New York's 6th Congressional District

New York's 6th Congressional District

Incumbent

Grace Meng

Assumed office: January 3, 2013

New York's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Grace Meng (D).

As of the 2020 Census, New York representatives represented an average of 777,529 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 719,298 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)

New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 6

Incumbent Grace Meng defeated Thomas Zmich and Joseph Chou in the general election for U.S. House New York District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Grace Meng (D)	60.5	120,205
		Thomas Zmich (R / Conservative Party)	37.5	74,559
		Joseph Chou (Truth Party)	1.6	3,272
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	654

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 198,690
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Grace Meng advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Muzib Huq (D)
• Kimberly Cruz (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joseph Chou (R)

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

2022

See also: New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 6

Incumbent Grace Meng defeated Thomas Zmich in the general election for U.S. House New York District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Grace Meng (D)	63.9	85,049
		Thomas Zmich (R / Conservative Party / Medical Freedom Party)	36.0	47,935
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	130

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 133,114
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Grace Meng advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jesus Gonzalez (R)

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christopher Fuentes-Padilla (L)

2020

See also: New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 6

Incumbent Grace Meng defeated Thomas Zmich in the general election for U.S. House New York District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Grace Meng (D / Working Families Party)	67.9	158,862
		Thomas Zmich (R / L / Conservative Party / Save Our City Party)	32.0	74,829
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	223

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 233,914
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 6

Incumbent Grace Meng defeated Melquiades Gagarin and Sandra Choi in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 6 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Grace Meng	65.3	30,759
		Melquiades Gagarin	20.0	9,447
	Submit photo	Sandra Choi	14.3	6,757
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	170

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 47,133
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matthew DiBono (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Grace Meng advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

2018

See also: New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 6

Incumbent Grace Meng defeated Tom Hillgardner in the general election for U.S. House New York District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Grace Meng (D)	90.9	111,646
	Submit photo	Tom Hillgardner (G)	9.1	11,209

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 122,855 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 6

Incumbent Grace Meng advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 6 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Grace Meng

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Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House New York District 6

Tom Hillgardner advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House New York District 6 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Tom Hillgardner

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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2016

See also: New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Grace Meng (D) defeated Danniel Maio (R) and Haris Bhatti (Haris Bhatti Party) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced any opposition in the primaries on June 28, 2016.

U.S. House, New York District 6 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Grace Meng Incumbent	72.1%	136,506
	Republican	Danniel Maio	26.7%	50,617
	Haris Bhatti Party	Haris Bhatti	1.1%	2,123
Total Votes				189,246
Source: New York Board of Elections

2014

See also: New York's 6th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 6th Congressional District of New York held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Grace Meng (D) ran unopposed in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 6 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Grace Meng Incumbent	98.9%	55,368
	N/A	Write-in votes	1.1%	595
Total Votes				55,963
Source: New York State Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed August 30, 2021

2012

See also: New York's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 6th Congressional District of New York held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Democrat Grace Meng won the election in the district.

U.S. House, New York District 6 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Grace Meng	67.8%	111,501
	Republican	Daniel Halloran	30.9%	50,846
	Green	Evergreen Chou	1.2%	1,913
	N/A	Write-in votes	0.1%	114
Total Votes				164,374
Source: New York State Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed September 1, 2021

2010
On November 2, 2010, Gregory Meeks won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Asher Taub (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 6 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gregory W. Meeks	87.7%	85,096
	Republican	Asher E. Taub	12.2%	11,826
	N/A	Write-in votes	0.1%	72
Total Votes				96,994

2008
On November 4, 2008, Gregory Meeks won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 6 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gregory Meeks incumbent	100%	141,180
	N/A	Write-in votes	0%	26
Total Votes				141,206

2006
On November 7, 2006, Gregory Meeks won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 6 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gregory Meeks incumbent	70%	69,405
	N/A	Blank/Void/Scattering	30%	29,705
Total Votes				99,110

2004
On November 2, 2004, Gregory Meeks won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 6 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gregory Meeks incumbent	70.1%	129,688
	N/A	Blank/Void/Scattering	29.9%	55,269
Total Votes				184,957

2002
On November 5, 2002, Gregory Meeks won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Roy Clarke (Independence) in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 6 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gregory Meeks incumbent	65.1%	72,799
	Independence	Roy Clarke	2.4%	2,632
	N/A	Blank/Void/Scattering	32.5%	36,387
Total Votes				111,818

2000
On November 7, 2000, Gregory Meeks won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 6 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gregory Meeks incumbent	68.8%	120,818
	N/A	Blank/Void/Scattering	31.2%	54,804
Total Votes				175,622

Redistricting

2020-2024

See also: Redistricting in New York after the 2020 census

On February 28, 2024, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a new congressional map into law. The state Assembly voted 115-35 to approve the map on February 27. The state Senate voted 45-18 to approve the map the same day.

