State: | New York |
District Number: | 24 |
Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries |
Representative: | Claudia Tenney |
Party: | Republican |
Residence: | Canandaigua |
Percent Urban: | 72.81 |
Percent Rural: | 27.19 |
Population: | 774,173 |
Population Year: | 2022 |
Median Income: | $66,103[1] |
Percent White: | 87.2 |
Percent Hispanic: | 4.2 |
Percent Black: | 2.8 |
Percent Asian: | 0.8 |
Percent More Than One Race: | 4.3 |
Percent Other Race: | 0.6 |
Cpvi: | R+13[2] |
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, and Orleans counties. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+13, it is the most Republican district in New York.[2]
Results under current lines (since 2023)[3]
Year | Office | Result | |
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2016 | President | Trump 57–36% | |
2020 | President | Trump 57–40% |
Results under 2013–23 lines
Year | Office | Results | |
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2008 | President | Obama 56 - 42% | |
2012 | President | Obama 57 - 41% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 49 - 45% | |
2020 | President | Biden 53 - 44% |
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
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District established March 4, 1823 | ||||||||
align=left | Rowland Day | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1822. | |||
align=left | Charles Kellogg | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | Elected in 1824. | |||
align=left | Nathaniel Garrow | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 | Elected in 1826. | |||
align=left | Gershom Powers | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | Elected in 1828. | |||
align=left | Ulysses F. Doubleday | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1830. | |||
align=left | Rowland Day | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Elected in 1832 | |||
align=left | Ulysses F. Doubleday | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1834. | |||
align=left | William H. Noble | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Elected in 1836. | |||
align=left | Christopher Morgan | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. | |||
align=left | Horace Wheaton | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. | |||
align=left | Daniel Gott | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 | Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. | |||
align=left | Daniel T. Jones | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1852. | |||
Amos P. Granger | Opposition | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. | ||||
Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | ||||||
align=left | Charles B. Sedgwick | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 | Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. | |||
align=left | Theodore M. Pomeroy | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. | |||
align=left | George W. Cowles | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | Elected in 1868. | |||
align=left | John E. Seeley | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | Elected in 1870. | |||
align=left | R. Holland Duell | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1872. | |||
align=left | William H. Baker | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. | |||
align=left | Joseph Mason | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. | |||
align=left | Newton W. Nutting | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1882. | |||
align=left | John S. Pindar | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | Elected in 1884. | |||
align=left | David Wilber | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1887 – April 1, 1890 | Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Died. | |||
Vacant | nowrap | April 1, 1890 – November 4, 1890 | ||||||
align=left | John S. Pindar | Democratic | nowrap | November 4, 1890 – March 3, 1891 | Elected to finish Wilber's term. | |||
align=left | George Van Horn | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1890. | |||
align=left | Charles A. Chickering | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – February 13, 1900 | Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Died. | |||
Vacant | nowrap | February 13, 1900 – November 6, 1900 | ||||||
align=left | Albert D. Shaw | Republican | nowrap | November 6, 1900 – February 10, 1901 | Elected to finish Chickering's term. Re-elected in 1900. Died. | |||
Vacant | nowrap | February 10, 1901 – November 5, 1901 | ||||||
align=left | Charles L. Knapp | Republican | nowrap | November 5, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | Elected to finish Shaw's term. Redistricted to the 28th district. | |||
align=left | George J. Smith | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | Elected in 1902. | |||
align=left | Frank J. LeFevre | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 | Elected in 1904. | |||
align=left | George W. Fairchild | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 | Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 34th district. | |||
align=left | Woodson R. Oglesby | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917 | Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. | |||
align=left | Benjamin L. Fairchild | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 | Elected in 1916. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | James V. Ganly | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 | Elected in 1918. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Benjamin L. Fairchild | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | Elected in 1920. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | James V. Ganly | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1923 – September 7, 1923 | Elected in 1922. Died. | |||
Vacant | nowrap | September 7, 1923 – November 6, 1923 | ||||||
align=left | Benjamin L. Fairchild | Republican | nowrap | November 6, 1923 – March 3, 1927 | Elected to finish Ganly's term. Re-elected in 1924. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | James M. Fitzpatrick | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1945 | Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. | |||
align=left | Benjamin J. Rabin | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1945 – December 31, 1947 | Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Resigned after being elected justice of New York Supreme Court. | |||
Vacant | nowrap | January 1, 1948 – February 16, 1948 | ||||||
align=left | Leo Isacson | American Labor | nowrap | February 17, 1948 – January 3, 1949 | Elected to finish Rabin's term. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Isidore Dollinger | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 23rd district. | |||
align=left | Charles A. Buckley | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 23rd district. | |||
align=left | Paul A. Fino | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1968 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Resigned after being elected justice of New York Supreme Court. | |||
Vacant | nowrap | January 1, 1969 – January 3, 1969 | ||||||
align=left | Mario Biaggi | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973 | Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 10th district. | |||
align=left | Ogden Reid | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1972. | |||
align=left | Richard Ottinger | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 | Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 20th district. | |||
align=left | Gerald Solomon | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 22nd district. | |||
align=left | John M. McHugh | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 | Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 23rd district. | |||
align=left | Sherwood Boehlert | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Retired.` | 2003–2013 | ||
align=left | Mike Arcuri | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 | Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Richard L. Hanna | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 22nd district. | |||
align=left | Dan Maffei | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Lost re-election. | 2013–2023 | ||
align=left | John Katko | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2023 | Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the and retired. | |||
Claudia Tenney | Republican | January 3, 2023 – present | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022. | 2023–2025 | ||||
2025–present --> |
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").