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New York's 12th congressional district

U.S. House district for New York

New York's 12th congressional district

U.S. House district for New York

FieldValue
stateNew York
district number12
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image captionInteractive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
representativeJerry Nadler
partyDemocratic
residenceManhattan
percent urban100
percent rural0
population752,016
population year2024
median income$153,117
percent white65.2
percent hispanic11.2
percent black4.7
percent asian14.1
percent more than one race3.9
percent other race0.9
cpviD+33

| percent more than one race = 3.9

New York's 12th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. As of 2023, it is represented by Democrat Jerry Nadler, redistricted incumbent of the former 10th congressional district who defeated incumbent Carolyn Maloney in the August 2022 Democratic primary. Nadler has since stated that he does not intend to run for reelection in 2026. The redrawn District 12 includes the Upper West Side constituency (former District 10) represented by Nadler since the 1990s, the Upper East Side, and all of Midtown Manhattan. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+33, it is the most Democratic district in New York and tied with California's 37th district (D+33) and Alabama's 4th district (R+33) for the ninth most extreme. The district is the smallest 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.

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentObama 81% – 18%
2012PresidentObama 78% – 22%
2016PresidentClinton 83% – 13%
SenateSchumer 83% – 14%
2018SenateGillibrand 87% – 13%
GovernorCuomo 83% – 13%
Attorney GeneralJames 83% – 15%
2020PresidentBiden 85% – 14%
2022SenateSchumer 83% – 16%
GovernorHochul 80% – 20%
Attorney GeneralJames 80% – 20%
ComptrollerDiNapoli 81% – 19%
2024PresidentHarris 81% – 17%
SenateGillibrand 82% – 18%

History

During the Civil War, the 12th District comprised the counties of Dutchess and Columbia. The 12th District eventually became a Brooklyn district in the mid-1960s, as the result of a district realignment due to the Supreme Court's decision in the Cooper v. Power case in 1966. The district was realigned to include majority African American neighborhoods such as Bedford-Stuyvesant in Central Brooklyn. Until 1992, it was the Central Brooklyn district now held by Yvette Clarke (and formerly by Major Owens), and then remapped to include Hispanic neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan and Queens.

1803–1913: :Dutchess County, Columbia County 1913–1945: :Parts of Manhattan 1945–1993: :Parts of Brooklyn 1993–2023: :Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens From 2003 to 2013, it included parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. It included the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Ridgewood, and Woodside; the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Greenpoint, Red Hook, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, and Williamsburg; and part of Manhattan's Lower East Side and East Village. Prior to the 2010s redistricting, the district included several neighborhoods in the East Side of Manhattan, the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, and western Queens, as well as Roosevelt Island, mostly overlapping the pre-redistricting 14th district.

2023–: :Parts of Manhattan

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Current composition

The 12th district is located entirely in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Manhattan neighborhoods in the district include:

  • Carnegie Hill
  • Chelsea
  • Flatiron
  • Gramercy
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • Hudson Yards
  • Kips Bay
  • Lenox Hill
  • Lincoln Square
  • Manhattan Valley
  • Midtown
  • Midtown South
  • Murray Hill
  • Roosevelt Island
  • Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village
  • Times Square
  • Turtle Bay
  • Union Square
  • Upper East Side
  • Upper West Side
  • Yorkville

List of members representing the district

1803–1813: one seat

RepresentativePartyYearsCong
ressElectoral history
District established March 4, 1803
[[File:David Thomas (Salem, New York).jpg100px]]
David Thomas
(Salem)Democratic-
RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1803 –
February 17, 1808Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Resigned to become New York State Treasurer.
VacantnowrapFebruary 17, 1808 –
November 7, 1808
Nathan Wilson
(Salem)Democratic-
RepublicannowrapNovember 7, 1808 –
March 3, 1809Elected to finish Thomas's term.
Retired.
[[File:'Portrait of General Erastus Root' by Rembrandt Peale, High Museum.JPG100px]]
Erastus Root
(Delhi)Democratic-
RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811Elected in 1808.
Arunah Metcalf
(Otsego)Democratic-
RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813Re-elected in 1810.

