District: New York - 2nd District Political Highlights: Hempstead Town Council, 1978-81; Nassau County comptroller, 1981-93; Republican nominee for N.Y. attorney general, 1986; U.S. House of Representatives, 1993-2021 Born: April 5, 1944; Manhattan, N.Y. Residence: Seaford Religion: Roman Catholic Family: Wife, Rosemary King; two children Education: St. Francis College, B.A. 1965; U. of Notre Dame, J.D. 1968 Elected: 1992 Committee Assignments: Homeland Security (Emergency Preparedness, Response & Recovery - Ranking Member; Intelligence & Counterterrorism) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Republican House Seniority: 14th ranked House Republican Twitter: 37,382 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Peter King (R, C) Steve Orlins (D) Louis Roccanova (RTL) Ben-Zion Heyman (L)
Votes
124,727 116,915 6,888 3,092
%
49.6% 46.5% 2.7% 1.2%
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Peter King (R, C) Norma Grill (D) John DePrima (L)
Votes
115,236 77,774 1,522
%
59.2% 40.0% 0.8%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Peter King (R, C, FDM) Dal LaMagna (D, INDC) John O'Shea (RTL) John DePrima (L)
Votes
127,972 97,518 4,129 1,807
%
55.3% 42.1% 1.8% 0.8%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Peter King (R, RTL) Kevin Langberg (D) Thomas DiLavore (L)
Votes
117,258 63,628 1,497
%
64.3% 34.9% 0.8%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Peter King (R, INDC, C, RTL) Dal LaMagna (D, GREEN, WFM) Selma Olchin (L)
Votes
143,126 95,787 1,515
%
59.5% 39.8% 0.6%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Peter King (R, C, INDC, RTL) Stuart Finz (D) Janeen DePrima (L)
Votes
121,537 46,022 1,513
%
71.9% 27.2% 0.9%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Peter King (R, INDC, C) Blair Mathies (D)
Votes
171,259 100,737
%
63.0% 37.0%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Peter King (R, INDC, C) David Mejias (D, WFM)
Votes
101,787 79,843
%
56.0% 44.0%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Peter King (R, INDC, C) Graham Long (D, WFM)
Votes
172,774 97,525
%
63.9% 36.1%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Peter King (R) Howard Kudler (D)
Votes
131,674 51,346
%
71.9% 28.0%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Peter King (R, C, INDC) Vivianne Falcone (D, WFM)
Votes
142,309 100,545
%
58.6% 41.4%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Peter King (R) Patricia Maher (D) William Stevenson (GREEN)