Representatives in The U.S. Congress
| Candidates winning non-judicial elections in the Bronx since 2004 | ||||
| year | office | winner of the Bronx † (failed to win overall contest) |
Bronx % |
over- all % |
| borough-wide votes | ||||
| 2004 | U.S. President & V.P. | † John Kerry–John Edwards, D-WF | 81.8% | 48.3% |
| 2005 | Mayor of New York | † Fernando Ferrer, D | 59.8% | 39.0% |
| Public Advocate | Betsy Gotbaum, D | 93.8% | 90.0% | |
| City Comptroller | William C. Thompson, Jr., D-WF | 95.5% | 92.6% | |
| Borough President | Adolfo Carrión, Jr., D | 83.8% | ||
| 2006 | U.S. Senator | Hillary Clinton, D-WF-Independence | 89.5% | 67.0% |
| Governor & Lt Gov. | Eliot Spitzer–David Paterson, D-WF-Indpce | 88.8% | 69.0% | |
| State Comptroller | Alan G. Hevesi, D-WF-Independence | 84.5% | 56.8% | |
| NY Attorney-General | Andrew M. Cuomo, D-Working Families | 82.6% | 58.3% | |
| 2007 | Bronx Dist. Attorney | Robert T. Johnson, D-R-Conservative | 100–% | |
| 2008 | Democratic Pres. | † Hillary Clinton | 61.2% | 48.0% |
| Republican Pres. | John McCain | 54.4% | 46.6% | |
| U.S. President & V.P. | Barack Obama–Joseph Biden, D-WF | 87.8% | 52.9% | |
| 2009 | Borough President | Ruben Diaz, Jr., Bronx Unity | 86.3% | |
| individual legislative districts | ||||
| 2005 | New York City Council | |||
| Council District 8 | Melissa Mark Viverito, D-WF | 100.% | 100.% | |
| Council District 11 | G. Oliver Koppell, D | 81.1% | ||
| Council District 12 | Larry B. Seabrook, D | 87.2% | ||
| Council District 13 | James Vacca, D | 64.4% | ||
| Council District 14 | María Baez, D | 94.7% | ||
| Council District 15 | Joel Rivera, D (majority leader) | 91.0% | ||
| Council District 16 | Helen D. Foster, D-R-Working Families | 98.6% | ||
| Council District 17 | María Del Carmen Arroyo, D-Indep'ce | 98.3% | ||
| Council District 18 | Annabel Palma, D-WF | 89.1% | ||
| 2006 | U.S. House of Representatives | |||
| Cong. District 7 | Joseph Crowley, D-WF | 84.9% | 84.0% | |
| Cong. District 16 | José E. Serrano, D-WF | 95.3% | ||
| Cong. District 17 | Eliot L. Engel, D-WF | 89.3% | 76.4% | |
| New York State Senate | ||||
| Senate District 28 | José M. Serrano, D-WF | 100.% | 100.% | |
| Senate District 31 | Eric T. Schneiderman, D-WF | 88.8% | 92.3% | |
| Senate District 32 | Rubén Díaz, D | 92.5% | ||
| Senate District 33 | Efraín González, Jr., D | 96.9% | ||
| Senate District 34 | Jeffrey D. Klein, D-WF | 64.8% | 61.2% | |
| Senate District 36 | Ruth H. Thompson, D-WF | 95.4% | 95.4% | |
| New York State Assembly | ||||
| Assembly District 76 | Peter M. Rivera, D-WF | 91.8% | ||
| Assembly District 77 | Aurelia Greene, D-WF | 94.9% | ||
| Assembly District 78 | José Rivera, D | 89.7% | ||
| Assembly District 79 | Michael A. Benjamin, D | 95.1% | ||
| Assembly District 80 | Naomi Rivera, D | 74.6% | ||
| Assembly District 81 | Jeffrey Dinowitz, D-WF | 95.1% | ||
| Assembly District 82 | Michael R. Benedetto, D-WF | 81.4% | ||
| Assembly District 83 | Carl E. Heastie, D-WF | 94.1% | ||
| Assembly District 84 | Carmen E. Arroyo, D | 92.7% | ||
| Assembly District 85 | Rubén Díaz, Jr., D | 94.8% | ||
| Assembly District 86 | Luís M. Diaz, D | 94.6% | ||
| D = Democratic Party; R = Republican Party; WF = Working Families Party; Indpce = Independence Party of New York |
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In 2008, three Democrats represented almost all of the Bronx in the United States House of Representatives.
- José Serrano (first elected in March 1990) represents the 16th Congressional District which covers much of the South Bronx, including Hunt's Point, Mott Haven, Melrose, Morrisania, High Bridge, Tremont, East Tremont, University Heights, Bedford Park and Fordham.
- Eliot Engel (first elected in 1988) represents the 17th District which includes parts of the northwest Bronx, including Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Woodlawn and Wakefield, as well as parts of Westchester and Rockland counties.
- Joseph Crowley (first elected in 1998) represents the 7th District which spans the east Bronx and includes Co-op City, City Island, Pelham Bay, Morris Park, Pelham Parkway, Parkchester, Castle Hill and Throgs Neck, as well as parts of northwest Queens.
- (Riker's Island, the city's main jail complex, is included in the 15th District, which covers Upper Manhattan and utilities facilities in Astoria, Queens. It is represented by the dean of the state's congressional delegation, House Ways and Means Committee chair Charles B. Rangel, first elected in 1970. In 2006, the Congressional election returns in this district included no votes from the Bronx or Queens.)
All of these Representatives won over 75% of their districts' respective votes in both 2004 and 2006. National Journal's neutral rating system placed all of their voting records in 2005 and in 2006 (both sessions of the 109th Congress) somewhere between very liberal and extremely liberal.
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