New York's 12th congressional district

During the Civil War, the 12th District comprised the counties of Dutchess and Columbia.{{Cite web|title=Ancestry.ca|url=https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1666/images/32178_520307095_0065-00264?|access-date=2020-11-03|website=www.ancestry.ca}} The 12th District eventually became a Brooklyn district in the mid-1960s, as the result of a district realignment due to the Supreme Court's decision in the Cooper v. Power case in 1966. The district was realigned to include majority African American neighborhoods such as Bedford-Stuyvesant in Central Brooklyn. Until 1992, it was the Central Brooklyn district now held by Yvette Clarke (and formerly by Major Owens), and then remapped to include Hispanic neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan and Queens.

1803–1913:

:Dutchess County, Columbia County

1913–1945:

:Parts of Manhattan

1945–1993:

:Parts of Brooklyn

1993–2023:

:Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens

From 2003 to 2013, it included parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. It included the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Ridgewood, and Woodside; the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Greenpoint, Red Hook, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, and Williamsburg; and part of Manhattan's Lower East Side and East Village.

Prior to the 2010s redistricting, the district included several neighborhoods in the East Side of Manhattan, the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, and western Queens, as well as Roosevelt Island, mostly overlapping the pre-redistricting 14th district.{{cite web | title=New York Redistricting | url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/20/nyregion/new-york-redistricting.html | work=New York Times | date=2012-03-20 | access-date=2012-05-13}}

2023–:

:Parts of Manhattan

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The 12th district is located entirely in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Manhattan neighborhoods in the district include:{{Cite news |last=Lu |first=Denise |last2=Fandos |first2=Nicholas |date=2022-10-18 |title=Hey, New Yorkers: Meet Your Neighborhood’s New Congressional District |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/18/us/politics/nyc-neighborhood-congressional-districts.html |access-date=2025-04-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

• Carnegie Hill
• Chelsea
• Flatiron
• Gramercy
• Hell's Kitchen
• Hudson Yards
• Kips Bay
• Lenox Hill
• Lincoln Square
• Manhattan Valley
• Midtown
• Midtown South
• Murray Hill
• Roosevelt Island
• Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village
• Times Square
• Turtle Bay
• Union Square
• Upper East Side
• Upper West Side
• Yorkville

From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the District, elected at-large on a general ticket.

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valign=bottom ! rowspan=2 | Cong ress ! rowspan=2 | Years ! rowspan=99 | ! colspan=3 | Seat A ! rowspan=99 | ! colspan=3 | Seat B ! rowspan=99 | ! rowspan=2 | Location

style="height:3em" ! Representative ! Party ! Electoral history ! Representative ! Party ! Electoral history

style="height:3em" | {{USCongressOrdinal|13}} | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | align=left | Zebulon R. Shipherd {{Small|(Granville)}} | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist | Elected in 1812. {{dm|date=February 2020}} | align=left | Elisha I. Winter {{Small|(Peru)}} | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist | Elected in 1812. {{dm|date=February 2020}} | rowspan=7 | 1813–1823 Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Washington and Warren counties

style="height:3em" | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|14}} | nowrap | March 4, 1815 – December 7, 1815 | colspan=2 | Vacant | Member-elect Benjamin Pond died October 6, 1814. | rowspan=3 align=left | 100px John Savage {{Small|(Salem)}} | rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1814. {{dm|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em" | nowrap | December 7, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | align=left | Asa Adgate {{Small|(Chesterfield)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Elected to finish Pond's term. {{dm|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em" | {{USCongressOrdinal|15}} | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | align=left | John Palmer {{Small|(Plattsburg)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1816. {{dm|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em" | {{USCongressOrdinal|16}} | nowrap | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | align=left | Ezra C. Gross {{Small|(Elizabeth)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1818. Lost re-election. | rowspan=4 align=left | Nathaniel Pitcher {{Small|(Sandy Hill)}} | rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1821. {{dm|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em" | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|17}} | nowrap | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 | colspan=2 | Vacant | Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.

style="height:3em" | nowrap | December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | align=left | 100px Reuben H. Walworth {{Small|(Plattsburg)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1821.

In New York, 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").

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 1996: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Nydia Velazquez (incumbent)

|votes = 61,913

|percentage = 84.6

|change = }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Miguel I. Prado

|votes = 9,978

|percentage = 13.6

|change = }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Workers Party (United States)

|candidate = Eleanor Garcia

|votes = 1,283

|percentage = 1.8

|change = }}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 51,935

|percentage = 71.0

|change = }}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 73,174

|percentage = 100

|change = }}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 1998: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Nydia Velazquez (incumbent)

|votes = 53,269

|percentage = 83.6

|change = −1.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Rosemary Markgraf

|votes = 7,405

|percentage = 11.6

|change = −2.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party of New York

|candidate = Angel Diaz

|votes = 1,632

|percentage = 2.6

|change = +2.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party of New York

|candidate = Hector Cortes, Jr.

