one of 18 districts that would have voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Republican in 2022.
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | GHW Bush 40–38% |
1996 | President | B. Clinton 51–36% |
2000 | President | Gore 52–44% |
2004 | President | GW Bush 49–49%[a] |
2008 | President | Obama 52–48% |
2012 | President | Obama 50–49% |
2016 | President | Trump 54–42% |
2020 | President | Trump 51–47% |
1823–1945:
1945–1963:
1963–Present:
From 1809 to 1823, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.
Years | Cong ress |
Seat A | Seat B | Location | ||||||
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Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th | John Lefferts (Brooklyn) |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1812. [data missing] |
Ebenezer Sage (Sag Harbor) |
Democratic-Republican | Re-elected in 1812. [data missing] |
1813–1823 1st and 2nd Ward of New York County, and Kings, Queens, Suffolk and Richmond counties. | ||
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th | Henry Crocheron (Castletown) |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1814. [data missing] |
George Townsend (Oyster Bay) |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1814 | |||
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
15th | Tredwell Scudder (Islip) |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1816. Retired. |
Re-elected in 1816. [data missing] | |||||
March 4, 1819 – January 14, 1820 |
16th | Silas Wood (Huntington) |
Federalist | Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1821. Became the sole representative from the district in 1823. |
Vacant | Credentials had been issued for Ebenezer Sage (Dem.-Rep.), but Sage did not take or claim the seat, see 1818 United States House of Representatives elections in New York | ||||
January 14, 1820 – March 3, 1821 |
James Guyon Jr. (Richmond) |
Democratic-Republican | Successfully contested the election of Ebenezer Sage. [data missing] | |||||||
March 4, 1821 – December 12, 1821 |
17th | Vacant | Credentials had been issued for Peter Sharpe (Dem.-Rep.), but Sharpe did not take or claim the seat, see 1821 United States House of Representatives elections in New York | |||||||
December 12, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
Cadwallader D. Colden (New York) |
Federalist | Successfully contested the election of Peter Sharpe. [data missing] |
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").
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Michael P. Forbes (Incumbent) | 116,620 | 54.7 | ||
Democratic | Nora L. Bredes | 96,496 | 45.3 | ||
Majority | 20,124 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 213,116 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Michael P. Forbes (Incumbent) | 99,460 | 64.1 | 9.4 | |
Democratic | William G. Holst | 55,630 | 35.9 | 9.4 | |
Majority | 43,830 | 28.3 | 18.9 | ||
Turnout | 155,090 | 100 | 27.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Felix Grucci | 133,020 | 55.5 | 8.6 | |
Democratic | Regina Seltzer | 97,299 | 40.6 | 4.7 | |
None | Michael P. Forbes (Incumbent) | 6,318 | 2.6 | 2.6 | |
Green | William G. Holst | 2,967 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
Majority | 35,721 | 14.9 | 13.4 | ||
Turnout | 239,604 | 100 | 54.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop | 84,276 | 50.2 | 9.6 | |
Republican | Felix Grucci (Incumbent) | 81,524 | 48.6 | 6.9 | |
Green | Lorna Salzman | 1,991 | 1.2 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 2,752 | 1.6 | 13.3 | ||
Turnout | 167,791 | 100 | 30.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 156,354 | 56.2 | 6.0 | |
Republican | William M. Manger, Jr. | 121,855 | 43.8 | 4.8 | |
Majority | 34,499 | 12.4 | 10.8 | ||
Turnout | 278,209 | 100 | 65.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 104,360 | 62.2 | 6.0 | |
Republican | Italo Zanzi | 63,328 | 37.8 | 6.0 | |
Majority | 41,032 | 24.5 | 12.1 | ||
Turnout | 167,688 | 100 | 39.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 162,083 | 58.4 | 3.8 | |
Republican | Lee M. Zeldin | 115,545 | 41.6 | 3.8 | |
Majority | 46,538 | 16.8 | 7.7 | ||
Turnout | 277,628 | 100 | 65.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 98,316 | 50.2 | 8.2 | |
Republican | Randy Altschuler | 97,723 | 49.8 | 8.2 | |
Majority | 593 | 0.4 | 16.4 | ||
Turnout | 196,039 | 100 | 29.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 132,525 | 52.2 | 2.0 | |
Republican | Randy Altschuler | 121,478 | 47.8 | 2.0 | |
Majority | 11,047 | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
Turnout | 254,003 | 100 | 22.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin | 94,035 | 53.2 | 5.4 | |
Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 78,722 | 44.6 | 7.6 | |
Majority | 15,313 | 8.6 | 4.3 | ||
Turnout | 176,719 | 100 | 30.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin (Incumbent) | 188,499 | 58.2 | 2.0 | |
Democratic | Anna Throne-Holst | 135,278 | 41.8 | 5.0 | |
Majority | 53,221 | 15.6 | 7.0 | ||
Turnout | 341,554 | 100 | 93.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin (Incumbent) | 139,027 | 51.5 | 3.7 | |
Democratic | Perry Gershon | 127,991 | 47.4 | 7.8 | |
Majority | 12,036 | 4.1 | 11.5 | ||
Turnout | 270,006 | 100 | 73.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin (Incumbent) | 205,714 | 54.86 | 3.36 | |
Democratic | Nancy Goroff | 169,294 | 45.14 | 2.26 | |
Majority | 36,420 | 9.72 | 5.62 | ||
Turnout | 375,116 | 100 | 38.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Nick LaLota | 177,040 | 55.5 | 0.6 | |
Democratic | Bridget Fleming | 141,907 | 44.49 | 0.6 | |
Majority | 35,133 | 11.0 | 1.2 | ||
Turnout | 318,995 | 100 | 14.9 |