New York's 27th congressional district

New York's 27th congressional district
New York's 27th congressional district
	New York's 27th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Chris Jacobs; R–Orchard Park
Distribution	58.04% urban; 41.96% rural;
Population (2019)	719,554
Median income	$69,186
Ethnicity	93.6% White; 2.3% Black; 1.1% Asian; 2.7% Hispanic; 0.5% Native American; 1.4% other;
Cook PVI	R+11

The 27th congressional district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in western New York. It includes all of Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, and Livingston counties and parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, and Ontario counties. The district is represented by Republican Chris Jacobs since 2020. The district used to be represented by Republican Chris Collins but he left his job after he was found guilty of insider trading a special election was held to take Chris Collin's job. Chris Jacobs won the election.

Election history

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Paxon	142,568	59.9%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Fricano	95,503	40.1%
Majority			47,065	19.8%
Turnout			238,071	100%

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thomas M. Reynolds	102,042	57.3%	−2.6%
	Democratic	Bill Cook	75,978	42.7%	+2.6%
Majority			26,064	14.6%	−5.2%
Turnout			178,020	100%	−25.2%

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thomas M. Reynolds	157,694	69.3%	+12.0%
	Democratic	Thomas W. Pecoraro	69,870	30.7%	−12.0%
Majority			87,824	38.6%	+24.0%
Turnout			227,564	100%	+27.8%

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jack Quinn	120,117	69.1%	−0.2%
	Democratic	Peter Crotty	47,811	27.5%	−3.2%
	Right to Life	Thomas Casey	3,586	2.1%	+2.1%
	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.	Albert N. LaBruna	2,405	1.4%	+1.4%
Majority			72,306	41.6%	+3.0%
Turnout			173,919	100%	−23.6%

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Brian Higgins	143,332	50.7%	+23.2%
	Republican	Nancy A. Naples	139,558	49.3%	−19.8%
Majority			3,774	1.3%	−40.3%
Turnout			282,890	100%	+62.7%

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Brian Higgins	140,027	79.3%	+28.6%
	Republican	Michael J. McHale	36,614	20.7%	−28.6%
Majority			103,413	58.5%	+57.2%
Turnout			176,641	100%	−37.6%

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Brian Higgins	185,713	74.4%	−4.9%
	Republican	Daniel J. Humiston	56,354	22.6%	+1.9%
	Conservative	Harold W. Schroeder	7,478	3%	+3%
Majority			129,359	51.8%	−6.7%
Turnout			249,545	100%	+41.3%

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Brian Higgins	119,085	60.9%	−13.5%
	Republican	Leonard A. Roberto	76,320	39.1%	+16.5%
Majority			42,765	21.9%	29.9%
Turnout			195,405	100%	−21.7%

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chris Collins	161,220	50.8%	+11.7%
	Democratic	Kathy Hochul	156,219	49.2%	−11.7%
Majority			5,001	1.6%	−20.3%
Turnout			317,439	100%	+62.4%

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chris Collins	144,675	71.1%	+20.3%
	Democratic	Jim O'Donnell	58,911	28.9%	−20.3%
Majority			85,764	42.2%	+40.6%
Turnout			203,586	100%	−35.9%

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chris Collins	220,885	67.2%	−3.9%
	Democratic	Diana Kastenbaum	107,832	32.8%	+3.9%
Majority			113,053	34.4%	−7.8%
Turnout			328,717	100%	+61.4%

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chris Collins	140,146	49.1%	−18.1%
	Democratic	Nate McMurray	139,059	48.8%	+16%
	Reform	Larry Piegza	5,973	2.1%	+2.1%
Majority			1,087	0.3%	−34.1%
Turnout			285,178	100%	−13.2%

2020 New York's 27th congressional district special election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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	Democratic	Nathan McMurray	72,787	46.5%	-2.3%
	Libertarian	Duane Whitmer	1,498	1.0%	+1.0%
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Turnout			156,364

Daniel Dewey Barnard, Congressman from New York
John De Mott, Congressman from New York
William A. Sackett (New York Congressman)
John James Taylor, New York Congressman and Judge
John Mason Parker, New York Congressman and Judge
Alexander S. Diven as Colonel of the 107th New York Infantry Regiment, 1863.
Photograph of the US politician, soldier and diplomat Robert B. Van Valkenburgh (1821–1888). From the Brady-Handy photograph collection at the Library of Congress.
Hamilton Ward, Sr., Member of Congress from New York
Horace B. Smith, Congressman from New York