|votes = 1,400

|percentage = 2.2

|change = +2.2}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 45,864

|percentage = 72.0

|change = +1.0}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 63,706

|percentage = 100

|change = −12.9}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2000: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Nydia Velazquez (incumbent)

|votes = 86,288

|percentage = 87.1

|change = +3.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Rosemary Markgraf

|votes = 10,052

|percentage = 10.1

|change = −1.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party USA

|candidate = Paul Pederson

|votes = 1,025

|percentage = 1.0

|change = +1.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = New York State Right to Life Party

|candidate = Mildred Rosario

|votes = 865

|percentage = 0.9

|change = +0.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party of New York

|candidate = Cesar Estevez

|votes = 850

|percentage = 0.9

|change = −1.7}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 76,236

|percentage = 76.9

|change = +4.9}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 99,080

|percentage = 100

|change = +55.5}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2002: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Nydia Velazquez (incumbent)

|votes = 48,408

|percentage = 95.8

|change = +8.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party of New York

|candidate = Cesar Estevez

|votes = 2,119

|percentage = 4.2

|change = +3.3}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 46,289

|percentage = 91.6

|change = +14.7}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 50,527

|percentage = 100

|change = −49.0}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2004: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Nydia Velazquez (incumbent)

|votes = 107,796

|percentage = 86.3

|change = −9.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Paul A. Rodriguez

|votes = 17,166

|percentage = 13.7

|change = +13.7}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 90,630

|percentage = 72.5

|change = −19.1}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 124,962

|percentage = 100

|change = +147.3}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2006: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Nydia Velazquez (incumbent)

|votes = 62,847

|percentage = 89.7

|change = +3.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Allan E. Romaguera

|votes = 7,182

|percentage = 10.3

|change = −3.4}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 55,665

|percentage = 79.5

|change = +7.0}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 70,029

|percentage = 100

|change = −44.0}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2008: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Nydia Velazquez (incumbent)

|votes = 123,053

|percentage = 90.0

|change = +0.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Allan E. Romaguera

|votes = 13,748

|percentage = 10.0

|change = −0.3}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 109,305

|percentage = 80.0

|change = +0.5}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 136,801

|percentage = 100

|change = +95.3}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2010: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Nydia Velazquez (incumbent)

|votes = 68,624

|percentage = 93.9

|change = +3.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party of New York

|candidate = Alice Gaffney

|votes = 4,482

|percentage = 6.1

|change = +6.1}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 64,142

|percentage = 87.7

|change = +7.7}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 73,106

|percentage = 100

|change = −46.6}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2012: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Carolyn Maloney|votes=193,455|percentage=72.1|change=−21.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Christopher Wight|votes=46,692|percentage=17.4|change=+7.4}}

{{Election box majority|votes=146,763|percentage=54.7|change=−33.0}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=268,287|percentage=100|change=+366.9}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2014: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Carolyn Maloney (incumbent)|votes=90,603|percentage=77.2|change=+5.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Nick Di Iorio|votes=22,731|percentage=19.4|change=+2.0}}

{{Election box majority||votes=67,872|percentage=57.8|change=+3.1}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=117,420|percentage=100|change=−228.5}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2016: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Carolyn Maloney (incumbent)|votes=244,358|percentage=83.2|change=+6.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Robert Ardini|votes=49,398|percentage=16.8|change=−2.6}}{{Election box majority||votes=194,960|percentage=66.4|change=+8.6}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=293,756|percentage=100|change=+250.2}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = 2018 Democratic primary results

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Carolyn Maloney (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 26,742

| percentage = 59.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Suraj Patel

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 18,098

| percentage = 40.4

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 44,840

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2018: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Carolyn Maloney (incumbent)|votes=217,430|percentage=86.4|change=+3.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Eliot Rabin|votes=30,446|percentage=12.1|change=−4.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Scott Hutchins|votes=3,728|percentage=1.5|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=186,984|percentage=74.3|change=+12.1}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=251,604|percentage=100|change=−16.8}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = 2020 Democratic primary results{{cite web |title=June 23 2020 Primary Election Results|url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2020/Primary/CertifiedJune232020StatePrimaryResults.pdf|publisher=New York State Board of Elections|access-date=August 9, 2020}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Carolyn Maloney (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 40,362

| percentage = 42.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Suraj Patel

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 37,106

| percentage = 39.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Lauren Ashcraft

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 12,810

| percentage = 13.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Peter Harrison

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 4,001

| percentage = 4.2

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 94,279

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2020: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Carolyn Maloney (incumbent)|votes=265,172|percentage=82.0|change=−4.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Carlos Santiago-Cano|votes=53,061|percentage=16.0|change=+3.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Steven Kolln|votes=4,015|percentage=1.0|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=208,096|percentage=65.0|change=−9.3}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=322,248|percentage=100|change=+28.1}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = 2022 Democratic primary results{{cite news |title=New York 12th Congressional District Primary Election Results Results|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/23/us/elections/results-new-york-us-house-district-12.html|work=The New York Times|date=August 23, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2024}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Jerrold Nadler (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 45,545

| percentage = 55.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Carolyn Maloney (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 20,038

| percentage = 24.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Suraj Patel

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 15,744

| percentage = 19.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Ashmi Sheth

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 832

| percentage = 1.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2022: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Jerry Nadler (incumbent)|votes=200,890|percentage=81.8|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=

Michael Zumbluskas|votes=44,173|percentage=18.0|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=

Mikhail Itkis|votes=631|percentage=0.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=156,086|percentage=63.5|change=-1.5}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=245,694|percentage=100|change=-4.2}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=US House election, 2024: New York District 12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Jerry Nadler (incumbent)|votes=260,165|percentage=80.5|change=-1.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=

Michael Zumbluskas|votes=61,989|percentage=19.5|change=+1.5}}

{{Election box majority||votes=197,176|percentage=61|change=-2.5}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=323,154|percentage=100|change=}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Noteslist}}

• {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
• {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
• [http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060901015509/http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm 2004 House election data] Clerk of the House of Representatives
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060831034547/http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm 2002 House election data] "
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060929025603/http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm 2000 House election data] "
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060901015416/http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm 1998 House election data] "
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140501135924/http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/1996/96Stat.htm 1996 House election data] "

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