Home / Elections / 2008 / New YorkCertified returns for every federal race in New York in 2008, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 29 of 29 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President Presidential electors — votes by party line Party line Votes Share Democratic 4,645,332 60.2% Republican 2,418,323 31.3% Conservative (Republican Party Candidate) 170,475 2.2% Independence (Republican Party Candidate) 163,973 2.1% Working Families (Democratic Party Candidate) 159,613 2.1% Blank/Scattering 84,701 1.1% Populist 41,249 0.5% Libertarian 19,596 0.3% Green 12,801 0.2% Socialist Workers 3,615 0.0% Socialism and Liberation 1,639 0.0% Write-in 702 0.0% Total 7,722,019
The Clerk's report prints a total of 7,722,009 for this race; the votes listed sum to 7,722,019.
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2008 election page .
U.S. House of Representatives District 1 Candidate Party Votes Share Timothy H. Bishop Democrat (141,727) · Working Families (7,437) · Independence (12,919) 162,083 49.8% Lee M. Zeldin Republican (100,036) · Conservative (15,509) 115,545 35.5% Blank/Scattering 48,042 14.8% Total 325,670
District 2 Candidate Party Votes Share Steve Israel Democrat (143,759) · Working Families (5,620) · Independence (11,900) 161,279 54.7% Frank J. Stalzer Republican (70,145) · Conservative (9,496) 79,641 27.0% Blank/Scattering 54,185 18.4% Total 295,105
District 3 Candidate Party Votes Share Peter T. King Republican (149,344) · Conservative (12,983) · Independence (10,447) 172,774 53.9% Graham E. Long Democrat (93,481) · Working Families (4,044) 97,525 30.4% Blank/Scattering 50,038 15.6% Total 320,337
District 4 Candidate Party Votes Share Carolyn McCarthy Democrat (151,792) · Working Families (4,918) · Independence (7,318) 164,028 54.9% Jack M. Martins Republican (84,444) · Conservative (7,798) 92,242 30.9% Blank/Scattering 42,438 14.2% Total 298,708
District 5 Candidate Party Votes Share Gary L. Ackerman Democrat (105,836) · Working Families (2,804) · Independence (4,084) 112,724 54.8% Elizabeth Berney Republican 43,039 20.9% Jun Policarpio Conservative 3,010 1.5% Blank/Scattering 46,995 22.8% Total 205,768
District 6 Candidate Party Votes Share Gregory W. Meeks Democrat 141,180 67.1% Blank/Scattering 69,156 32.9% Total 210,336
District 7 Candidate Party Votes Share Joseph Crowley Democrat (113,988) · Working Families (4,471) 118,459 62.7% William E. Britt, Jr. Republican (19,373) · Conservative (2,104) 21,477 11.4% Blank/Scattering 49,135 26.0% Total 189,071
District 8 Candidate Party Votes Share Jerrold Nadler Democrat (152,153) · Working Families (8,622) 160,775 63.5% Grace Lin Republican (36,897) · Conservative (2,165) 39,062 15.4% Blank/Scattering 53,398 21.1% Total 253,235
District 9 Candidate Party Votes Share Anthony D. Weiner Democrat (106,097) · Working Families (6,108) 112,205 55.3% Alfred F. Donohue Conservative 8,378 4.1% Blank/Scattering 82,487 40.6% Total 203,070
District 10 Candidate Party Votes Share Edolphus Towns Democrat 155,090 67.8% Salvatore Grupico Republican (8,204) · Conservative (1,361) 9,565 4.2% Blank/Scattering 64,106 28.0% Total 228,761
District 11 Candidate Party Votes Share Yvette D. Clarke Democrat (158,235) · Working Families (10,327) 168,562 73.0% Hugh C. Carr Republican 11,644 5.0% Cartrell Gore Conservative 1,517 0.7% Blank/Scattering 49,265 21.3% Total 230,988
District 12 Candidate Party Votes Share Nydia M. Velázquez Democrat (115,633) · Working Families (7,420) 123,053 67.6% Allan E. Romaguera Republican (12,486) · Conservative (1,262) 13,748 7.6% Blank/Scattering 45,115 24.8% Total 181,916
District 13 Candidate Party Votes Share Michael E. McMahon Democrat (107,640) · Working Families (6,579) 114,219 50.8% Robert A. Straniere Republican 62,441 27.8% Timothy J. Cochrane Conservative 5,799 2.6% Carmine A. Morano Independence 4,947 2.2% Blank/Scattering 37,358 16.6% Total 224,764
District 14 Candidate Party Votes Share Carolyn B. Maloney Democrat (176,426) · Working Families (6,813) 183,239 66.7% Robert G. Heim Republican 43,385 15.8% Isaiah Matos Libertarian 2,659 1.0% Blank/Scattering 45,309 16.5% Total 274,592
