New York's 24th congressional district is located in Upstate New York in the Finger Lakes region, stretching alongside Lake Ontario from near Buffalo in the west to Watertown in the east. The district does not include Rochester, which is in the 25th district. Since 2023, it has been represented by Claudia Tenney. In the 2022 election it voted more strongly Republican than any other district in the state. Prior to the redistricting which took effect in 2023, the district included the city of Syracuse.

The current district includes all or parts of Cayuga, Wayne, Oswego, Ontario, Jefferson, Livingston, Niagara, Genesee, Wyoming, Seneca, Yates, Schuyler, and Orleans counties. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+11, it is the most Republican district in New York.

Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentMcCain 53% - 45%2012 PresidentRomney 53% - 47%2016 PresidentTrump 59% - 34% SenateSchumer 53% - 44%2018 SenateFarley 55% - 45% GovernorMolinaro 62% - 31% Attorney GeneralWofford 60% - 36%2020 PresidentTrump 59% - 40%2022 SenatePinion 62% - 37% GovernorZeldin 67% - 33% Attorney GeneralHenry 66% - 34% ComptrollerRodríguez 62% - 38%2024 PresidentTrump 61% - 38% SenateSapraicone 59% - 41%

History 1869–1873: All of Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne counties 1919–1945: Parts of Bronx and Westchester counties 1945–1971: Parts of Bronx county 1971–1973: Parts of Bronx and Westchester counties 1973–1983: Parts of Westchester county 1983–1993: All of Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties; parts of Dutchess and Rensselaer counties 1993–2003: All of Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties; parts of Essex and Herkimer counties 2003–2013: All of Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer and Seneca counties; parts of Broome, Cayuga, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Tioga and Tompkins counties From 2013 to 2023, the district included all of Cayuga, Onondaga, and Wayne counties, and the western part of Oswego County. Its largest city was Syracuse. From 2023 to 2033, the district included all or parts of Cayuga, Wayne, Oswego, Ontario, Jefferson, Livingston, Niagara, Genesee, Wyoming, Seneca, Yates, and Orleans counties.

Counties, towns, and municipalities For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following the New York Court of Appeals' December 2023 decision in Hoffman v New York State Ind. Redistricting. Commn.), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, towns, and cities.https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST36/CD119_NY24.pdf

Cayuga County (10)

Aurelius, Brutus, Cato, Conquest, Mentz, Montezuma, Ira, Sterling, Throop, Victory

Genesee County (14)

All 21 towns and cities

Jefferson County (20)

Adams, Alexandria, Antwerp (part; also 21st), Brownville, Cape Vincent, Champion, Clayton, Ellisburg, Henderson, Hounsfield, Lorraine, Lyme, Orleans, Pamelia, Rodman, Rutland, Theresa, Watertown (city), Watertown (town), Worth

Livingston County (17)

All 17 towns Niagara County (10) Cambria, Hartland, Lewiston, Lockport (city) (part; also 23rd), Lockport (town) (part; also 23rd), Newfane, Porter, Royalton, Somerset, Wilson

Ontario County (17)

Bristol, Canadice, Canandaigua (city), Canandaigua (town), East Bloomfield (part; also 25th; includes part of Bloomfield), Farmington, Geneva (city) (shared with Seneca County), Geneva (town), Gorham, Hopewell, Manchester, Naples, Phelps, Richmond, Seneca, South Bristol, West Bloomfield

Oswego County (24)

All 32 towns and cities

Schuyler County (3)

Hector, Reading, Tyrone

Seneca County (10)

All 10 towns

Steuben County (7)

Avoca, Cohocton, Dansville, Prattsburgh, Pulteney, Wayland, Wheeler

Orleans County (10)

All 10 towns

Wayne County (15)

All 15 towns

Wyoming County (16)

All 16 towns

Yates County (9)

