New York's 9th congressional district

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New York's 9th congressional district
Current Representative		Anthony D. Weiner (D)
Population (2000)	654,360
Median income	$45,426
Ethnicity	71.0% White, 4.4% Black, 14.6% Asian, 13.6% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 2.2% other
Cook PVI	D+14

New York's 9th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It includes parts of southern Brooklyn and south central Queens. In Queens, the 9th including the neighborhoods of Forest Hills, Maspeth Fresh Meadows, Glendale, Howard Beach, Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Middle Village, Ozone Park, Rego Park, Rockaway Beach, and Woodhaven. Its Brooklyn section includes Flatlands, Gerritsen Beach, Marine Park, Midwood, Mill Basin and Sheepshead Bay. It has been represented by Democrat Anthony D. Weiner since 1999.

The district is heavily Democratic, although less so than some others surrounding it. In order to accommodate surrounding districts with majority black or hispanic populations (the 6th, 10th, 11th and 12th), it has been gerrymandered to consist of middle-class majority white-ethnic neighborhoods (the district as a whole is 71% Caucasian, 14.5% Asian, 13.6% Hispanic and 4% African-American). The district includes large Jewish, Italian, and Irish populations.

[edit] Voting

[edit] Components: Past and Present

1993-present:

Parts of Brooklyn, Queens

1963-1993:

Parts of Queens

1945-1963

Parts of Brooklyn

1913-1945

Parts of Brooklyn, Queens

[edit] List of Representatives

The 9th was historically a Queens district. Part of the old 9th became the 7th District in the 1992 redistricting when the present 9th absorbed much of the old 10th District based in Brooklyn.

[edit] Election results

Note that in New York State electoral politics 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").

[edit] References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2002 House election data "
• 2000 House election data "
• 1998 House election data "
• 1996 House election data "