New York's 13th Congressional District

New York's 13th Congressional District

Incumbent

Adriano Espaillat

Assumed office: January 3, 2017

New York's 13th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Adriano Espaillat (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 13th Congressional District election, 2024

New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)

New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 13

Incumbent Adriano Espaillat defeated Ruben D. Vargas in the general election for U.S. House New York District 13 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adriano Espaillat (D)	83.0	181,800
		Ruben D. Vargas (R / Conservative Party)	16.4	35,822
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	1,351

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 218,973
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Adriano Espaillat advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 13.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lindsey Williams (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Ruben D. Vargas advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 13.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Ruben D. Vargas advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 13.

2022

See also: New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 13

Incumbent Adriano Espaillat defeated Odell Patterson in the general election for U.S. House New York District 13 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adriano Espaillat (D)	98.9	116,589
		Odell Patterson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	1.1	1,257

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 117,846
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nicholas Mantanona (Independent)
• Tyrrell Lev Sharif Ben-Avi (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 13

Incumbent Adriano Espaillat defeated Michael Hano and Francisco Spies in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 13 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adriano Espaillat	79.9	31,582
	Submit photo	Michael Hano	12.7	5,041
	Submit photo	Francisco Spies	6.1	2,411
		Other/Write-in votes	1.3	508

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,542
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lindsey Williams (D)

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gary Reuben Richards (R)

2020

See also: New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 13

Incumbent Adriano Espaillat defeated Lovelynn Gwinn and Christopher Morris-Perry in the general election for U.S. House New York District 13 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adriano Espaillat (D / Working Families Party)	90.8	231,841
		Lovelynn Gwinn (R)	7.8	19,829
	Submit photo	Christopher Morris-Perry (Conservative Party)	1.3	3,295
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	405

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 255,370
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 13

Incumbent Adriano Espaillat defeated James Felton Keith and Ramon Rodriguez in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 13 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adriano Espaillat	58.9	46,066
		James Felton Keith	25.3	19,799
		Ramon Rodriguez	15.2	11,859
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	434

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,158
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Pedro Lopez (D)
• Richard Habersham (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Lovelynn Gwinn advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 13.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Christopher Morris-Perry advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 13.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Adriano Espaillat advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 13.

2018

See also: New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 13

Incumbent Adriano Espaillat defeated Jineea Butler in the general election for U.S. House New York District 13 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adriano Espaillat (D)	94.6	180,035
		Jineea Butler (R)	5.4	10,268

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 190,303 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 13

Incumbent Adriano Espaillat advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 13 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Adriano Espaillat

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jefferson Thomas (D)
• James Felton Keith (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 13

Jineea Butler advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 13 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Jineea Butler

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2016

On the day of his re-election in 2014, Rangel affirmed that he would be retiring in 2016, making the 114th Congress his last term as a U.S. representative. He stated, "Today was a historic day and a very emotional day. As I cast my final vote as a candidate on the ballot, I was reminded of why I first ran for Congress 43 years ago."

See also: New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Charles Rangel (D) did not seek re-election, leaving the seat open. Adriano Espaillat defeated eight other Democrats in the primary to replace Rangel. The race between Espaillat and Keith Wright was initially uncalled with Espaillat leading by nearly 3%. Wright conceded from the race two days after the election. Espaillat then defeated Tony Evans (R), Daniel Vila Rivera (G), and Scott Lloyd Fenstermaker (Transparent Government) in the general election. The primary elections took place on June 28, 2016.