All nine towns

List of members representing the district Representative Party Years Congress Electoral history District location District established March 4, 1823 Rowland Day Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1822. Charles Kellogg Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1827 Elected in 1824. Nathaniel Garrow Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –March 3, 1829 Elected in 1826. Gershom Powers Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –March 3, 1831 Elected in 1828. Ulysses F. Doubleday Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –March 3, 1833 Elected in 1830. Rowland Day Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1835 Elected in 1832 Ulysses F. Doubleday Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1834. William H. Noble Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 Elected in 1836. Christopher Morgan Whig March 4, 1839 –March 3, 1843 Elected in 1838.Re-elected in 1840. Horace Wheaton Democratic March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1847 Elected in 1842.Re-elected in 1844. Daniel Gott Whig March 4, 1847 –March 3, 1851 Elected in 1846.Re-elected in 1848. Daniel T. Jones Democratic March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1850.Re-elected in 1852. Amos P. Granger Whig March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1854.Re-elected in 1856.Retired Republican March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1859 Charles B. Sedgwick Republican March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1863 Re-elected in 1858.Re-elected in 1860. Theodore M. Pomeroy Republican March 4, 1863 –March 3, 1869 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862.Re-elected in 1864.Re-elected in 1866. George W. Cowles Republican March 4, 1869 –March 3, 1871 Elected in 1868. John E. Seeley Republican March 4, 1871 –March 3, 1873 Elected in 1870. R. Holland Duell Republican March 4, 1873 –March 3, 1875 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1872. William H. Baker Republican March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1879 Elected in 1874.Re-elected in 1876. Joseph Mason Republican March 4, 1879 –March 3, 1883 Elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880. Newton W. Nutting Republican March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1885 Elected in 1882. John S. Pindar Democratic March 4, 1885 –March 3, 1887 Elected in 1884. David Wilber Republican March 4, 1887 –April 1, 1890 Elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888.Died. Vacant April 1, 1890 –November 4, 1890 John S. Pindar Democratic November 4, 1890 –March 3, 1891 Elected to finish Wilber's term. George Van Horn Democratic March 4, 1891 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1890. Charles A. Chickering Republican March 4, 1893 –February 13, 1900 Elected in 1892.Re-elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Died. Vacant February 13, 1900 –November 6, 1900 Albert D. Shaw Republican November 6, 1900 –February 10, 1901 Elected to finish Chickering's term.Re-elected in 1900.Died. Vacant February 10, 1901 –November 5, 1901 Charles L. Knapp Republican November 5, 1901 –March 3, 1903 Elected to finish Shaw's term.Redistricted to the 28th district. George J. Smith Republican March 4, 1903 –March 3, 1905 Elected in 1902. Frank J. LeFevre Republican March 4, 1905 –March 3, 1907 Elected in 1904. George W. Fairchild Republican March 4, 1907 –March 3, 1913 Elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910.Redistricted to the 34th district. Woodson R. Oglesby Democratic March 4, 1913 –March 3, 1917 Elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914. Benjamin L. Fairchild Republican March 4, 1917 –March 3, 1919 Elected in 1916.Lost re-election. James V. Ganly Democratic March 4, 1919 –March 3, 1921 Elected in 1918.Lost re-election. Benjamin L. Fairchild Republican March 4, 1921 –March 3, 1923 Elected in 1920.Lost re-election. James V. Ganly Democratic March 4, 1923 –September 7, 1923 Elected in 1922.Died. Vacant September 7, 1923 –November 6, 1923 Benjamin L. Fairchild Republican November 6, 1923 –March 3, 1927 Elected to finish Ganly's term.Re-elected in 1924.Lost re-election. James M. Fitzpatrick Democratic March 4, 1927 –January 3, 1945 Elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Re-elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Re-elected in 1942. Benjamin J. Rabin Democratic January 3, 1945 –December 31, 1947 Elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Resigned after being elected justice of New York Supreme Court. Vacant January 1, 1948 –February 16, 1948 Leo Isacson American Labor February 17, 1948 –January 3, 1949 Elected to finish Rabin's term.Lost re-election. Isidore Dollinger Democratic January 3, 1949 –January 3, 1953 Elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Redistricted to the 23rd district. Charles A. Buckley Democratic January 3, 1953 –January 3, 1963 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Redistricted to the 23rd district. Paul A. Fino Republican January 3, 1963 –December 31, 1968 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Resigned after being elected justice of New York Supreme Court. Vacant January 1, 1969 –January 3, 1969 Mario Biaggi Democratic January 3, 1969 –January 3, 1973 Elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Redistricted to the 10th district. Ogden Reid Democratic January 3, 1973 –January 3, 1975 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1972. Richard Ottinger Democratic January 3, 1975 –January 3, 1983 Elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Redistricted to the 20th district. Gerald Solomon Republican January 3, 1983 –January 3, 1993 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Redistricted to the 22nd district. John M. McHugh Republican January 3, 1993 –January 3, 2003 Elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Redistricted to the 23rd district. Sherwood Boehlert Republican January 3, 2003 –January 3, 2007 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2002.Re-elected in 2004.Retired.` 2003–2013 Mike Arcuri Democratic January 3, 2007 –January 3, 2011 Elected in 2006.Re-elected in 2008.Lost re-election. Richard Hanna Republican January 3, 2011 –January 3, 2013 Elected in 2010.Redistricted to the 22nd district. Dan Maffei Democratic January 3, 2013 –January 3, 2015 elected in 2012.Lost re-election. 2013–2023 John Katko Republican January 3, 2015 –January 3, 2023 Elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Redistricted to the and retired. Claudia Tenney Republican January 3, 2023 –present Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024. 2023–2025 2025–present

Election results

In 2008, Michael Arcuri won the election with 130,799 votes (9,454 from Working Families Party line) to Richard L. Hanna's 120,880 out of 282,114 total votes. Note that in New York State electoral politics there are several minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. 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").

See also

List of United States congressional districts New York's congressional delegations New York's congressional districts

References

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives 2002 House election data " 2000 House election data " 1998 House election data " 1996 House election data " 1984 House election data "