New York's 15th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City, State of New York. The district has been represented by Democrat Ritchie Torres since 2021.
New York's 15th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2021) | 732,872 | ||
Median household income | $34,391[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+39[2] |
The 15th district is located entirely within the Bronx, namely the southern portion of the West Bronx as well as the South Bronx. Latinos make up the majority of the district's population, followed by Black people. Whites, Asians and other racial groups comprise a small minority. Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo are both located within the district.
From 2003 to 2013 it was composed of Upper Manhattan, Rikers Island and a largely non-residential section of northwestern Queens on the shore of the East River mostly occupied by a Consolidated Edison facility and a New York Power Authority power plant. The district included the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights, and portions of the Manhattan that included Apollo Theater, Columbia University, and Grant's Tomb. Much of that district is now the 13th district, while the current 15th is essentially the successor of the former 16th district.
Year | Result | |
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2000 | President | Gore 87–7% |
2004 | President | Kerry 90–9% |
2008 | President | Obama 93–6% |
2012 | President | Obama 96.7 - 3% |
2016 | President | Clinton 93.8 - 4.9% |
2020 | President | Biden 86.4 - 13.1% |
The district was a Brooklyn-based seat until 1982, when it was realigned to cover the East Side of Manhattan. Following the 1992 redistricting, it became the upper Manhattan seat previously designated the 19th District and the 18th District. After the 2012 redistricting, the 15th became the Bronx's primary district.
From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the 15th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.
Cong ress |
Years | Seat A | Seat B | ||||||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | ||||
8th | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
![]() Gaylord Griswold |
Federalist | Elected in 1802. [data unknown/missing] |
No 2nd seat | ||||
9th | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
![]() Nathan Williams |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1804. [data unknown/missing] | |||||
10th | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
![]() William Kirkpatrick |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1806. [data unknown/missing] | |||||
11th | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
![]() Peter Buell Porter |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Retired. | |||||
12th | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | ||||||||
13th | March 4, 1813 – June 21, 1813 |
Vacant | Representative-elect William Dowse died February 18, 1813 before the term began. | Joel Thompson | Federalist | Elected in 1812. [data unknown/missing] | |||
June 21, 1813 – December 20, 1813 |
John M. Bowers | Federalist | Elected to finish Dowse's term. Lost election contest. | ||||||
December 20, 1813 – January 24, 1814 |
Vacant | Election contested. | |||||||
January 24, 1814 – March 3, 1815 |
Isaac Williams Jr. | Democratic-Republican | Successfully contested Bowers's election. [data unknown/missing] | ||||||
14th | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
James Birdsall | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1814. [data unknown/missing] |
Jabez Hammond | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1814. [data unknown/missing] | ||
15th | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
Isaac Williams Jr. | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1816. Retired. |
John R. Drake | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1816. Retired. | ||
16th | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
Joseph S. Lyman | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1818. Retired. |
Robert Monell | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1818. Lost re-election. | ||
17th | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 |
Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued. | Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued. | ||||||
December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
Samuel Campbell | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 21st district and lost re-election. |
James Hawkes | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1821. [data unknown/missing] |
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
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John Herkimer | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th | Elected in 1822. Lost re-election. |
1823–1833 Herkimer County |
Michael Hoffman | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 |
19th 20th 21st 22nd |
Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. [data unknown/missing] | |
Charles McVean | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd | Elected in 1832. [data unknown/missing] |
1833–1843 [data unknown/missing] |
Matthias J. Bovee | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th | Elected in 1834. [data unknown/missing] | |
John Edwards | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
25th | Elected in 1836. [data unknown/missing] | |
Peter J. Wagner | Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
26th | Elected in 1838. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() John Sanford |
Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th | Elected in 1840. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Lemuel Stetson |
Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | Elected in 1842. [data unknown/missing] |
1843–1853 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Joseph Russell |
Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
29th | Elected in 1844. [data unknown/missing] | |
Sidney Lawrence | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | Elected in 1846. [data unknown/missing] | |
John R. Thurman | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | Elected in 1848. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Joseph Russell |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | Elected in 1850. [data unknown/missing] | |
Charles Hughes | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Elected in 1852. [data unknown/missing] |
1853–1863 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Edward Dodd |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th 35th |
Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. [data unknown/missing] | |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | ||||
![]() James B. McKean |
Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
36th 37th |
Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() John Augustus Griswold |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th 39th 40th |
Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. [data unknown/missing] |
1863–1873 [data unknown/missing] |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 | ||||
Adolphus H. Tanner | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
41st | Elected in 1868. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Joseph M. Warren |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd | Elected in 1870. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Eli Perry |
Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1872. [data unknown/missing] |
1873–1883 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() John H. Bagley Jr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | Elected in 1874. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Stephen L. Mayham |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | Elected in 1876. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() William Lounsbery |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | Elected in 1878. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Thomas Cornell |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | Elected in 1880. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() John H. Bagley Jr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | Elected in 1882. [data unknown/missing] |
1883–1893 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Lewis Beach |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – August 10, 1886 |
49th | Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1884. Died. | |
Vacant | August 10, 1886 – December 6, 1886 |
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![]() Henry Bacon |
Democratic | December 6, 1886 – March 3, 1889 |
49th 50th |
Elected to finish Beach's term. Also elected in 1886 to the next term. Lost re-election. | |
![]() Moses D. Stivers |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | Elected in 1888. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Henry Bacon |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | Elected in 1890. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Ashbel P. Fitch |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – December 26, 1893 |
53rd | Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1892. Resigned to become New York City Comptroller |
1893–1903 [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | December 26, 1893 – January 30, 1894 |
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![]() Isidor Straus |
Democratic | January 30, 1894 – March 3, 1895 |
Elected to finish Fitch's term. [data unknown/missing] | ||
![]() Philip B. Low |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 |
54th 55th |
Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Jacob Ruppert |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 |
56th 57th |
Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 16th district. | |
![]() William H. Douglas |
Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
58th | Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1902. [data unknown/missing] |
1903–1913 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() J. Van Vechten Olcott |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 |
59th 60th 61st |
Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Thomas G. Patten |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
62nd | Elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 18th district. | |
![]() Michael F. Conry |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 2, 1917 |
63rd 64th |
Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916 but died. |
1913–1923 [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | March 2, 1917 – April 12, 1917 |
64th 65th |
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![]() Thomas F. Smith |
Democratic | April 12, 1917 – March 3, 1919 |
65th | Elected to finish Conry's term. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Peter J. Dooling |
Democratic | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 |
66th | Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1918. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Thomas J. Ryan |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 |
67th | Elected in 1920. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() John J. Boylan |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – October 5, 1938 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th |
Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Died. |
1923–1933 [data unknown/missing] |
1933–1943 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | October 5, 1938 – January 3, 1939 |
75th | |||
![]() Michael J. Kennedy |
Democratic | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943 |
76th 77th |
Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Thomas F. Burchill |
Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
78th | Elected in 1942. [data unknown/missing] |
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Emanuel Celler |
Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 |
79th 80th 81st 82nd |
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 11th district. | |
![]() John H. Ray |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 16th district and retired. |
1953–1963 Parts of Brooklyn and Staten Island |
![]() Hugh Carey |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974 |
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd |
Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Resigned to become Governor of New York |
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing] |
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | January 1, 1975 – January 2, 1975 |
93rd | |||
![]() Leo C. Zeferetti |
Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
94th 95th 96th 97th |
Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 14th district and lost re-election. | |
![]() Bill Green |
Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 14th district and lost re-election. |
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Charles Rangel |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 13th district. |
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing] |
2003–2013![]() | |||||
![]() José E. Serrano |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021 |
113th 114th 115th 116th |
Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired when diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. |
2013–present![]() |
![]() Ritchie Torres |
Democratic | January 3, 2021 – Present |
117th | Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
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").
