House districts / New York
New York's 17th congressional district
NY-17. Same lines in 2026 as in 2024.
Fundraising
- Cait Conley Das of Oct 14, 2026Raised $10.7mSpent $9.8m · Cash $949k
- Michael Vincent Lawler Ras of Oct 14, 2026Raised $10.3mSpent $8.5m · Cash $2.0m
6 other 2026 candidates filed reports (primary candidates). 1 other candidate has not filed.
Federal Election Commission, candidate totals, public domain.
President in this district
PollCheck calculation from precinct returns on the 2026 lines (method).
| Year | Democrat | Republican | Other | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Harris 49.9% | Trump 49.3% | 0.7% | D+0.6 |
| 2020 | Biden 54.4% | Trump 44.3% | 1.3% | D+10.1 |
| 2016 | Clinton 52.0% | Trump 43.9% | 4.1% | D+8.1 |
Who lives here
| Measure | This district | US |
|---|---|---|
| People | ||
| Population | 777,627 | |
| Adults (18+) | 586,516 | |
| Citizens, % of adults | 90.9% | 92.1% |
| Age, % of adults | ||
| 18 to 29 | 18.7% | 20.3% |
| 30 to 44 | 22.9% | 25.9% |
| 45 to 64 | 35.0% | 31.8% |
| 65 and over | 23.4% | 22.0% |
| Race and Hispanic origin, % of residents | ||
| White | 63.1% | 57.4% |
| Black | 7.2% | 11.9% |
| Hispanic | 20.9% | 19.3% |
| Asian | 4.9% | 5.9% |
| Other or more than one | 3.9% | 5.5% |
| Education and income | ||
| Bachelor's degree or higher, % of 25+ | 49.5% | 35.7% |
| Median household income | $125,890 | $80,734 |
American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for this district. The tick marks the US figure.
Winning margin
Results since 1976
| Year | Winner | Share | Runner-up | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current lines (2024 on) New York Legislature's 2024 map | |||||
| 2024 | Michael Lawler Republican + Conservative | 52.1% | Mondaire L. Jones Democrat others 2.0% | 45.8% | R+6.3 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2022 seat count changed from 27 to 26 after the census | |||||
| 2022 | Michael V. Lawler Republican + Conservative | 50.3% | Sean Patrick Maloney Democrat + Working Families others 0.1% | 49.6% | R+0.6 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2012-2020 seat count changed from 29 to 27 after the census | |||||
| 2020 | Mondaire Jones Democrat + Working Families | 59.3% | Maureen McArdle-Schulman Republican others 5.5% | 35.2% | D+24.1 |
| 2018 | Nita M. Lowey Democrat + Working Families, Women’s Equality | 87.8% | Joseph J. Ciardullo Reform others 0.3% | 11.9% | D+75.8 |
| 2016 | Nita M. Lowey Democrat + Working families, Women's equality | 99.0% | others 0.9% | D+98.1 | |
| 2014 | Nita M. Lowey Democrat + Working families | 54.0% | Christopher E. Day Republican + Conservative others 4.3% | 41.7% | D+12.3 |
| 2012 | Nita M. Lowey Democrat + Working families | 57.6% | Joe E. Carvin Republican others 11.4% | 30.9% | D+26.7 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2002-2010 seat count changed from 31 to 29 after the census | |||||
| 2010 | Eliot L. Engel Democrat | 68.5% | Anthony Mele Republican others 10.1% | 21.4% | D+47.1 |
| 2008 | Eliot L. Engel Democrat + Working families, Independence | 66.3% | Robert Goodman Republican + Conservative others 17.0% | 16.7% | D+49.6 |
| 2006 | Eliot L. Engel Democrat + Working families | 66.0% | Jim Faulkner Republican + Independence, Conservative others 13.7% | 20.3% | D+45.6 |
| 2004 | Eliot L. Engel Democrat + Working families | 61.0% | Matt I. Brennan Republican others 21.4% | 17.6% | D+43.4 |
| 2002 | Eliot L. Engel Democrat + Working families, Liberal | 53.6% | C. Scott Vanderhoef Republican + Independence, Conservative others 16.9% | 29.5% | D+24.1 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1992-2000 seat count changed from 34 to 31 after the census | |||||
| 2000 | Eliot L. Engel Democrat + Liberal | 69.4% | Patrick McManus Republican + Conservative others 22.6% | 8.0% | D+61.5 |
| 1998 | Eliot L. Engel Democrat + Liberal | 70.6% | Peter Fiumefreddo Republican + Conservative, Independence others 19.8% | 9.6% | D+61.0 |