U.S. House, New York District 13 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Adriano Espaillat	88.8%	207,194
	Republican	Tony Evans	6.9%	16,089
	Green	Daniel Vila Rivera	3.5%	8,248
	Transparent Government	Scott Fenstermaker	0.8%	1,877
Total Votes				233,408
Source: New York Board of Elections

U.S. House, New York, District 13 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Adriano Espaillat	36%	16,377
Keith Wright	34.1%	15,528
Clyde Williams	11%	5,003
Adam Clayton Powell	6.6%	2,986
Guillermo Linares	5.5%	2,504
Suzan Cook	5.1%	2,341
Mike Gallagher	1%	435
Sam Sloan	0.5%	227
Yohanny Caceres	0.3%	116
Total Votes		45,517
Source: New York State Board of Elections

2014

See also: New York's 13th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 13th Congressional District of New York held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Charles Rangel (D) defeated Daniel Vila Rivera (Green) in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 13 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Charles Rangel Incumbent	87.3%	68,396
	Green	Daniel Vila Rivera	12.5%	9,806
	N/A	Write-in votes	0.2%	151
Total Votes				78,353
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 13th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 13th Congressional District of New York held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent from the 15th District, Charles B. Rangel won election in the district.

U.S. House, New York District 13 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Charles Rangel Incumbent	90.7%	175,016
	Republican	Craig Schley	6.3%	12,147
	Independent	Deborah Liatos	2.9%	5,548
	N/A	Write-in votes	0.1%	202
Total Votes				192,913
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, Michael Grimm won election to the United States House. He defeated Michael McMahon (D) and Tom Vendittelli (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 13 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michael Grimm	51.3%	65,026
	Democratic	Michael E. McMahon incumbent	47.9%	60,773
	Libertarian	Tom Vendittelli	0.7%	929
	N/A	Write-in votes	0.1%	72
Total Votes				126,800

2008
On November 4, 2008, Michael E. McMahon won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robert A. Straniere (R), Timothy J. Cochrane (Conservative) and Carmine A. Morano (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 13 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Michael E. McMahon	60.9%	114,219
	Republican	Robert A. Straniere	33.3%	62,441
	Conservative	Timothy J. Cochrane	3.1%	5,799
	Independent	Carmine A. Morano	2.6%	4,947
	N/A	Write-in votes	0%	40
Total Votes				187,446

2006
On November 7, 2006, Vito Fossella won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Stephen A. Harrison (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 13 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Vito Fosella incumbent	51.1%	59,334
	Democratic	Stephen A. Harrison	38.9%	45,131
	N/A	Blank/Void/Scattering	10%	11,586
Total Votes				116,051

2004
On November 2, 2004, Vito Fossella won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Frank J. Barbaro (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 13 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Vito Fosella incumbent	51.8%	112,934
	Democratic	Frank J. Barbaro	36%	78,500
	N/A	Blank/Void/Scattering	12.1%	26,461
Total Votes				217,895

2002
On November 5, 2002, Vito Fossella won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Arne M. Mattsson (D), Anita Lerman (I) and Henry J. Bardel (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 13 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Vito Fosella incumbent	58.4%	72,204
	Democratic	Arne M. Mattsson	23.8%	29,366
	Independent	Anita Lerman	1.2%	1,427
	Green Party	Henry J. Bardel	0.6%	696
	N/A	Blank/Void/Scattering	16.1%	19,913
Total Votes				123,606

2000
On November 7, 2000, Vito Fossella won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Katina M. Johnstone (D) and Anita Lerman (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 13 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Vito Fosella incumbent	54.8%	109,806
	Democratic	Katina M. Johnstone	28.7%	57,603
	Independent	Anita Lerman	1.3%	2,653
	N/A	Blank/Void/Scattering	15.2%	30,461
Total Votes				200,523

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 13
before 2020 redistricting cycle

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New York District 13
after 2020 redistricting cycle

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2010-2011

This is the 13th 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+32. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 32 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made New York's 13th the 11th most Republican 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+38. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 38 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 13th the 4th 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) 88.1%-11.1%.

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+38. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 38 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 13th the 4th 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 88.1% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 11.1%.

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+43. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 43 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 13th Congressional District the second 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 0.77. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.77 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in New York
• New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2024
• New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2022
• New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2020
• New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 13

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)