Maggie Brooks

Incumbent Democrat Edolphus Towns, who was redistricted from the 10th district and was first elected in 1982, announced in April 2012 that he would abandon his plans for re-election.

Incumbent Democrat Carolyn McCarthy, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election.

Incumbent Democrat Gregory Meeks, who had represented the district since 1998, ran for re-election.

Incumbent Democrat Tim Bishop], who had represented the district since 2002, ran for re-election.

He was re-elected with 50.2% of the vote in 20.

The district had a PVI of Even.

She was re-elected with 53.7% of the vote in 2010.

The district had a PVI of D+4.

The Independence Party and Working Families Party endorsed McCarthy.

He was re-elected with 87.8% of the vote in 2010.

The district had a PVI of D+33.

The 6th district was an open seat, consisting mostly of territory from the former 5th and 9th districts.

Neither of the two incumbents in those districts, Democrat Gary Ackerman from the 5th and Republican Bob Turner from the 9th, sought re-election.

Bishop kicked off his re-election campaign in April 2011.

In March 2011, Bishop was included in a list of potentially vulnerable Democrats by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, having only won by 593 votes in 2010.

Bishop also had the endorsement of the Working Families Party.

Altschuler also had the endorsement of the Conservative Party and Independence Party.

On election day, Bishop prevailed by a 52.2%-47.8% margin.

Republican incumbent Peter King, who was redistricted from the 3rd district, said in May 2011 that the Nassau County Republican Party had encouraged him to run for president.

King also said, however, that he was focused "entirely on getting re-elected to Congress."

King had the endorsement of the Conservative Party and Independence Party.

Falcone also had the endorsement of the Working Families Party.

King won re-election by a margin of more than 15%.

Democratic incumbent Steve Israel ran for re-election.

Israel also had the endorsement of the Working Families Party and the Independence Party.

Conservative Party also endorsed LaBate.

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the 27 U.S. representatives from the state, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts, a loss of two seats following the 2010 United States census.

The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and a U.S. Senate election.

The two existing districts that were eliminated were District 9, held by Republican Rep. Bob Turner, and District 22, held by retiring Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey.

Party primary elections occurred on June 26, 2012, with the general election coinciding with the national elections on November 6, 2012.

On election day, the Democratic Party regained two seats previously held by Republicans, while the Republican Party regained one seat previously held by a Democrat.

Each caucus in the New York State Legislature submitted their proposed 27-district maps to an appointed special master on February 29, 2012.

On March 6, the special master Judge Roanne L. Mann released her own proposed map, and slightly revised them again on March 12.

On March 19, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York imposed the special master's maps, with minor modifications.

On June 26, 2012, Nassau County legislator Fran Becker defeated Frank Scaturro in a primary election for the Republican nomination, while Scaturro defeated Becker in the Conservative Party primary as a write-in candidate.

Ackerman retired, while Turner, who represented 51% the voters of the new seat, dropped out of the race in March 2012 to run against incumbent Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand in the Senate election.

The Working Families Party endorsed Lancman.

Incumbent Nydia Velazquez, who was redistricted from the 12th district, ran for re-election.

New York City Councilman Erik Martin Dilan, the son of current New York State Senator Martin Malave Dilan, challenged Velazquez in the primary with the backing of Brooklyn Democratic Party chair Vito Lopez; the Dilan family and Velazquez supporters had been engaged in a political feud for several years.

In the 113th Congress, which first met on January 3, 2013, the New York delegation initially consisted of 21 Democrats and six Republicans.