Joe Crowley

former U.S. Representative from New York

Joseph Crowley (/ˈkrli/; born March 16, 1962) is an American politician. He was the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. He was Chair of the House Democratic Caucus from 2017 to 2019. He also was Chair of the Queens County Democratic Party from 2006 to 2019.[1][2]

Joe Crowley
Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
In office
January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
LeaderNancy Pelosi
Preceded byXavier Becerra
Succeeded byHakeem Jeffries
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017
LeaderNancy Pelosi
Preceded byXavier Becerra
Succeeded byLinda Sánchez
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
In office
January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byThomas J. Manton
Succeeded byAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Constituency7th district (1999–2013)
14th district (2013–2019)
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 30th district
In office
January 1, 1987 – December 31, 1998
Preceded byRalph Goldstein
Succeeded byMargaret Markey
Personal details
Born (1962-03-16) March 16, 1962 (age 62)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Kasey Nilson
Children3
EducationQueens College, City University of New York (BA)

On June 26, 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated Crowley in the 2018 Democratic primary for his seat. Crowley’s unseen defeat is thought to be one of the biggest upsets in congressional history.[3][4]

Until his defeat in June 2018, Crowley was seen by many as the replacement of Nancy Pelosi in the Democratic House leadership.[4]

Election history change

US House election, 2012: New York District 14 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Crowley 116,117
Working Families Joe Crowley 4,644
Total Joe Crowley (incumbent) 120,761 83.2
Republican William Gibbons 19,191
Conservative William Gibbons 2,564
Total William Gibbons 21,755 15.0
Green Anthony Gronowicz 2,570 1.8
None Blank/Void/Scattered 25,915
Total votes 145,086 100.00
Democratic hold
US House election, 2014: New York District 14[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Crowley 45,370 67.34
Working Families Joe Crowley 4,982 7.39
Total Joe Crowley (incumbent) 50,352 74.74
Conservative Elizabeth Perri 6,735 10.00
None Blank/Void/Write-In 10,285 15.27
Total votes 67,372 100
Democratic hold
U.S. House election, 2016: New York District 14[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Crowley 138,367 70.13%
Working Families Joe Crowley 7,317 3.71%
Women's Equality Joe Crowley 1,903 0.96%
Total Joe Crowley (incumbent) 147,587 74.80%
Republican Frank J. Spotorno 26,891 13.63%
Conservative Frank J. Spotorno 3,654 1.85%
Total Frank J. Spotorno 30,545 15.48%
None Blank/Void/Scattering 19,169 9.72%
Total votes 197,301 100.00%
Democratic hold
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 16,898 56.7
Democratic Joseph Crowley (incumbent) 12,880 43.3
Total votes 29,778 100.0
New York's 14th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 110,318 78.2
Republican Anthony Pappas 19,202 13.6
Working Families Joseph Crowley 8,075 5.7
Women's Equality Joseph Crowley 1,273 0.9
Total Joseph Crowley (incumbent) 9,348 6.6
Conservative Elizabeth Perri 2,254 1.6
Total votes 141,122 100.0
Democratic hold


References change

  1. "CROWLEY, Joseph". House of Representatives.
  2. "Decades-Old House Democratic Leadership Likely to Remain Intact". Roll Call. September 8, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  3. Arkin, James; Bland, Scott (June 26, 2018). "Top Democrat Crowley loses in shocker". Politico. Retrieved June 26, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Rep. Joe Crowley defeated by challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez". Washington Post. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  5. United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2012: "NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns Nov 6, 2012" (PDF). New York Board of Elections. March 20, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF, 192 kB) on November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  6. "NYS Board of Elections". NYS Board of Elections. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  7. From United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2016: "New York State Official Election Night Results" (PDF). New York Board of Elections. December 22, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF, 475 kB) on December 29, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

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