New York's 16th congressional district facts for kids
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New York's 16th congressional district since January 3, 2013
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| Population (2019) | 739,893 | ||
| Median income | $74,799 | ||
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| Cook PVI | D+24 | ||
New York's 16th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in the state of New York. The district is currently represented by Democrat Jamaal Bowman. Jamaal Bowman has been representing the district since 2021, he beat Democrat Eliot Engel in the Democratic Party primary election and won the general election. A Republican has not represented the district since 1949. The 16th district includes the northern part Bronx and the southern half of Westchester County, and also has the cities of Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Rye.
Election history
(In New York a candidate can be represented or endorsed by many smaller parties as their candidate)
| 1996 election | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | José E. Serrano | 95,568 | 96.3% | ||
| Republican | Rodney Torres | 2,878 | 2.9% | ||
| Conservative | Owen Camp | 787 | 0.8% | ||
| Majority | 92,690 | 93.4% | |||
| Turnout | 99,233 | 100% | |||
| 1998 election | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | José E. Serrano | 67,367 | 95.4% | -0.9% | |
| Republican | Thomas W. Bayley Jr. | 2,457 | 3.5% | +0.6% | |
| Conservative | Owen Camp | 756 | 1.1% | +0.3% | |
| Majority | 64,910 | 92.0% | -1.4% | ||
| Turnout | 70,580 | 100% | -28.9% | ||
| 2000 election | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | José E. Serrano | 103,041 | 95.8% | +0.4% | |
| Republican | Aaron Justice | 3,934 | 3.7% | +0.2% | |
| Conservative | Richard Retcho | 571 | 0.5% | -0.6% | |
| Majority | 99,107 | 92.2% | +0.2% | ||
| Turnout | 107,546 | 100% | +52.4% | ||
| 2002 election | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | José E. Serrano | 50,716 | 92.1% | -3.7% | |
| Republican | Frank DellaValle | 4,366 | 7.9% | +4.2% | |
| Majority | 46,350 | 84.1% | -8.1% | ||
| Turnout | 55,082 | 100% | -48.8% | ||
| 2004 election | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | José E. Serrano | 106,739 | 91.0% | ||
| Working Families | José E. Serrano | 4,899 | 4.2% | ||
| total | José E. Serrano | 111,638 | 95.2 | +3.1% | |
| Republican | Ali Mohamed | 4,917 | 4.2% | ||
| Conservative | Ali Mohamed | 693 | 0.6% | ||
| total | Ali Mohamed | 5,610 | 4.8 | -3.1% | |
| Majority | 106,028 | 90.4 | +6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 117,248 | 100 | +112.9% | ||
| 2006 election | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | José E. Serrano | 53,179 | 90.3% | ||
| Working Families | José E. Serrano | 2,945 | 5.0% | ||
| total | José E. Serrano | 56,124 | 95.3 | +0.1% | |
| Republican | Ali Mohamed | 2,045 | 3.5% | ||
| Conservative | Ali Mohamed | 714 | 1.2% | ||
| total | Ali Mohamed | 2,759 | 4.7 | -0.1% | |
| Majority | 53,365 | 90.6 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 58,883 | 100% | -49.8% | ||
| 2008 election | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | José E. Serrano | 123,312 | 93.7% | ||
| Working Families | José E. Serrano | 3,867 | 2.9% | ||
| total | José E. Serrano | 127,179 | 96.6 | +1.3% | |
| Republican | Ali Mohamed | 3,941 | 3.0% | ||
| Conservative | Ali Mohamed | 547 | 0.4% | ||
| total | Ali Mohamed | 4,488 | 3.4 | -1.3% | |
| Majority | 122,691 | 93.2 | +2.6 | ||
| Turnout | 131,667 | 100% | +123.6% | ||
| 2010 election | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | José E. Serrano | 58,478 | 90.8% | ||
| Working Families | José E. Serrano | 3,164 | 4.9% | ||
| total | José E. Serrano | 61,642 | 95.7 | -0.9% | |
| Republican | Frank Della Valle | 2,257 | 3.5% | ||
| Conservative | Frank Della Valle | 501 | 0.8% | ||
| total | Frank Della Valle | 2,758 | 4.3 | +0.9% | |
| Majority | 58,884 | 91.4 | -1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 64,400 | 100% | -51.1% | ||
| 2018 New York District 16 primary | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Eliot Engel (Incumbent) | 22,160 | 73.7 | -26.7 | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Lewis | 4,866 | 16.2 | New | |
| Democratic | Joyce Briscoe | 1,772 | 5.9 | New | |
| Democratic | Derickson Lawrence | 1,280 | 4.3 | New | |
| Majority | 30,078 | 57.5 | -26.7 | ||
| 2018 general election | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Eliot Engel (Incumbent) | 182,044 | 100.0 | +5.7 | |
| Majority | 182,044 | 100.0 | +5.7 | ||
| 2020 Democratic primary | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jamaal Bowman | 49,367 | 55.4 | ||
| Democratic | Eliot Engel (Incumbent) | 36,149 | 40.6 | ||
| Democratic | Chris Fink | 1,625 | 1.8 | ||
| Democratic | Sammy Ravelo | 1,139 | 1.3 | ||
| Democratic | Andom Ghebreghiorgis (withdrawn) | 761 | 0.9 | ||
See also
In Spanish: 16.º distrito congresional de Nueva York para niños
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