House districts / New York
New York's 5th congressional district
NY-5. Same lines in 2026 as in 2024.
Fundraising
- Gregory W. Meeks Das of Oct 14, 2026Raised $2.3mSpent $2.4m · Cash $2.1m
4 other candidates have 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 70.3% | Trump 28.2% | 1.5% | D+42.2 |
| 2020 | Biden 80.7% | Trump 18.5% | 0.8% | D+62.2 |
| 2016 | Clinton 83.6% | Trump 14.4% | 2.0% | D+69.3 |
Who lives here
| Measure | This district | US |
|---|---|---|
| People | ||
| Population | 789,687 | |
| Adults (18+) | 619,877 | |
| Citizens, % of adults | 83.7% | 92.1% |
| Age, % of adults | ||
| 18 to 29 | 19.6% | 20.3% |
| 30 to 44 | 24.0% | 25.9% |
| 45 to 64 | 34.4% | 31.8% |
| 65 and over | 22.0% | 22.0% |
| Race and Hispanic origin, % of residents | ||
| White | 13.8% | 57.4% |
| Black | 39.5% | 11.9% |
| Hispanic | 21.1% | 19.3% |
| Asian | 14.9% | 5.9% |
| Other or more than one | 10.8% | 5.5% |
| Education and income | ||
| Bachelor's degree or higher, % of 25+ | 28.6% | 35.7% |
| Median household income | $86,577 | $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 | Gregory W. Meeks Democrat | 72.7% | Paul King Republican + Conservative, Common Sense others 0.3% | 27.0% | D+45.7 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2022 seat count changed from 27 to 26 after the census | |||||
| 2022 | Gregory W. Meeks Democrat | 75.1% | Paul King Republican + Conservative others 0.1% | 24.8% | D+50.4 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2012-2020 seat count changed from 29 to 27 after the census | |||||
| 2020 | Gregory W. Meeks Democrat | 99.3% | others 0.7% | D+98.7 | |
| 2018 | Gregory W. Meeks Democrat | 99.4% | others 0.6% | D+98.8 | |
| 2016 | Gregory W. Meeks Democrat + Women's equality | 85.4% | Michael A. O'Reilly Republican + Conservative others 1.6% | 13.0% | D+72.5 |
| 2014 | Gregory W. Meeks Democrat | 80.2% | Allen F. Steinhardt Allen 4 congress others 15.7% | 4.1% | D+76.1 |
| 2012 | Gregory W. Meeks Democrat | 74.8% | Allan W. Jennings Republican others 17.3% | 8.0% | D+66.8 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2002-2010 seat count changed from 31 to 29 after the census | |||||
| 2010 | Gary L. Ackerman Democrat | 59.7% | James Milano Republican + Conservative others 6.0% | 34.3% | D+25.4 |
| 2008 | Gary L. Ackerman Democrat + Working families, Independence | 54.8% | Elizabeth Berney Republican others 24.3% | 20.9% | D+33.9 |
| 2006 | Gary L. Ackerman Democrat + Working families, Independence | 65.1% | others 34.9% | D+30.2 | |
| 2004 | Gary L. Ackerman Democrat + Independence, Working families | 58.0% | Stephen Graves Republican + Conservative others 19.3% | 22.7% | D+35.3 |
| 2002 | Gary L. Ackerman Democrat + Working families, Independence, Liberal | 57.1% | Perry S. Reich Conservative others 38.6% | 4.3% | D+52.8 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1992-2000 seat count changed from 34 to 31 after the census | |||||
| 2000 | Gary L. Ackerman Democrat + Working families, Independence, Liberal | 56.3% | Edward Elkowitz Republican + Conservative others 18.7% | 25.0% | D+31.3 |
| 1998 | Gary L. Ackerman Democrat + Independence, Liberal | 56.2% | David C. Pinzon Republican + Conservative others 15.2% | 28.6% | D+27.6 |
| 1996 | Gary L. Ackerman Democrat + Liberal, Independence | 56.1% | Grant M. Lally Republican + Conservative, Freedom others 13.1% | 30.8% | D+25.2 |
| 1994 | Gary L. Ackerman Democrat + Liberal | 49.2% | Grant M. Lally Republican + Conservative others 12.1% | 38.7% | D+10.5 |
| 1992 | Gary L. Ackerman Democrat + Liberal | 43.1% | Allan E. Binder Republican + Conservative others 19.9% | 37.0% | D+6.1 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1982-1990 seat count changed from 39 to 34 after the census | |||||
| 1990 | Raymond J. McGrath Republican + Conservative | 50.7% | Mark S. Epstein Democrat + Libertarian others 11.3% | 38.0% | R+12.7 |
| 1988 | Raymond J. McGrath Republican + Conservative | 65.1% | William G. Kelly Democrat others 1.7% | 33.2% | R+31.8 |
| 1986 | Raymond J. McGrath Republican + Conservative | 65.3% | Michael T. Sullivan Democrat + Right to life, Liberal | 34.7% | R+30.5 |
| 1984 | Raymond J. McGrath Republican + Conservative | 62.4% | Michael D'Innocenzo Democrat + Ivs others 2.3% | 35.3% | R+27.1 |
| 1982 | Raymond J. McGrath Republican + Conservative | 58.1% | Arnold J. Miller Democrat + Liberal others 3.1% | 38.8% | R+19.4 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1976-1980 | |||||
| 1980 | Raymond J. McGrath Republican + Right to life, Conservative | 57.6% | Karen S. Burstein Democrat + Liberal | 42.4% | R+15.3 |
| 1978 | John W. Wydler Republican + Conservative | 58.4% | John W. Matthews Democrat + Liberal | 41.6% | R+16.7 |
| 1976 | John W. Wydler Republican + Conservative | 55.7% | Allard K. Lowenstein Democrat + Liberal | 44.3% | R+11.3 |
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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