New York's 24th congressional district is located in Upstate New York in the Finger Lakes region, stretching alongside Lake Ontario from near Buffalo in the west to Watertown in the east. The district does not include Rochester, which is in the 25th district. Since 2023, it has been represented by Claudia Tenney. In the 2022 election it voted more strongly Republican than any other district in the state. Prior to the redistricting which took effect in 2023, the district included the city of Syracuse.
The current district includes all or parts of Cayuga, Wayne, Oswego, Ontario, Jefferson, Livingston, Niagara, Genesee, Wyoming, Seneca, Yates, Schuyler, and Orleans counties. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+11, it is the most Republican district in New York.
Recent election results from statewide races
History
- 1869âÂÂ1873: All of Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne counties
- 1919âÂÂ1945: Parts of Bronx and Westchester counties
- 1945âÂÂ1971: Parts of Bronx county
- 1971âÂÂ1973: Parts of Bronx and Westchester counties
- 1973âÂÂ1983: Parts of Westchester county
- 1983âÂÂ1993: All of Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties; parts of Dutchess and Rensselaer counties
- 1993âÂÂ2003: All of Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties; parts of Essex and Herkimer counties
- 2003âÂÂ2013: All of Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer and Seneca counties; parts of Broome, Cayuga, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Tioga and Tompkins counties
- From 2013 to 2023, the district included all of Cayuga, Onondaga, and Wayne counties, and the western part of Oswego County. Its largest city was Syracuse.
- From 2023 to 2033, the district included all or parts of Cayuga, Wayne, Oswego, Ontario, Jefferson, Livingston, Niagara, Genesee, Wyoming, Seneca, Yates, and Orleans counties.
Counties, towns, and municipalities
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.
Cayuga County (16)
Aurelius, Brutus, Cato (town), Cato (village), Cayuga, Conquest, Fair Haven, Mentz, Meridian, Montezuma, Ira, Port Byron, Sterling, Throop. Victory, Weedsport
Genesee County (21)
All 21 towns and municipalities
Jefferson County (34)
Adams (town), Adams (village), Alexandria, Alexandria Bay, Antwerp (part; also 21st), Black River (part; also 21st), Brownville (town), Brownville (village), Cape Vincent (town), Cape Vincent (village), Champion, Chaumont, Clayton (town), Clayton (village), Dexter, Ellisburg (town), Ellisburg (village), Glen Park, Henderson, Hounsfield, Lorraine, Lyme, Mannsville, Orleans, Pamelia, Rodman, Rutland, Sackets Harbor, Theresa (town), Theresa (village), Watertown (city), Watertown (town), West Carthage, Worth
Livingston County (26)
All 26 towns and municipalities
Niagara County (15)
Barker, Cambria, Hartland, Lewiston (town), Lewiston (village), Lockport (city), Lockport (town) (part; also 23rd), Middleport, Newfane, Porter, Royalton, Somerset, Wilson (town), Wilson (village), Youngstown
Ontario County (24)
Bloomfield (part; also 25th), Bristol, Canadice, Canandaigua (city), Canandaigua (town), Clifton Springs, East Bloomfield (part; also 25th), Farmington, Geneva (city) (shared with Seneca County), Geneva (town), Gorham, Hopewell, Manchester (town), Manchester (village), Naples (town), Naples (village), Phelps (town), Phelps (village), Richmond, Rushville (shared with Yates County), Seneca, Shortsville, South Bristol, West Bloomfield
Oswego County (32)
All 32 towns and municipalities
Schuyler County (5)
Burdett, Hector, Reading, Tyrone, Watkins Glen (part; also 23rd)
Seneca County (14)
All 14 towns and municipalities
Steuben County (10)
Avoca (town), Avoca (village), Cohocton (town), Cohocton (village), Dansville, Prattsburgh, Pulteney, Wayland (town), Wayland (village), Wheeler
Orleans County (14)
All 14 towns and municipalities
Wayne County (22)
All 22 towns and municipalities
Wyoming County (24)
All 24 towns and municipalities
Yates County (13)
All 13 towns and municipalities
List of members representing the district
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").
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