CQ Risk Rating: Safe Democrat 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
|
| Eliot L. Engel (D, L) | 115,093 | 90% |
| Patrick McManus (C, R) | 13,201 | 10% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 |
|
| | Votes | Percentage | | Conservative |
| Patrick McManus | Unopposed |
| | Democratic |
| Eliot L. Engel | 24,159 | 50% |
| Larry Seabrook | 19,629 | 41% |
| Sonia Zayas | 4,115 | 9% |
| write-in | 1 | 0% |
| | Liberal |
| Eliot L. Engel | Unopposed |
| | Republican |
| Patrick McManus | Unopposed |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
NEW YORK 17
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North Bronx; parts of southern Westchester
A middle- to working-class district where New York City runs into nearby
suburbs, the 17th covers the North Bronx, with tentacles reaching into the
South Bronx and Westchester County. It takes in the mammoth apartment
complex known as Co-Op City that, with more than 50,000 residents, is a
formidable voting bloc in itself.
Long a Democratic-voting district, the 17th consistently elects
Democrats to all levels of government. In 1992 and '96, it supported Clinton
with an overwhelming 76 percent and 85 percent of the vote.
The boundaries of the 17th were drawn to take in large tracts of
minority residential neighborhoods, and the district is one of the state's
most ethnically and racially diverse. On its east side, it covers a large
portion of Mount Vernon that is three-fourths black. Farther north, it takes
in part of New Rochelle, including its downtown, which is two-thirds black.
This leaves the 17th with a population that is divided roughly evenly among
blacks, whites and Hispanics.
Riverdale, a heavily Jewish neighborhood, sits at the western edge of
the Bronx and is the 17th's most affluent and suburban community. But the
district also includes some housing projects in the South Bronx and the
poor, minority neighborhoods of Yonkers, which have been the site of a
drawn-out court battle over housing and education discrimination. Yonkers is
now under court supervision, remedying both problems.
Major Industry
Health care, higher education, city government
Population
578,424 (1990)
Cities
New York (pt.), 454,628; Yonkers (pt.), 68,968; Mount Vernon (pt.), 45,181
(1990)
People
100% urban; 14% age 65+ (ranks 13 of 31 in state; top third nationally); 38%
married couples, 18% married couples with children; 17% college educated
(ranks 23 of 31 in state; middle third nationally); 60% white collar (ranks
18 of 31 in state; middle third nationally), 20% blue collar (ranks 18 of 31
in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)
Race
Non-Hispanic: 29% white, 38% black, 3% Asian; 28% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$27,227 (ranks 22 of 31 in state; middle third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Duke Ellington, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, F.W. Woolworth, Nellie Bly and
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson are all buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in
the Bronx.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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