| State: | New York |
| District Number: | 19 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries |
| Representative: | Marc Molinaro |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Catskill |
| Percent Urban: | 36.51 |
| Percent Rural: | 63.49[1] |
| Population: | 768,600 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $67,645[2] |
| Percent White: | 80.2 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 6.6 |
| Percent Black: | 4.1 |
| Percent Asian: | 3.5 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 4.9 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.7 |
| Cpvi: | EVEN[3] |
New York's 19th congressional district is located in New York's Catskills, Hudson Valley, Southern Tier, and Finger Lakes regions. It lies partially in the northernmost region of the New York metropolitan area and south of Albany. This district is currently represented by Republican Marc Molinaro. It was one of 18 districts that would have voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Republican in 2022.
Various New York districts have been numbered "19" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York. The 19th District was a Manhattan-based district until 1980. It then was the Bronx-Westchester seat now numbered the 17th District. The present 19th District was the 21st District before the 1990s, and before that was the 25th District.
The 2020 redistricting saw the district expand to include the entirety of Broome, Tioga, Tompkins, Chenango, Delaware, Greene, Sullivan, and Columbia Counties, while partially including Ulster and Otsego Counties.[4]
Prior to mid-decade redistricting, the district was one of seven with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of EVEN, meaning that, overall, the percentages of people who vote for Democratic candidates versus Republican candidates in the district are similar to the percentages for the US as a whole.
Results under current lines (since 2023)[5]
| Year | Office | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | President | Trump 47.5 - 45.8% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 51.2 - 46.6% |
From 2003 to 2013, the 19th was composed of parts of Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, in addition to the entirety of Putnam County. Much of this district is now the 18th district, while the current 19th is essentially a merger of the former 20th district and 22nd district.
After redistricting in 2012, the 19th district comprised all of Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties; and parts of Broome, Dutchess, Montgomery, and Rensselaer Counties. The district borders Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut to the east; and Pennsylvania to the southwest. Democratic President Barack Obama won the new district by 6.2% in 2012, while Republican Donald Trump won the district by 6.8% in 2016.
Incumbent Representative Nan Hayworth opted to follow most of her constituents into the new 18th district in 2012, but she was defeated by Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney, a former advisor to President Bill Clinton.[6] Most of the 2003-13 19th district became part of the 2013-23 18th district.[7] Meanwhile, incumbent 20th district representative Chris Gibson ran for re-election in the new 19th district and won. On January 5, 2015, per his pledge when elected not to serve more than 4 terms, Gibson announced that he would not run for re-election in 2016.[8]
In 2016, Democrat Zephyr Teachout was defeated by Republican John Faso in the election.[9] In 2018, Faso was defeated after only 1 term by Democrat Antonio Delgado. In 2022, Delgado resigned to become Lieutenant Governor, leaving the seat vacant. Democrat Pat Ryan won the special election to complete Delgado's term on August 23, 2022.[10]
This iteration of the district was a presidential bellwether for the duration of its existence, having voted for the winner in each election from 2012 to 2020.[11]
Ryan ran in the 18th district in the November 2022 general election due to redistricting, while Democrat Josh Riley, who ran in the Democratic primary, lost to Republican Marc Molinaro in the 19th district.[12]
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong- ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1813 | ||||||||
| align=left | James Geddes | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | Elected in 1812. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Victory Birdseye | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | Re-elected in 1814. | |||
| align=left | James Porter | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | Elected in 1816. | |||
| align=left | George Hall | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | Elected in 1818. Lost re-election. | |||
| 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 | Elisha Litchfield | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1821. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | John Richards | Crawford DR | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1822. | |||
| align=left | Henry H. Ross | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | Elected in 1824. | |||
| align=left | Richard Keese | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 | Elected in 1826. | |||
| align=left | Isaac Finch | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | Elected in 1828. | |||
| align=left | William Hogan | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1830. | |||
| align=left | Sherman Page | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. | |||
| align=left | John H. Prentiss | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. | |||
| align=left | Samuel S. Bowne | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1840. | |||
| align=left | Orville Hungerford | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. | |||
| align=left | Joseph Mullin | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | Elected in 1846. | |||
| align=left | Charles E. Clarke | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | Elected in 1848. | |||
| align=left | Willard Ives | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1850. | |||
| align=left | George W. Chase | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1852. | |||