1813–1823: two seats

From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the District, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Cong
ressYearsSeat ASeat BLocationRepresentativePartyElectoral historyRepresentativePartyElectoral history
nowrapMarch 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815Zebulon R. Shipherd
(Granville)FederalistElected in 1812.
Elisha I. Winter
(Peru)FederalistElected in 1812.
1813–1823
Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Washington and Warren counties
nowrapMarch 4, 1815 –
December 7, 1815VacantMember-elect Benjamin Pond died October 6, 1814.[[File:John Savage (Congressman).png100px]]
John Savage
(Salem)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1814.
nowrapDecember 7, 1815 –
March 3, 1817Asa Adgate
(Chesterfield)Democratic-RepublicanElected to finish Pond's term.
nowrapMarch 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819John Palmer
(Plattsburg)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1816.
nowrapMarch 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821Ezra C. Gross
(Elizabeth)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1818.
Lost re-election.Nathaniel Pitcher
(Sandy Hill)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1821.
nowrapMarch 4, 1821 –
December 3, 1821VacantElections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
nowrapDecember 3, 1821 –
March 3, 1823[[File:Walworth reuben large.jpg100px]]
Reuben H. Walworth
(Plattsburg)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1821.

1823–present: one seat

RepresentativePartyYearsCong
ressElectoral historyLocation
Lewis Eaton
(Schoharie Bridge)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825Elected in 1822.
1823–1833
Schenectady and Schoharie counties
William Dietz
(Schoharie)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827Elected in 1824.
[[File:John I. DeGraff.jpg100px]]
John I. De Graff
(Schenectady)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1829Elected in 1826.
Peter I. Borst
(Middleburg)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831Elected in 1828.
Joseph Bouck
(Middleburg)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833Elected in 1830.
Henry C. Martindale
(Sandy Hill)Anti-MasonicnowrapMarch 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835Elected in 1832.
1833–1843
David Abel Russell
(Salem)Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837Elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
WhignowrapMarch 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841
[[File:Bernard Blair.jpg100px]]
Bernard Blair
(Salem)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843Elected in 1840.
[[File:David L. Seymour.jpg100px]]
David L. Seymour
(Troy)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845Elected in 1842.
1843–1853
Richard P. Herrick
(Greenbush)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1845 –
June 20, 1846Elected in 1844.
Died.
VacantnowrapJune 20, 1846 –
December 7, 1846
Thomas C. Ripley
(Schaghticoke)WhignowrapDecember 7, 1846 –
March 3, 1847Elected to finish Herrick's term.
[[File:Gideon Reynolds.jpg100px]]
Gideon Reynolds
(Hoosick)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851Elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
[[File:David L. Seymour.jpg100px]]
David L. Seymour
(Troy)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853Elected in 1850.
[[File:Gilbert Dean.jpg100px]]
Gilbert Dean
(Poughkeepsie)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1853 –
July 3, 1854Redistricted from 8th district and re-elected in 1852.
Resigned to become justice to Supreme Court of New York.1853–1863
VacantnowrapJuly 3, 1854 –
November 7, 1854
Isaac Teller
(Matteawan)WhignowrapNovember 7, 1854 –
March 3, 1855Elected to finish Dean's term.
Killian Miller
(Hudson)OppositionnowrapMarch 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857Elected in 1854.
[[File:John Thompson, Representative from New York.jpg100px]]
John Thompson
(Poughkeepsie)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859Elected in 1856.
[[File:Charles Lewis Beale.jpg100px]]
Charles Lewis Beale
(Kinderhook)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861Elected in 1858.
[[File:Stephen Baker.jpg100px]]
Stephen Baker
(Poughkeepsie)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863Elected in 1860.
[[File:Homer A Nelson.jpg100px]]
Homer A. Nelson
(Poughkeepsie)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865Elected in 1862.
1863–1873
[[File:John Henry Ketcham.jpg100px]]
John H. Ketcham
(Dover Plains)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1873Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
[[File:Charles St. John.jpg100px]]
Charles St. John
(Port Jervis)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875Redistricted from 11th district and re-elected in 1872.
1873–1883
[[File:N. Holmes Odell.jpg100px]]
N. Holmes Odell
(White Plains)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877Elected in 1874.
[[File:Clarkson Nott Potter - Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Clarkson Nott Potter
(New Rochelle)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879Elected in 1876.
VacantnowrapMarch 3, 1879 –
November 3, 1879Representative-elect Alexander Smith died November 5, 1878.
[[File:Waldo Hutchins (New York Congressman).jpg100px]]
Waldo Hutchins
(The Bronx)DemocraticNovember 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1885Elected to finish Smith's term.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Retired.
1883–1893
[[File:Abraham Dowdney.jpg100px]]
Abraham Dowdney
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1885 –
December 10, 1886Elected in 1884.
Died.
VacantnowrapDecember 10, 1886 –
March 3, 1887
[[File:W. Bourke Cochran (i.e., Cockran) LCCN2014680740 (cropped).jpg100px]]
