New York's 16th congressional district

New York's 16th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in the state of New York. The district is currently represented by Democrat Jamaal Bowman. Jamaal Bowman has been representing the district since 2021, he beat Democrat Eliot Engel in the Democratic Party primary election and won the general election. A Republican has not represented the district since 1949. The 16th district includes the northern part Bronx and the southern half of Westchester County, and also has the cities of Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Rye.

New York's 16th congressional district
New York's 16th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Jamaal Bowman D–Yonkers
Distribution	100% urban 0% rural
Population (2019)	739,893
Median household income	$74,799[1]
Ethnicity	34.12% Black 32.01% White 23.85% Hispanic 6.06% Asian 3.60% other 0.36% Native American
Cook PVI	D+24[2]

Election history

(In New York a candidate can be represented or endorsed by many smaller parties as their candidate)

1996 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	95,568	96.3%
	Republican	Rodney Torres	2,878	2.9%
	Conservative	Owen Camp	787	0.8%
Majority			92,690	93.4%
Turnout			99,233	100%

1998 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	67,367	95.4%	-0.9%
	Republican	Thomas W. Bayley Jr.	2,457	3.5%	+0.6%
	Conservative	Owen Camp	756	1.1%	+0.3%
Majority			64,910	92.0%	-1.4%
Turnout			70,580	100%	-28.9%

2000 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	103,041	95.8%	+0.4%
	Republican	Aaron Justice	3,934	3.7%	+0.2%
	Conservative	Richard Retcho	571	0.5%	-0.6%
Majority			99,107	92.2%	+0.2%
Turnout			107,546	100%	+52.4%

2002 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	50,716	92.1%	-3.7%
	Republican	Frank DellaValle	4,366	7.9%	+4.2%
Majority			46,350	84.1%	-8.1%
Turnout			55,082	100%	-48.8%

2004 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	106,739	91.0%
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	4,899	4.2%
	total	José E. Serrano	111,638	95.2	+3.1%
	Republican	Ali Mohamed	4,917	4.2%
	Conservative	Ali Mohamed	693	0.6%
	total	Ali Mohamed	5,610	4.8	-3.1%
Majority			106,028	90.4	+6.3
Turnout			117,248	100	+112.9%

2006 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	53,179	90.3%
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	2,945	5.0%
	total	José E. Serrano	56,124	95.3	+0.1%
	Republican	Ali Mohamed	2,045	3.5%
	Conservative	Ali Mohamed	714	1.2%
	total	Ali Mohamed	2,759	4.7	-0.1%
Majority			53,365	90.6	+0.2
Turnout			58,883	100%	-49.8%

2008 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	123,312	93.7%
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	3,867	2.9%
	total	José E. Serrano	127,179	96.6	+1.3%
	Republican	Ali Mohamed	3,941	3.0%
	Conservative	Ali Mohamed	547	0.4%
	total	Ali Mohamed	4,488	3.4	-1.3%
Majority			122,691	93.2	+2.6
Turnout			131,667	100%	+123.6%

2010 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	58,478	90.8%
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	3,164	4.9%
	total	José E. Serrano	61,642	95.7	-0.9%
	Republican	Frank Della Valle	2,257	3.5%
	Conservative	Frank Della Valle	501	0.8%
	total	Frank Della Valle	2,758	4.3	+0.9%
Majority			58,884	91.4	-1.8
Turnout			64,400	100%	-51.1%

2018 New York District 16 primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot Engel (Incumbent)	22,160	73.7	-26.7
	Democratic	Jonathan Lewis	4,866	16.2	New
	Democratic	Joyce Briscoe	1,772	5.9	New
	Democratic	Derickson Lawrence	1,280	4.3	New
Majority			30,078	57.5	-26.7

2018 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot Engel (Incumbent)	182,044	100.0	+5.7
Majority			182,044	100.0	+5.7

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2020 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jamaal Bowman	49,367	55.4
	Democratic	Eliot Engel (Incumbent)	36,149	40.6
	Democratic	Chris Fink	1,625	1.8
	Democratic	Sammy Ravelo	1,139	1.3
	Democratic	Andom Ghebreghiorgis (withdrawn)	761	0.9

References

1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. "New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. 23 June 2020.