Official portrait, 2019 Jerry Nadler is a lawyer and politician currently representing New York's 12th congressional district since 2023. Nadler has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1992. Before his term in Congress, Nadler was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1977 to 1992.[ 1] Manhattan Borough President and New York City Comptroller —to date, the only times he has ever lost an election. In both the New York State Assembly and the U.S. House , Nadler has primarily represented New York City as he has lived most of his life in the city. Nadler is currently the dean of the U.S. House delegation from New York .
New York State Assembly 1976 New York State Assembly 69th district election [ 2] [ 3] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jerry Nadler 3,879 25.48% Democratic Ruth Messinger 3,856 25.33% Democratic Ludwig Gelobter 2,481 16.29% Democratic David Kornbluh 1,617 10.62% Democratic Ruth M. Gonchar 1,283 8.43% Democratic Michael M. Ehrmann 1,198 7.87% Democratic Sharen E. Lauer 912 5.99% Total votes 15,226 100.00% General election Democratic Jerry Nadler 26,364 73.69% Liberal Ronald A. Zweibel 3,412 9.54% Republican Robert V. Jackson 3,294 9.21% Working Families Joyce Dattner 1,742 4.87% Conservative Constance B. Christopher 965 2.70% Total votes 35,777 100.00%
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U.S. House of Representatives 1992 New York's 8th congressional district election[ a] [ 17] [ 18] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jerry Nadler 29,359 61.61% Democratic Ronnie Eldridge 9,929 20.84% Democratic Franz S. Leichter 4,876 10.23% Democratic Richard N. Gottfried 2,678 5.62% Democratic Sonya Weiss 712 1.49% Democratic Bella Abzug 97 0.20% Total votes 47,651 100.00% General election Democratic Jerry Nadler 132,172 77.63% Liberal Jerry Nadler 6,124 3.60% Total Jerry Nadler 138,296 81.23% Republican David L. Askren 25,548 15.01% Conservative Margaret V. Byrnes 5,180 3.04% New Alliance Arthur R. Block 1,224 0.72% Total votes 170,248 100.00%
1994 New York's 8th congressional district election[ 19] [ 20] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 33,658 62.01% Democratic Thomas Duane 15,820 29.15% Democratic Deborah Green 4,803 8.85% Total votes 54,281 100.00% General election Democratic Jerry Nadler (incumbent)103,268 77.02% Liberal Jerry Nadler (incumbent)6,678 4.98% Total Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 109,946 82.00% Republican David L. Askren 21,132 15.76% Conservative Margaret V. Byrnes 3,008 2.24% Total votes 134,086 100.00%
1996 New York's 8th congressional district election[ 21] [ 22] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 28,466 83.63% Democratic Brian W. Steel 3,903 11.47% Democratic Matthew W. Sperling 1,668 4.90% Total votes 34,037 100.00% General election Democratic Jerry Nadler (incumbent)123,809 77.21% Liberal Jerry Nadler (incumbent)8,134 5.07% Total Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 131,943 82.28% Republican Michael Benjamin 25,005 15.59% Freedom Party Michael Benjamin 1,023 0.64% Total Michael Benjamin 26,028 16.23% Conservative George A. Galip, Jr. 2,381 1.48% Total votes 160,352 100.00% Blank/Void/Scattering 37,508
2016 New York's 10th congressional district election[ 32] [ 33] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 27,270 89.48% Democratic Mikhail Oliver Rosenberg 3,206 10.52% Total votes 30,476 100.00% General election Democratic Jerry Nadler (incumbent)180,117 73.06% Working Families Jerry Nadler (incumbent)10,471 4.25% We the People Jerry Nadler (incumbent)1,783 0.72% Total Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 192,371 78.03% Republican Philip Rosenthal 46,275 18.77% Conservative Philip Rosenthal 4,646 1.88% Independence Philip Rosenthal 2,093 0.85% SID Philip Rosenthal 843 0.34% Total Philip Rosenthal 53,857 21.85% Write-in 297 0.12% Total votes 246,525 100.00% Blank 19,991
2020 New York's 10th congressional district election[ 35] [ 36] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 51,037 67.34% Democratic Lindsey Boylan 16,495 21.76% Democratic Jonathan Herzog 7,818 10.31% Write-in 445 0.59% Total votes 75,795 100.00% Blank 3,630 General election Democratic Jerry Nadler (incumbent)181,215 65.43% Working Families Jerry Nadler (incumbent)25,095 9.06% Total Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 206,310 74.49% Republican Cathy A. Bernstein 61,045 22.04% Conservative Cathy A. Bernstein 5,844 2.11% Total Cathy A. Bernstein 66,889 24.15% Libertarian Michael Madrid 3,370 1.22% Write-in 407 0.15% Total votes 276,976 100.00% Blank/Void 12,154
2022 New York's 12th congressional district election[ 37] [ 38] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 49,744 55.43% Democratic Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) 21,916 24.42% Democratic Suraj Patel 17,011 18.96% Democratic Ashmi Sheth 937 1.04% Write-in 128 0.14% Total votes 89,736 100.00% General election Democratic Jerry Nadler (incumbent)184,872 75.12% Working Families Jerry Nadler (incumbent)16,018 6.51% Total Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 200,890 81.63% Republican Michael K. Zumbluskas 40,994 16.66% Conservative Michael K. Zumbluskas 2,715 1.10% Parent Michael K. Zumbluskas 464 0.19% Total Michael K. Zumbluskas 44,173 17.95% Itkis Mikhail Itkis 631 0.26% Write-in 411 0.17% Total votes 246,105 100.00% Blank 4,973
Notes ^ a b c In 1992, Nadler was nominated by convention to replace Ted Weiss for the 8th district congressional election, who was posthumously nominated in the 8th district congressional Democratic primary the day after his death. Nadler was concurrently on the ballot for the 17th district congressional special election to fill the remainder of Weiss's term and the full term in the 8th district. Nadler also won the Democratic nomination for the 67th State Assembly district in the 1992 primary, but was replaced for the Democratic nomination when he ran to fill Weiss's seat.
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