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New York's 24th congressional district

Current Representative
  
John Katko (R–Camillus)

The 24th Congressional District of New York includes all of Cayuga, Onondaga, and Wayne counties, and the western part of Oswego County. Its largest city is Syracuse.

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This district is currently represented by Republican John Katko.

From 2003 to 2013, the district included all or parts of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins counties.

Components: Past and Present

Historically, most of this district was located Upstate, However, over the years

  • 1869–1873: All of Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne counties
  • 1919–1945: Parts of Bronx and Westchester counties
  • 1945–1971: Parts of Bronx county
  • 1971–1973: Parts of Bronx and Westchester counties
  • 1973–1983: Parts of Westchester county
  • 1983–1993: All of Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties; parts of Dutchess and Rensselaer counties
  • 1993–2003: All of Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties; parts of Essex and Herkimer counties
  • 2003–2013: All of Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer and Seneca counties; parts of Broome, Cayuga, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Tioga and Tompkins counties
  • 2013–present: All of Cayuga, Onondaga and Wayne counties; part of Oswego county

    • Election results

    In 2008, Michael Arcuri won the election with 130,799 votes (9,454 from Working Families Party line) to Richard L. Hanna's 120,880 out of 282,114 total votes. Note that in New York State electoral politics there are several 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").

    References

    New York's 24th congressional district Wikipedia
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