| State: | New York |
| District Number: | 18 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries |
| Representative: | Pat Ryan |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Gardiner |
| Percent Urban: | 81.48 |
| Percent Rural: | 18.52 |
| Population: | 786,432 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $87,124[1] |
| Percent White: | 62.8 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 18.3 |
| Percent Black: | 9.9 |
| Percent Asian: | 3.0 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.9 |
| Percent Other Race: | 2.1 |
| Cpvi: | D+1[2] |
New York's 18th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that contains the northern suburbs and exurbs of New York City. It is currently represented by Democrat Pat Ryan.
The 18th district includes all of Orange County, and most of Dutchess and Ulster Counties. The district includes the cities of Newburgh, Beacon, Kingston, and Poughkeepsie.[3]
In the August 23, 2022 Democratic Party primary Ulster County executive Pat Ryan defeated Aisha Mills and Moses Mugulusi.[4] On the same date Ryan also defeated Dutchess County executive Marc Molinaro (Republican) in a special election to fill a vacant seat in the district. The latter contest was seen as a victory in a bellwether district.[5] In the November 8, 2022 general election Ryan defeated New York State Assembly member Republican Colin Schmitt.
Republican Molinaro ran in the New York's 19th congressional district in the November general election and defeated Democrat Josh Riley. Incumbent Sean Patrick Maloney changed his election district to the New York's 17th congressional district, after redistricting maps were announced.
Results under current lines (since 2023)[6]
| Year | Office | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | President | Clinton 47.9 - 47.0% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 53.3 - 45.0% |
2023–present:
All of Orange
Parts of Dutchess and Ulster2013–2023: (map)
Parts of Dutchess and Westchester2003–2013:
Parts of Rockland, Westchester1993–2003:
Parts of Bronx, Queens, Westchester1983–1993:
Parts of Bronx1913–1983:
Parts of Manhattan1853–1873:
The 18th District was created in 1813. For many years, it was the upper Manhattan district. It was the east side Manhattan seat in the 1970s and then a Bronx district in the 1980s, Following the 1992 remap it became a Westchester-based district with narrow corridor through the Bronx and a large portion of central Queens. The 2002 remap gave those Queens areas to the 5th District and the 18th absorbed some Rockland areas due to the deconstruction of the old Orange-Rockland 20th District. In 2012, population lost in New York pushed the district further north, into the mid-Hudson Valley suburbs. From 2002 to 2013, the 18th district included most of Westchester County and part of Rockland County. It included Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Ossining, the Town of Pelham, Scarsdale, Tarrytown, White Plains as well as most of New City and Yonkers.
The redrawn district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the 2003-2013 congressional districts: 1 percent from the 18th congressional district; 76 percent from the 19th congressional district; 2 percent from the 20th congressional district; and 21 percent from the 22nd congressional district.[7]
Since 2012, the district has been a presidential bellwether, voting for the winner each time.[8]
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1813 | ||||||||
| align=left | Moss Kent | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 | Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. | 1813–1823 St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis counties | ||
| align=left | David A. Ogden | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | Elected in 1816. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | William Donnison Ford | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | Elected in 1818. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 | Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued. | |||||
| align=left | Micah Sterling | Federalist | nowrap | December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1821. | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 nowrap | Henry C. Martindale | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. | 1823–1833 Washington County | ||
| Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831 | ||||||
| align=left | Nathaniel Pitcher | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1830. | |||
| align=left | Daniel Wardwell | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. | 1833–1843 | ||
| align=left | Isaac H. Bronson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Elected in 1836. | |||
| align=left | Thomas C. Chittenden | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. | |||
| align=left | Preston King | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. | 1843–1853 | ||
| align=left | William Collins | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | Elected in 1846. | |||
| align=left | Preston King | Free Soil | nowrap | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. | |||
| align=left | Peter Rowe | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1852. | 1853–1863 | ||
| align=left | Thomas R. Horton | Opposition | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. | |||
| align=left | Clark B. Cochrane | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 | Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. | |||
| align=left | Chauncey Vibbard | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1860. | |||
| align=left | James M. Marvin | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 | Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. | 1863–1873 | ||
| align=left | Stephen Sanford | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | Elected in 1868. | |||
| align=left | John M. Carroll | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | Elected in 1870. | |||
| align=left | William A. Wheeler | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Elected in 1872. Redistricted to the 19th district. | 1873–1883 | ||
| align=left | Andrew Williams | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. | |||
| align=left | John Hammond | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. | |||
| align=left | Frederick A. Johnson | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 21st district. | 1883–1893 | ||
| align=left | Henry G. Burleigh | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1884. | |||
| align=left | Edward W. Greenman | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1886. | |||
| align=left | John A. Quackenbush | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. | |||
| align=left | Jacob LeFever | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 | Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. | 1893–1903 | ||
| align=left | John H. Ketcham | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 | Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 21st district. | |||
| align=left | Joseph A. Goulden | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. | 1903–1913 | ||
| align=left | Stephen B. Ayres | Independent Democrat | nowrap | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | Elected in 1910. | |||
| align=left | Thomas G. Patten | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. | 1913–1933 | ||
| align=left | George B. Francis | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 | Elected in 1916 | |||
| align=left | John F. Carew | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1919 – December 28, 1929 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Resigned to become justice in Supreme Court of New York. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | December 28, 1929 – April 11, 1930 | ||||||
Martin J. Kennedy | Democratic | April 11, 1930 – January 3, 1945 | Elected to finish Carew's term. 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. | |||||
| 1933–1943 | ||||||||
| 1943–1953 | ||||||||
| align=left | Vito Marcantonio | American Labor | nowrap | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. | |||
James G. Donovan | Democratic | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1957 | Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. | |||||
| 1953–1963 | ||||||||
| align=left | Alfred E. Santangelo | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963 | Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. | |||
| align=left | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Lost re-nomination. | 1963–1973 | ||
| align=left | Charles Rangel | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | Elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 19th district. | |||
| align=left | Ed Koch | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1977 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Resigned to become Mayor of New York City. | 1973–1983 | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 1, 1978 – February 13, 1978 | ||||||
| align=left | Bill Green | Republican | nowrap | February 14, 1978 – January 3, 1983 | Elected to finish Koch's term. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 15th district. | |||
| align=left | Robert Garcia | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1990 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Resigned. | 1983–1993 | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 8, 1990 – March 19, 1990 | ||||||
| align=left | José E. Serrano | Democratic | nowrap | March 20, 1990 – January 3, 1993 | Elected to finish Garcia's term. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 16th district. | |||
Nita Lowey | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the . | 1993–2003 | ||||
| 2003–2013 | ||||||||
| align=left | Sean Patrick Maloney | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023 | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the and lost re-election. | 2013–2023 | ||
| align=left | Pat Ryan | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2023 – present | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022. | 2023–2025 Catskills and mid-Hudson Valley region | ||
| 2025–present Catskills and mid-Hudson Valley region --> | ||||||||
Note that in New York State electoral politics 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").