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joseph M. Warren | 17,793 | 59.9 | ||
Republican | J. Thomas Davis | 11,659 | 39.3 | ||
Temperance | Alvin C. Rose | 235 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 6,134 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 29,687 | 100 |
[data unknown/missing]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel (incumbent) | 113,898 | 91.3 | ||
Republican | Edward R. Adams | 5,951 | 4.8 | ||
Conservative | Ruben Dario Vargas | 3,896 | 3.1 | ||
Right to Life | Jose Suero | 989 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 107,947 | 86.5 | |||
Turnout | 124,734 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel (incumbent) | 90,424 | 93.1 | +1.8 | |
Republican | David E. Cunningham | 5,633 | 5.8 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Patrick McManus | 1,082 | 1.1 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 84,791 | 87.3 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 97,139 | 100 | -22.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel (incumbent) | 130,161 | 91.9 | -1.2 | |
Republican | Jose Agustin Suero | 7,346 | 5.2 | -0.6 | |
Green | Dean Loren | 2,134 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Independence | Jesse A. Fields | 1,051 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Frank Della Valle | 492 | 0.3 | -0.8 | |
Libertarian | Scott A. Jeffery | 480 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 122,815 | 86.7 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 141,664 | 100 | +45.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel (incumbent) | 84,367 | 88.5 | -3.4 | |
Republican | Jesse A. Fields | 11,008 | 11.5 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 73,359 | 76.9 | -9.8 | ||
Turnout | 95,375 | 100 | -32.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel (incumbent) | 161,351 | 91.1 | +2.6 | |
Republican | Kenneth P. Jefferson, Jr. | 12,355 | 7.0 | -4.5 | |
Independence | Jessie A. Fields | 3,345 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 148,996 | 84.2 | +7.3 | ||
Turnout | 177,051 | 100 | +85.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel (incumbent) | 103,916 | 94.0 | +2.9 | |
Republican | Edward Daniels | 6,592 | 6.0 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 97,324 | 88.1 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 110,508 | 100 | -37.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel (incumbent) | 177,151 | 89.2 | -5.8 | |
Republican | Edward Daniels | 15,676 | 7.9 | +1.9 | |
Independent | Craig Schley | 3,708 | 1.9 | ||
Socialist Workers | Martin Koppel | 2,141 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 161,475 | 81.3 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 198,676 | 100 | +79.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Charles B. Rangel (incumbent) | 91,225 | 80.4 | -8.7 | |
Republican | Michel Faulkner | 11,754 | 10.4 | +2.5 | |
Independent | Craig Schley | 7,803 | 6.9 | +5.0 | |
Socialist Workers | Róger Calero | 2,647 | 2.3 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 79,471 | 70.1 | -11.2 | ||
Turnout | 113,429 | 100 | -42.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | José Serrano | 150,243 | 95.7 | |
Working Families | José Serrano | 2,418 | 1.5 | |
Total | José Serrano (incumbent) | 152,661 | 97.2 | |
Republican | Frank Della Valle | 3,487 | 2.2 | |
Conservative | Frank Della Valle | 940 | 0.6 | |
Total | Frank Della Valle | 4,427 | 2.8 | |
Total votes | 157,088 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jose E. Serrano | 53,128 | 94.0 | |
Working Families | Jose E. Serrano | 1,778 | 3.1 | |
Total | Jose E. Serrano (incumbent) | 54,906 | 97.1 | |
Conservative | Eduardo Ramirez | 1,047 | 1.9 | |
Green | William Edstrom | 568 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 56,521 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jose E. Serrano (incumbent) | 165,688 | 95.3 | |
Republican | Alejandro Vega | 6,129 | 3.5 | |
Conservative | Eduardo Ramirez | 2,104 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 173,921 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | José Serrano | 122,007 | 94.1 | |
Working Families | José Serrano | 2,462 | 1.9 | |
Total | José Serrano (incumbent) | 124,469 | 96.0 | |
Republican | Jason Gonzalez | 4,566 | 3.5 | |
Conservative | Jason Gonzalez | 639 | 0.5 | |
Total | Jason Gonzalez | 5,205 | 4.0 | |
Total votes | 129,674 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ritchie Torres | 169,533 | 88.9 | |
Republican | Patrick Delices | 18,894 | 9.9 | |
Conservative | Patrick Delices | 2,237 | 1.2 | |
Total | Patrick Delices | 21,221 | 11.1 | |
Total votes | 190,754 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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