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New York's 1st congressional district

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New York's 1st congressional district
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New York's 1st congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in eastern Long Island. It includes the eastern two-thirds of Suffolk County, including the northern portion of Brookhaven, as well as the entirety of the towns of Huntington, Smithtown, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and Shelter Island. The district encompasses extremely wealthy enclaves such as the Hamptons, middle class suburban towns such as Selden, Centereach, and Lake Grove, working-class towns such as Riverhead and rural farming communities such as Mattituck and Jamesport on the North Fork. The district currently is represented by Republican Nick LaLota.

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The district has been a swing district since the 1990s and a Republican-leaning seat since the 2010s. President George W. Bush defeated challenger John Kerry by less than one percentage point in 2004, while in 2008 and 2012, Barack Obama won the district by less than five points. In 2012, New York underwent redistricting, and the 1st district was slightly modified. In the 2014 election, Republican Lee Zeldin defeated Democratic incumbent Tim Bishop, who had represented the district since 2003. Donald Trump won the district by 12 percentage points over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. At the same time, Zeldin won a second term, defeating Democratic challenger Anna-Thone Holst by a margin of 15.6%, the largest margin of victory for a Republican since 1998. In 2018, Zeldin won re-election to a third term, narrowly defeating Democratic challenger Perry Gershon by 4.1%. In 2020, the district shifted back in the Democratic direction, with Trump carrying the district by only four points in the 2020 United States presidential election.

In 2022, Republican Nick LaLota defeated Democrat Bridget Fleming in the newly-redrawn district by an approximately ten-point margin.

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Recent election results from statewide races

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Components: past and present

1823–1945:

All of Suffolk, Nassau
Parts of Queens

1945–1963:

All of Suffolk
Parts of Nassau

1963–Present:

Parts of Suffolk

Current counties, towns, and municipalities

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For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following the New York Court of Appeals' December 2023 decision in Hoffman v New York State Ind. Redistricting. Commn.), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, towns, and municipalities.[8][9]

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Asharoken, Belle Terre, Brookhaven (part; also 2nd; includes Center Moriches, Centereach, Coram, East Moriches, East Setauket, East Shoreham, Farmingville, Gordon Heights, Lake Ronkonkoma, Manorville, Middle Island, Miller Place, Moriches, Mount Sinai, Port Jefferson Station, Ridge, Rocky Point, Selden, Setauket, Sound Beach, Stony Brook, Stony Brook University, Terryville, and part of Calverton, Eastport, Fire Island, Holbrook, Holtsville, Medford, and Yaphank), Dering Harbor, East Hampton (town), East Hampton (village), Greenport, Head of the Harbor, Huntington (town) (part; also 3rd; includes Centerport, Dix Hills, East Northport, Eatons Neck, Elwood, Greenlawn, Melville, South Huntington, and part of Commack, Fort Salonga, Huntington (CDP), Huntington Station, and West Hills), Lake Grove, Nissequogue, North Haven, Northport, Old Field, Poquott, Port Jefferson, Riverhead, Sag Harbor, Sagaponack, Shelter Island, Shoreham, Smithtown, Southampton (town), Southampton (village), Southold, Village of the Branch, Westhampton Beach, West Hampton Dunes
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List of members representing the district

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1789–1813: one seat

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1813–1823: two seats

From 1809 to 1823, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.

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1823–present: one seat

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Recent election results

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New York State is one of only eight states where candidates can run for office under the banner of more than one party, and New York is the only state where such cross-endorsement (often called electoral fusion), regularly occurs. The passage of the Wilson Pakula Act in the state legislature in 1947 established this electoral process in New York. Candidates for office routinely run with the endorsement of a major political party as well as one or two other minor parties. Some parties merely exist as a vessel for an individual candidate, while others are formally organized and are regularly found on the ballot. In determining an election winner, the votes for a candidate are totaled across all the party lines on a ballot on which a candidate is running. The results below present in table form the total votes received for each candidate across all party lines and also identify the candidate's major party affiliation.

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22,390 Blank/Scattered/Void votes not included in the above totals. Michael P. Forbes vote by party line: Republican Party (90,001), Conservative Party (11,962), Independence Party (6,599) and Right-To-Life Party (8,058). Nora L. Bredes vote by party line: Democratic Party (93,816), Save Medicare (2,680).[14]

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20,242 Blank/Scattered/Voided votes not included in above totals. Michael P. Forbes vote by party line: Republican Party (75,643), Conservative Party (13,032), Independence Party (3,158) and Right to Life Party (7,627). William G. Hoist vote by party line: Democratic Party (54,463), STO Party (1,167).[15]

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