New York's 1st congressional district

New York's 1st congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in eastern Long Island. It includes the eastern two-thirds of Suffolk County, including the northern portion of Brookhaven, as well as the entirety of the towns of Huntington, Smithtown, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and Shelter Island. The district encompasses extremely wealthy enclaves such as the Hamptons, middle class suburban towns such as Selden, Centereach, and Lake Grove, working-class towns such as Riverhead and rural farming communities such as Mattituck and Jamesport on the North Fork. The district currently is represented by Republican Nick LaLota.

The district has been a swing district since the 1990s and a Republican-leaning seat since the 2010s. President George W. Bush defeated challenger John Kerry by less than one percentage point in 2004, while in 2008 and 2012, Barack Obama won the district by less than five points. In 2012, New York underwent redistricting, and the 1st district was slightly modified. In the 2014 election, Republican Lee Zeldin defeated Democratic incumbent Tim Bishop, who had represented the district since 2003. Donald Trump won the district by 12 percentage points over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. At the same time, Zeldin won a second term, defeating Democratic challenger Anna-Thone Holst by a margin of 15.6%, the largest margin of victory for a Republican since 1998. In 2018, Zeldin won re-election to a third term, narrowly defeating Democratic challenger Perry Gershon by 4.1%. In 2020, the district shifted back in the Democratic direction, with Trump carrying the district by only four points in the 2020 United States presidential election.

In 2022, Republican Nick LaLota defeated Democrat Bridget Fleming in the newly-redrawn district by an approximately ten-point margin. As a result, it was one of 18 districts that would have voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Republican in 2022.

Communities within the district

 * Amagansett
 * Aquebogue
 * Asharoken
 * Baiting Hollow
 * Belle Terre
 * Bridgehampton
 * Brookhaven
 * Calverton
 * Centereach
 * Centreport
 * Cherry Grove
 * Cold Spring Harbor
 * Commack
 * Coram
 * Chutchogue
 * Dering Harbor
 * Dix Hills
 * East Hampton
 * East Hampton (village)
 * East Hampton North
 * East Marion
 * East Northport
 * East Patchogue
 * Eastport
 * East Quogue
 * East Setauket
 * East Shoreham
 * East Yaphank
 * Eatons Neck
 * Elwood
 * Farmingville
 * Fishers Island
 * Flanders
 * Fort Salonga
 * Gordon Heights
 * Greenlawn
 * Greenport
 * Greenport West
 * Hagerman
 * Halesite
 * Hampton Bays
 * Hauppauge
 * Head of the Harbor
 * Holbrook
 * Holtsville
 * Huntington
 * Huntington (hamlet)
 * Huntington Bay
 * Huntington Station
 * Jamesport
 * Kings Park
 * Lake Grove
 * Lake Ronkonkoma
 * Laurel
 * Lloyd Harbor
 * Manorville
 * Mattituck
 * Melville
 * Middle Island
 * Miller Place
 * Montauk
 * Mount Sinai
 * Napeague
 * New Suffolk
 * North Haven
 * Northampton
 * Northville
 * Northwest Harbor
 * Nesconset
 * Nissequogue
 * Northport
 * North Sea
 * Noyack
 * Ocean Bay Park
 * Old Field
 * Orient
 * Patchogue
 * Peconic
 * Point O'Woods
 * Poquott
 * Port Jefferson
 * Port Jefferson Station
 * Quiogue
 * Quogue
 * Remsenberg
 * Ridge
 * Riverhead
 * Riverhead (hamlet)
 * Riverside
 * Rocky Point
 * Ronkonkoma
 * Sag Harbor
 * Sagaponack
 * San Remo
 * Selden
 * Setauket
 * Shelter Island
 * Shelter Island (hamlet)
 * Shelter Island Heights
 * Shinnecock Hills
 * Shoreham
 * Smithtown
 * Smithtown (hamlet)
 * Sound Beach
 * Southhampton
 * Southampton (village)
 * South Haven
 * Southold
 * Southold
 * South Huntington
 * South Jamesport
 * Speonk
 * Springs
 * St. James
 * Stony Brook
 * Strongs Neck
 * Tuckahoe
 * Upton
 * Vernon Valley
 * Village of the Branch
 * Wading River
 * Wainscott
 * Water Island
 * Water Mill
 * Westhampton
 * Westhampton Beach
 * West Hampton Dunes
 * West Hills
 * West Manor
 * Wincoma
 * Yaphank

Components: past and present
1823–1945:
 * All of Suffolk, Nassau
 * Parts of Queens

1945–1963:
 * All of Suffolk
 * Parts of Nassau

1963–Present:
 * Parts of Suffolk

1813–1823: two seats
From 1809 to 1823, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Recent election results
New York State is one of only eight states where candidates can run for office under the banner of more than one party, and New York is the only state where such cross-endorsement (often called electoral fusion), regularly occurs. The passage of the Wilson Pakula Act in the state legislature in 1947 established this electoral process in New York. Candidates for office routinely run with the endorsement of a major political party as well as one or two other minor parties. Some parties merely exist as a vessel for an individual candidate, while others are formally organized and are regularly found on the ballot. In determining an election winner, the votes for a candidate are totaled across all the party lines on a ballot on which a candidate is running. The results below present in table form the total votes received for each candidate across all party lines and also identify the candidate's major party affiliation.

22,390 Blank/Scattered/Void votes not included in the above totals. Michael P. Forbes vote by party line: Republican Party (90,001), Conservative Party (11,962), Independence Party (6,599) and Right-To-Life Party (8,058). Nora L. Bredes vote by party line: Democratic Party (93,816), Save Medicare (2,680). 20,242 Blank/Scattered/Voided votes not included in above totals. Michael P. Forbes vote by party line: Republican Party (75,643), Conservative Party (13,032), Independence Party (3,158) and Right to Life Party (7,627). William G. Hoist vote by party line: Democratic Party (54,463), STO Party (1,167).