District 15 Candidate Party Votes Share Charles B. Rangel Democrat 170,372 69.5% Edward Daniels Republican 15,676 6.4% Working Families 6,779 2.8% Craig Schley Vote People Change 3,708 1.5% Martin Koppel Socialist Workers 2,141 0.9% Blank/Scattering 46,483 19.0% Total 245,159
District 16 Candidate Party Votes Share José E. Serrano Democrat 123,312 72.8% Ali Mohamed Republican 3,941 2.3% Working Families 3,867 2.3% Conservative 547 0.3% Blank/Scattering 37,832 22.3% Total 169,499
District 17 Candidate Party Votes Share Eliot L. Engel Democrat 149,676 61.4% Robert Goodman Republican 35,994 14.8% Independence 6,721 2.8% Working Families 5,197 2.1% Conservative 4,713 1.9% Blank/Scattering 41,464 17.0% Total 243,765
District 18 Candidate Party Votes Share Nita M. Lowey Democrat 167,365 55.4% Jim Russell Republican 73,237 24.2% Working Families 7,426 2.5% Conservative 7,261 2.4% Blank/Scattering 46,739 15.5% Total 302,028
District 19 Candidate Party Votes Share John J. Hall Democrat 141,173 44.0% Kieran Michael Lalor Republican 103,813 32.4% Independence 16,584 5.2% Conservative 12,307 3.8% Working Families 7,102 2.2% Blank/Scattering 39,531 12.3% Total 320,510
District 20 Candidate Party Votes Share Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democrat 178,996 53.5% Sandy Treadwell Republican 99,930 29.9% Working Families 14,655 4.4% Conservative 10,077 3.0% Independence 8,024 2.4% Blank/Scattering 23,034 6.9% Total 334,716
District 21 Candidate Party Votes Share Paul D. Tonko Democrat 159,849 51.2% James Buhrmaster Republican 85,267 27.3% Working Families 11,437 3.7% Conservative 11,332 3.6% Phillip G. Steck Independence 7,965 2.6% Blank/Scattering 36,081 11.6% Total 311,931
District 22 Candidate Party Votes Share Maurice D. Hinchey Democrat 147,238 50.8% George K. Phillips Republican 76,569 26.4% Independence 11,320 3.9% Working Families 10,000 3.4% Conservative 8,557 2.9% Blank/Scattering 36,418 12.6% Total 290,102
District 23 Candidate Party Votes Share John M. McHugh Republican 120,778 46.2% Michael P. Oot Democrat 70,037 26.8% Independence 12,958 5.0% Conservative 9,293 3.6% Working Families 5,834 2.2% Blank/Scattering 42,338 16.2% Total 261,238
District 24 Candidate Party Votes Share Michael A. Arcuri Democrat 121,345 43.0% Richard L. Hanna Republican 103,379 36.6% Independence 9,555 3.4% Working Families 9,454 3.4% Conservative 7,946 2.8% Blank/Scattering 30,435 10.8% Total 282,114
District 25 Candidate Party Votes Share Daniel B. Maffei Democrat (148,290) · Working Families (9,085) 157,375 48.8% Dale A. Sweetland Republican (106,653) · Conservative (13,564) 120,217 37.3% Howie Hawkins Green Populist 9,483 2.9% Blank/Scattering 35,105 10.9% Total 322,180
District 26 Candidate Party Votes Share Christopher J. Lee Republican (124,845) · Conservative (13,866) · Independence (9,896) 148,607 46.0% Alice Kryzan Democrat 109,615 33.9% Jonathan P. Powers Working Families 12,104 3.7% Blank/Scattering 52,925 16.4% Total 323,251
District 27 Candidate Party Votes Share Brian Higgins Democrat (169,196) · Working Families (16,517) 185,713 63.3% Daniel J. Humiston Republican (50,420) · Independence (5,934) 56,354 19.2% Harold W. Schroeder Conservative 7,478 2.5% Blank/Scattering 43,959 15.0% Total 293,504
District 28 Candidate Party Votes Share Louise McIntosh Slaughter Democrat (155,409) · Working Families (7,822) · Independence (9,424) 172,655 63.5% David W. Crimmen Republican (42,016) · Conservative (6,674) 48,690 17.9% Blank/Scattering 50,542 18.6% Total 271,887
District 29 Candidate Party Votes Share Eric J. J. Massa Democrat (131,526) · Working Families (9,003) 140,529 45.7% John R. ‘‘Randy’’ Kuhl, Jr. Republican (116,137) · Conservative (10,877) · Independence (8,185) 135,199 44.0% Blank/Scattering 31,570 10.3% Total 307,298
Source Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2008 —
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ca9fea3dc2259cee9ead5e92c78f577f1309b28e07428164121a40521d91c333 Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.