New York House
District 8
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jerrold Nadler |
Democratic |
131,943 |
82.3% |
| Michael Benjamin |
Republican |
26,028 |
16.2% |
| George Galip Jr. |
Conservative |
2,381 |
1.5% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jerrold Nadler |
Democratic |
28,466 |
83.6% |
| Brian Steel |
Democratic |
3,903 |
11.5% |
| Matthew Sperling |
Democratic |
1,668 |
4.9% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jerrold Nadler |
Democratic |
112,948 |
86.0% |
| Theodore Howard |
Republican |
18,383 |
14.0% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jerrold Nadler |
Democrat |
150,273 |
81.2% |
| Marian Henry |
Republican |
27,057 |
14.6% |
| Dan Wentzel |
Green |
4,765 |
2.6% |
| Anthony LaBella |
Conservative |
1,849 |
1.0% |
| Harry Kresky |
Independence |
1,025 |
0.6% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jerrold Nadler |
Democrat |
81,002 |
76.1% |
| Jim Farrin |
Republican |
19,674 |
18.5% |
| Alan Gerber |
Conservative |
3,361 |
3.2% |
| Dan Wentzel |
Green |
1,918 |
1.8% |
| Joseph Dobrian |
Libertarian |
526 |
0.5% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jerrold Nadler |
Working families |
162,082 |
80.5% |
| Peter Hort |
Conservative |
39,240 |
19.5% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jerrold Nadler |
Democrat |
108,536 |
85.0% |
| Eleanor Friedman |
Republican |
17,413 |
13.6% |
| Dennis Adornato |
Conservative |
1,673 |
1.3% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jerrold Nadler |
Democratic |
160,775 |
80.5% |
| Grace Lin |
Republican |
39,062 |
19.5% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jerrold Nadler |
Democrat |
98,839 |
75.5% |
| Susan Kone |
Republican |
31,996 |
24.5% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
654,360 |
| Percentage White |
74.6% |
| Percentage Black |
6.1% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.2% |
| Percentage Asian |
11.1% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.1% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
3.3% |
| Percentage Other Race |
4.7% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
11.7% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
68.7% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
5.4% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
40.4% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$47,061 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
32.8% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
18.7% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
42.1% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
12.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
45.5% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.1% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
36.1% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
13.8% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
48.7% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
47.8% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
55.0% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
24.2% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
6.5% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
32.9% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
13.8% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
1.4% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.4% |
Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
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