2002 United States House of Representatives elections in New York

New York held elections with the rest of the country on November 5, 2002

Because it didn't grow as fast as other states, New York lost 2 Congressional seats because of Congressional apportionment following the Census. In the redistricting process, the parties agreed to eliminate one seat from each party, and do a pro-incumbent gerrymander.

This didn't work out as planned in the 1st district, where incumbent Republican Felix Grucci ran an ad claiming that his opponent, Democrat Timothy Bishop, was soft on rapists. This backfired, and Bishop won in an upset. After the 2006 elections, only 6 of the 11 districts that had been gerrymandered to be Republican were still in Republican control.

Delegation Composition

2002 pre-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	19
	Republican-Held	12

New York lost 2 seats following congressional apportionment.

2002 post-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	19
	Republican-Held	10

Results

New York congressional districts

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
1	Felix Grucci	Republican	2000	Running	Timothy Bishop (D) 50.23% Felix Grucci (R) 48.59% Lorna Salzman (G) 1.19%
2	Steve Israel	Democrat	2000	Running	Steve Israel (D) 58.48% Joseph Finley (R) 40.46% John Keenan (G) 1.07%
3	Peter King	Republican	1992	Running	Peter King (R) 71.88% Stuart Finz (D) 27.22% Janeen DePrima (Lib) 0.89%
4	Carolyn McCarthy	Democrat	1996	Running	Carolyn McCarthy (D) 56.25% Marilyn O'Grady (R) 43.24% Tim Derham (G) 0.51%
5	Gary Ackerman	Democrat	1983	Running	Gary Ackerman (D) 68% Perry Reich (Con) 7.68%
6	Gregory W. Meeks	Democrat	1998	Running	Gregory W. Meeks (D) 96.51% Rey Clarke (Ind) 3.49%
7	Joseph Crowley	Democrat	1998	Running	Joseph Crowley (D) 73.29% Kevin Brawley (R) 26.71%
8	Jerrold Nadler	Democrat	1992	Running	Jerrold Nadler (D) 76.07% Jim Farrin (R) 18.48% Alan Jay Gerber (Con) 3.16% Dan Wentzel (G) 1.80% Joseph Dobrian (L) 0.49%
9	Anthony Weiner	Democrat	1998	Running	Anthony Weiner (D) 65.71% Alfred Donohue (R) 34.29%
10	Ed Towns	Democrat	1982	Running	Ed Towns (D) 97.83% Herbert Ryan (R) 2.17%
11	Major Owens	Democrat	1982	Running	Major Owens (D) 86.56% Susan Cleary (R) 12.55% Alice Gaffney (Con) 0.90%
12	Nydia Velazquez	Democrat	1992	Running	Nydia Velazquez (D) 95.81% Cesar Estevez (R) 4.19%
13	Vito Fossella	Republican	1997	Running	Vito Fossella (R) 69.63% Arne Mattsson (D) 28.32% Anita Lerman (Ind) 1.38% Henry Bardel (G) 0.67%
14	Carolyn Maloney	Democrat	1992	Running	Carolyn Maloney (D) 75.25% Anton Srdanovic (R) 24.75%
15	Charles B. Rangel	Democrat	1970	Running	Charles B. Rangel (D) 88.46% Jessie Fields (R) 11.54%
16	Jose Serrano	Democrat	1990	Running	Jose Serrano (D) 92.07% Frank Dellavalle (R) 7.93%
17	Eliot Engel	Democrat	1988	Running	Eliot Engel (D) 62.61% Scott Vanderhoef (R) 34.43% Arthur Gallagher (RTL) 1% Elizabeth Shanklin (G) 1.41%
18	Nita Lowey	Democrat	1988	Running	Nita Lowey (D) 92.04% Michael J. Reynolds (R) 7.96%
19	Sue Kelly	Republican	1994	Running	Sue Kelly (R) 69.97% Janine Selendy (D) 25.98% Christine Tighe (RTL) 2.53% Jonathan Wright (G) 1.53%
20	John Sweeney	Republican	1998	Running	John Sweeney (R) 73.32% Frank Stoppenbach (D) 23.98% Margaret Lewis (G) 2.70%
21	Mike McNulty	Democrat	1988	Running	Mike McNulty (D) 75.09% Charles Rosenstein (R) 24.91%
22	Maurice Hinchey	Democrat	1992	Running	Maurice Hinchey (D) 64.19% Eric Hall (R) 32.87% Steven Greenfield (G) 1.54% Paul Laux (RTL) 1.40%
23	John McHugh	Republican	1992	Running	John McHugh (R) unopposed
24	Sherwood Boehlert	Republican	1982	Running	Sherwood Boehlert (R) 70.70% David Walrath (Con) 21.59% Mark Dunau (G) 4.36% Kathleen Peters (RTL) 3.34%
25	Jim Walsh	Republican	1988	Running	Jim Walsh (R) 72.29% Stephanie Aldersley (D) 26.64% Francis Gavin (G) 1.07%
26	Tom Reynolds	Republican	1998	Running	Tom Reynolds (R) 73.63% Ayesha Nariman (D) 22.42% Shawn Harris (RTL) 2.23% Paul Fallon (G) 1.71%
27	Jack Quinn	Republican	1992	Running	Jack Quinn (R) 69.06% Peter Crotty (D) 27.49% Thomas Casey (RTL) 2.06% Albert LaBruna (G) 1.38%
28	Louise Slaughter	Democrat	1986	Running	Louise Slaughter (D) 62.46% Henry Wojtaszek (R) 37.54%
29	Amo Houghton	Republican	1986	Retiring	Amo Houghton (R) 73.10% Kisun Peters (D) 21.26% Wendy Johnson (RTL) 3.34% Rachel Treichler (G) 2.30%