New York's 9th congressional district is a

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for the

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, represented by

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. The district is located entirely within

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. It includes the neighborhoods of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush,

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, Prospect Heights, Midwood,

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, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Prospect Park, Grand Army Plaza and the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket, the worldwide headquarters of the

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community, and the Brooklyn Children's Museum are located within this district, as well as, in the Prospect Heights neighborhood, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the

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, and the Central Library, or main branch, of the

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. Prior to 2013, the district consisted primarily of middle-class

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neighborhoods, including large

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, Irish, and Russian populations, in southern

and south central

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. Before redistricting, the ''Queens Tribune'' found that the district increasingly swung Republican following the

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in 2001, when many police and firefighters were lost from the Rockaways.Feature
. Queens Tribune (September 15, 2011). Retrieved on 2013-08-16. Its rightward shift was also attributed to the increasing tendency of

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to vote for Republicans. Its representation in Congress was reliably Democratic for decades, electing prominent liberals such as

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and

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, and, prior to that,

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and Elizabeth Holtzman (when the district was differently numbered). Briefly bucking the trend, Republican Bob Turner succeeded Weiner, who resigned on June 21, 2011, after winning the special election on September 13, 2011. However, the previous 9th District was eliminated soon thereafter, after New York lost two districts in the redistricting cycle resulting from the 2010 Census, and its territory was divided among several neighboring districts. After redistricting,

now represents the district. The district has an

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majority, and also includes most of the territory previously within the 11th District. It includes significant portions of Midwood, Brooklyn, however, that was previously within the 9th. In the 1980s, the district was based in Astoria and surrounding neighborhoods in Queens. This iteration of the district gained national attention in 1984, when its Representative Geraldine Ferraro became the vice presidential candidate of the Democratic Party.

Voting

History

The 9th was historically a Queens district. Part of the old 9th became the 7th District in the 1992 redistricting when the present 9th absorbed much of the old 10th District based in Brooklyn. * 1797–1803: Montgomery County * 1803–1809: * 1809–1913: Montgomery County * 1913–1945: Parts of

* 1945–1963: Parts of Brooklyn * 1963–1993: Parts of Queens * 1993–2013: Parts of Brooklyn, Queens * 2013–present: Parts of Brooklyn

List of members representing the district

Recent election results

In New York elections, there are minor parties. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office; hence, the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap"). * *

Historical district boundaries

Notes

References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
* * * * * {{Authority control 09 Rockaway, Queens Constituencies established in 1793 1793 establishments in New York (state)