| 1996 | Eliot L. Engel Democrat + Liberal | 65.9% | Denis McCarthy Republican + Right to life, Conservative others 23.8% | 10.3% | D+55.5 |
| 1994 | Eliot L. Engel Democrat + Liberal | 61.6% | Edward T. Marshall Republican others 24.2% | 14.2% | D+47.4 |
| 1992 | Eliot L. Engel Democrat + Liberal | 59.0% | Martin Richman Republican others 31.1% | 9.9% | D+49.0 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1982-1990 seat count changed from 39 to 34 after the census | |||||
| 1990 | Ted Weiss Democrat + Libertarian | 68.3% | William W. Koeppel Republican others 18.6% | 13.1% | D+55.1 |
| 1988 | Ted Weiss Democrat + Liberal | 84.4% | Myrna C. Albert Republican + Conservative | 15.6% | D+68.7 |
| 1986 | Ted Weiss Democrat + Liberal | 85.5% | Thomas A. Chorba Republican + Conservative others 0.5% | 14.0% | D+71.5 |
| 1984 | Ted Weiss Democrat + Liberal | 81.5% | Kenneth Katzman Republican others 1.8% | 16.7% | D+64.8 |
| 1982 | Ted Weiss Democrat + Liberal | 85.0% | Louis S. Antonelli Republican + Conservative, Right to life | 15.0% | D+70.1 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1976-1980 | |||||
| 1980 | Guy V. Molinari Republican + Conservative | 47.8% | John M. Murphy Democrat + Right to life others 17.2% | 35.0% | R+12.8 |
| 1978 | John M. Murphy Democrat | 54.2% | John M. Peters Republican + Conservative others 12.7% | 33.1% | D+21.2 |
| 1976 | John M. Murphy Democrat | 65.6% | Kenneth J. Grossberger Republican others 14.0% | 20.4% | D+45.2 |
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About these results
Shares count all candidate votes, including write-ins, with a candidate's votes on several party lines added together. Each result is on the lines in force at the time. Mid-decade redraws before 2016 may be unmarked.
President in this district: 2016 and 2020 are estimates: precinct votes are split between districts by census block.
Counties only partly inside the district show the 2024 result for that part; estimates are labelled.
Margin chart: winner minus runner-up. Gaps are unopposed races; dashed lines are new district lines.
Sources
Results: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2016 (doi:10.7910/DVN/IG0UN2, CC0; via MEDSL/constituency-returns), and Clerk of the US House, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election 2018-2024 (public domain).
Presidential results: PollCheck calculation from MIT Election Data and Science Lab 2024 precinct returns (doi:10.7910/DVN/XDJYKC, doi:10.7910/DVN/USBYR4, CC0; state totals doi:10.7910/DVN/42MVDX, CC0) and Voting and Election Science Team 2016 and 2020 precinct results and shapes (doi:10.7910/DVN/NH5S2I, doi:10.7910/DVN/K7760H, CC BY 4.0), with US Census Bureau 2020 block populations and block equivalency files (public domain). Official figures: Texas Legislative Council (2024 on the 2026 lines); Louisiana, New Jersey, California and Washington election offices (county totals). Certified results transcribed by Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): Maine 2024 by district: 2024 United States presidential election in Maine (revision 1382530995); Indiana county totals: 2024 United States presidential election in Indiana (revision 1382505975); Oregon county totals: 2024 United States presidential election in Oregon (revision 1382605746).
District lines: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2026 (120th Congress) and 2025 cartographic boundary files (119th Congress), public domain.
Members: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0).
Counties: US Census Bureau 2024 cartographic boundary file (public domain); 2024 county results summed from the same MEDSL precinct returns, with the official county totals above.
Demographics: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024 (public domain).
2028 candidates: Federal Election Commission (public domain).
Photos: official portraits, public domain (US government); see Photo credits.
PollCheck US. Data through November 5, 2026. Photo credits