According to Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times, "Although a pair of swing districts would become more Democratic, lawmakers in Albany left the partisan makeup of 24 of the state’s 26 districts largely intact. The middle-ground approach reflected a desire to avoid another protracted court fight like the one in New York that helped swing control of the House to Republicans in 2022, while still better positioning Democrats in key districts."

On December 12, 2023, the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, ruled in a 4-3 decision that the independent redistricting commission did not follow the state's congressional redistricting process and ordered the commission to reconvene and re-draw congressional district boundaries by February 28 for use in the 2024 elections. The court's majority opinion stated, "In 2014, the voters of New York amended our Constitution to provide that legislative districts be drawn by an Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC). The Constitution demands that process, not districts drawn by courts. Nevertheless, the IRC failed to discharge its constitutional duty. That dereliction is undisputed. The Appellate Division concluded that the IRC can be compelled to reconvene to fulfill that duty; we agree. There is no reason the Constitution should be disregarded."

How does redistricting in New York work? On March 14, 2012, the state legislature approved a constitutional amendment to establish new redistricting procedures beginning in 2020. The New York Constitution requires that two successive legislatures approve an amendment in order to qualify it for final approval by popular vote. The legislature approved the amendment a second time in 2013. On November 4, 2014, voters approved the amendment, the provisions of which were set to take effect during the 2020 redistricting cycle.

The 10-member commission comprises the following members:

1. Two members must be appointed by the temporary president of the New York State Senate.
2. Two members must be appointed by the speaker of the New York State Assembly.
3. Two members must be appointed by the minority leader of the New York State Senate.
4. Two members must be appointed by the minority leader of the New York State Assembly.
5. Two members must appointed by the aforementioned eight commissioners. These two appointees cannot have been enrolled in the top two major political parties in the state.

The legislature must approve the commission's plans by a simple up/down vote. The legislature must reject two separate sets of redistricting plans before it will be able to amend the commission's proposals. All districts will be required "to preserve minority rights, be equally populated, and consist of compact and contiguous territory." Further, state law will require that districts "not be drawn to discourage competition or to favor/disfavor candidates or parties." In prior redistricting cycles, authority for both congressional and state legislative redistricting was vested with the state legislature. An advisory commission participated in the process.

State law requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and compact. State legislative districts must also take into account the "historic and traditional significance of counties."

Below are the congressional maps in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The map on the right was in effect for New York’s 2024 state legislative elections. The map on the right was in effect for New York’s 2024 state legislative elections. The map on the right was in effect for New York’s 2024 state legislative elections.

New York District 6
before 2020 redistricting cycle

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New York District 6
after 2020 redistricting cycle

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2010-2011

This is the 6th Congressional District of New York after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in New York after the 2010 census

In 2011, the New York State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+6. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 6th the 154th most Democratic district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 6th the 103rd most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 64.3%-34.9%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 6th the 95th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 64.7% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 34.4%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 6th Congressional District the 81st most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.01. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.01 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in New York
• New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
• New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
• New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2020
• New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 6

Footnotes

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New York's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Kirsten Gillibrand (D)

Chuck Schumer (D)

Representatives

District 1

Nicholas LaLota (R)

District 2

Andrew Garbarino (R)

District 3

Tom Suozzi (D)

District 4

Laura Gillen (D)

District 5

Gregory Meeks (D)

District 6

Grace Meng (D)

District 7

Nydia Velazquez (D)

District 8

Hakeem Jeffries (D)

District 9

Yvette Clarke (D)

District 10

Daniel Goldman (D)

District 11

Nicole Malliotakis (R)

District 12

Jerrold Nadler (D)

District 13

Adriano Espaillat (D)

District 14

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D)

District 15

Ritchie Torres (D)

District 16

George Latimer (D)

District 17

Michael Lawler (R)

District 18

Pat Ryan (D)

District 19

Josh Riley (D)

District 20

Paul Tonko (D)

District 21

Elise Stefanik (R)

District 22

John Mannion (D)

District 23

Nick Langworthy (R)

District 24

Claudia Tenney (R)

District 25

Joseph Morelle (D)

District 26

Tim Kennedy (D)

Democratic Party (21)

Republican Party (7)