William Bourke Cockran
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889Elected in 1886.
[[File:Flower, Hon. R.P. (cropped).jpg100px]]
Roswell P. Flower
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1889 –
September 16, 1891Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Resigned to become Governor of New York.
VacantnowrapSeptember 16, 1891 –
November 3, 1891
[[File:Joseph James Little.jpg100px]]
Joseph J. Little
(New York)DemocraticnowrapNovember 3, 1891 –
March 3, 1893Elected to finish Flower's term.
[[File:Bourke Cochran (i.e., Cockran) LCCN2014687738 (cropped).jpg100px]]
William Bourke Cockran
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895Redistricted from 10th district and re-elected in 1892.
1893–1903
[[File:McClellan.gif100px]]
George B. McClellan Jr.
(New York)DemocraticMarch 4, 1895 –
December 21, 1903Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Resigned to become Mayor of New York City.
1903–1913
VacantnowrapDecember 21, 1903 –
February 23, 1904
[[File:William Bourke Cockran NY (cropped).jpg100px]]
William Bourke Cockran
(New York)DemocraticnowrapFebruary 23, 1904 –
March 3, 1909Elected to finish McClellan's term.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
[[File:Michael F. Conry.jpg100px]]
Michael F. Conry
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1913Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Redistricted to 15th district.
[[File:Goldfogle, Hon. H.M (cropped).jpg100px]]
Henry M. Goldfogle
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915Redistricted from 9th district and re-elected in 1912.
Lost re-election.1913–1923
[[File:Meyer London LCCN2014687387 (cropped).jpg100px]]
Meyer London
(New York)SocialistnowrapMarch 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1919Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Henry M Goldfogle (cropped).jpg100px]]
Henry M. Goldfogle
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921Elected in 1918.
[[File:LONDON, MEYER. HONORABLE LCCN2016859894 (cropped).jpg100px]]
Meyer London
(New York)SocialistnowrapMarch 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923Elected in 1920.
[[File:Samuel Dicksten.jpg100px]]
Samuel Dickstein
(New York)DemocraticMarch 4, 1923 –
January 3, 1945Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Redistricted to 19th district.1923–1933
1933–1943
1943–1953
[[File:John James Rooney.jpg100px]]
John J. Rooney
(Brooklyn)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1953Redistricted from 4th district and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Redistricted to 14th district.
[[File:Francis E. Dorn.jpg100px]]
Francis E. Dorn
(Brooklyn)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1961Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
1953–1963
[[File:Hugh L Carey.jpg100px]]
Hugh Carey
(Brooklyn)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1963Elected in 1960.
Redistricted to 15th district.
[[File:Edna Flannery Kelly.jpg100px]]
Edna F. Kelly
(Brooklyn)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1969Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Ran in the 10th district and lost renomination.1963–1973
[[File:Shirley Chisholm.jpg100px]]
Shirley Chisholm
(Brooklyn)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1983Elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Retired.
1973–1983
[[File:Major owens portrait -- Cropped --.png100px]]
Major Owens
(Brooklyn)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to 11th district.1983–1993
[[File:Nydia Velázquez.jpg100px]]
Nydia Velázquez
(Brooklyn)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2013Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to 7th district.1993–2003
2003–2013
[[File:New York District 12 109th US Congress.png300px]]
Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens
[[File:Carolynmaloney.jpg100px]]
Carolyn Maloney
(New York)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2023Redistricted from 14th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Lost re-nomination in 2022.2013–2023
[[File:New York US Congressional District 12 (since 2013).tif300px]]
Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens
[[File:Jerry Nadler 116th Congress official portrait (cropped).jpg100px]]
Jerry Nadler
(New York)DemocraticJanuary 3, 2023 –
presentRedistricted from the and re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
Retiring at the end of term.2023–2025
[[File:New York's 12th congressional district (new version) (since 2023).svg300px]]
Parts of Manhattan
2025–present
[[File:New York's 12th congressional district (new version) (since 2025).svg300px]]
Parts of Manhattan

Recent elections

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").

Michael Zumbluskas|votes=44,173|percentage=18.0|change=N/A}} Mikhail Itkis|votes=631|percentage=0.3|change=N/A}}

Michael Zumbluskas|votes=61,989|percentage=19.5|change=+1.5}}

Notes

References

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  2. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District".
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  4. (2025-04-03). "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)".
  5. "Highest Income Per Capita In The United States By Congressional District".
  6. "NY 2024 Congressional".
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  9. (2012-03-20). "New York Redistricting". New York Times.
  10. (2022-10-18). "Hey, New Yorkers: Meet Your Neighborhood's New Congressional District". The New York Times.
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  12. (23 August 2022). "Rep. Jerry Nadler beats Rep. Carolyn Maloney in New York House primary". [[NBC News]].
  13. "June 23 2020 Primary Election Results". [[New York State Board of Elections]].
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