| align=left | Jonas A. Hughston | Opposition | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. | |||
| align=left | Oliver A. Morse | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Elected in 1856. | |||
| align=left | James H. Graham | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Elected in 1858. | |||
| align=left | Richard Franchot | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1860. | |||
| align=left | Samuel F. Miller | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | Elected in 1862. | |||
| align=left | Demas Hubbard Jr. | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | Elected in 1864. | |||
| align=left | William C. Fields | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | Elected in 1866. | |||
| align=left | Charles Knapp | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | Elected in 1868. | |||
| align=left | Elizur H. Prindle | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | Elected in 1870. | |||
| align=left | Henry H. Hathorn | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Elected in 1872. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | William A. Wheeler | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1874. | |||
| align=left | Amaziah B. James | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. | |||
| align=left | Abraham X. Parker | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | John Swinburne | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | Elected in 1884. | |||
| align=left | Nicholas T. Kane | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1887 – September 14, 1887 | Elected in 1886. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 14, 1887 – November 8, 1887 | ||||||
| align=left | Charles Tracey | Democratic | nowrap | November 8, 1887 – March 3, 1893 | Elected to finish Kane's term. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Charles D. Haines | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | Elected in 1892. | |||
| align=left | Frank S. Black | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – January 7, 1897 | Elected in 1894. Resigned after being elected Governor of New York | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 7, 1897 – March 3, 1897 | ||||||
| align=left | Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 | Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. | |||
| align=left | William H. Draper | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Norton P. Otis | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – February 20, 1905 | Elected in 1902. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | February 20, 1905 – March 3, 1905 | ||||||
| align=left | John E. Andrus | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913 | Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. | |||
Walter M. Chandler | Progressive | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917 | Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916 | ||||
| Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 | ||||||
| align=left | Joseph Rowan | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 | Elected in 1918. | |||
| align=left | Walter M. Chandler | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | Elected in 1920. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Sol Bloom | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1923[13] – January 3, 1945 | Elected to fill the term when Representative-elect Samuel Marx died. Re-elected in 1924. Re-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. Redistricted to the 20th district. | |||
| align=left | Samuel Dickstein | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1945 – December 30, 1945 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1944. Resigned to become justice of the New York Supreme Court. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | December 31, 1945 – February 18, 1946 | ||||||
| align=left | Arthur G. Klein | Democratic | nowrap | February 19, 1946 – December 31, 1956 | Elected to finish Dickstein's term. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Resigned to become justice on New York Supreme Court. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 1, 1957 – January 2, 1957 | ||||||
| align=left | Leonard Farbstein | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1971 | Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Bella Abzug | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | Elected in 1970. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Charles Rangel | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Mario Biaggi | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – August 5, 1988 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Resigned. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | August 6, 1988 – January 2, 1989 | ||||||
| align=left | Eliot Engel | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993 | Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Hamilton Fish IV | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992. Retired. | |||
Sue W. Kelly | Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007 | Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 2003–2013 | ||||||||
| align=left | John Hall | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 | Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Nan Hayworth | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the and lost re-election there. | |||
| align=left | Chris Gibson | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired. | 2013–2023 | ||
| align=left | John Faso | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | Elected in 2016. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Antonio Delgado | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2019 – May 25, 2022 | Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of New York. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 25, 2022 – September 13, 2022 | ||||||
| align=left | Pat Ryan | Democratic | nowrap | September 13, 2022 – January 3, 2023 | Elected to finish Delgado's term. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Marc Molinaro | Republican | January 3, 2023 – present | Elected in 2022. | 2023–2025 | |||
| 2025–present --> | ||||||||
Note that in New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will 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").