Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Review Articles: New York Congressional Seats

December 6, 2012

By Ballotpedia's Congressional team

MADISON, Wisconsin: New York had 27 U.S. House seats and 1 U.S. Senate seat on the ballot in 2012. New York lost two congressional seats during redistricting. A total of 25 House incumbents sought re-election, and 23 were victorious on November 6, 2012. Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand was re-elected to the Senate, defeating Republican Wendy Long. Two incumbents were defeated. Republican Nan Hayworth of the 18th District was defeated by Democrat Sean Maloney, and Republican Ann Marie Buerkle of the 24th District was defeated by Democrat Dan Maffei.

Here are the candidates who won election from New York.

Members of the U.S. House from New York -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	21	21
	Republican Party	8	6
Total		29	27

Margin of victory for winners

There were a total of 27 seats up for election in 2012 in New York. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the top-two vote getters. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%.

District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Vote	Top Opponent
U.S. House, New York District 1 General Election	Tim Bishop	5%	278,659	Randy Altschuler
U.S. House, New York District 2 General Election	Peter T. King	17.2%	242,943	Vivianne Falcone
U.S. House, New York District 3 General Election	Steve Israel	16.4%	273,171	Stephen Labate
U.S. House, New York District 4 General Election	Carolyn McCarthy	29.5%	265,300	Francis Becker Jr.
U.S. House, New York District 5 General Election	Gregory Meeks	80.1%	187,141	Allan Jennings Jr.
U.S. House, New York District 6 General Election	Grace Meng	36.9%	164,374	Daniel Halloran
U.S. House, New York District 7 General Election	Nydia Velazquez	89.4%	152,111	James Murray
U.S. House, New York District 8 General Election	Hakeem Jeffries	81.5%	204,207	Alan Bellone
U.S. House, New York District 9 General Election	Yvette Clarke	75.9%	213,431	Daniel Cavanagh
U.S. House, New York District 10 General Election	Jerrold Nadler	61.5%	205,349	Michael Chan
U.S. House, New York District 11 General Election	Michael Grimm	5.4%	197,635	Mark Murphy
U.S. House, New York District 12 General Election	Carolyn Maloney	61.1%	241,426	Christopher Wight
U.S. House, New York District 13 General Election	Charles Rangel	84.4%	192,913	Craig Schley
U.S. House, New York District 14 General Election	Joseph Crowley	68.2%	145,190	William Gibbons Jr.
U.S. House, New York District 15 General Election	Jose E. Serrano	94.3%	157,115	Frank Della Valle
U.S. House, New York District 16 General Election	Eliot Engel	53.1%	236,553	Joseph McLaughlin
U.S. House, New York District 17 General Election	Nita Lowey	29.9%	266,205	Joe Carvin
U.S. House, New York District 18 General Election	Sean Maloney	3.9%	277,063	Nan Hayworth
U.S. House, New York District 19 General Election	Chris Gibson	5.6%	284,679	Julian Schreibman
U.S. House, New York District 20 General Election	Paul Tonko	36.9%	297,314	Robert Dieterich
U.S. House, New York District 21 General Election	Bill Owens	2%	252,556	Matthew Doheny
U.S. House, New York District 22 General Election	Richard Hanna	21.4%	260,863	Dan Lamb
U.S. House, New York District 23 General Election	Tom Reed	3.8%	265,282	Nate Shinagawa
U.S. House, New York District 24 General Election	Dan Maffei	5.5%	292,988	Ann Marie Buerkle
U.S. House, New York District 25 General Election	Louise Slaughter	14.8%	313,452	Maggie Brooks
U.S. House, New York District 26 General Election	Brian Higgins	49.6%	284,271	Michael Madigan
U.S. House, New York District 27 General Election	Chris Collins	1.6%	317,534	Kathy Hochul

National picture

Both chambers of the United States Congress remain split after the November 6, 2012 election. Democrats increased their majority in the U.S. Senate while cutting into the Republicans majority in the U.S. House. Of the 435 candidates who won election to the U.S. House, 85 of them were challengers, which represents 19.5 percent of U.S. House members. Of those 85, 50 are Democratic and 35 are Republican. A total of 27 incumbents were defeated -- 10 Democratic and 17 Republican.

2012 United States House General Election Results
Party	Total Winners	Incumbent Winners	Defeated Incumbents	Incumbent Re-Election Rate**	Non-Incumbent Winners
Democratic	201	151	10	93.8%	50
Republican	234	198	17	92.1%	35
TOTALS	435	349	27	92.8%	85
**Note: The incumbent re-election rate is calculated by dividing the total incumbents winners by the total incumbents who appeared on the general election ballot.

U.S. Senate Partisan Breakdown Party As of November 2012 After the 2012 Election      Democratic Party 51 53      Republican Party 47 45      Independent 2 2 Total 100 100

U.S. House Partisan Breakdown Party As of November 2012 After the 2012 Election      Democratic Party 193 201      Republican Party 242 234 Total 435 435

See also

• Ballotpedia:2012 general election preview articles
• November 6, 2012 election results
• Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Preview Articles: New York Congressional Seats
• Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Preview Articles: New York State Legislature
• United States Congressional election results, 2012
• United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2012
• United States Senate elections in New York, 2012
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