Carolyn McCarthy

★ U.S. Representative

Born: January 5, 1944
Died: June 26, 2025
Age at death: 81
Home state: New York
Party: independence
On the ballot: 1996–2012

Career timeline

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9-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

McCarthy1.1M

Opponents762,516

Elections run

Between 1996 and 2012, Carolyn McCarthy ran in 9 U.S. House elections, winning all 9. McCarthy's biggest single-election total was 164,028 votes, in the 2008 U.S. House election in New York's District 4. McCarthy's closest win came in the 1998 U.S. House election in New York's District 4, decided by 10,272 votes.

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How many votes has Carolyn McCarthy received?

Carolyn McCarthy has received 1,133,121 popular votes across 9 U.S. elections, with a career record of 9–0.

Election history

Carolyn McCarthy’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
2012	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	163,9551.3%	Francis X. Becker (head-to-head) Frank J. Scaturro
2010	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	94,48353.61%	Francis X. Becker (head-to-head)
2008	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	164,0281.65%	Jack M. Martins
2006	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	101,8612.88%	Martin W. Blessinger
2004	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	159,96952.23%	James A. Garner
2002	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	94,8062.92%	Marilyn F. O'Grady Tim Derham
2000	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	136,7031.11%	Gregory R. Becker (head-to-head) Barbara Vitanza
1998	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	90,25646.46%	Gregory R. Becker (head-to-head) Patricia M. Maher
1996	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	127,06050.77%	Dan Frisa Vincent P. Garbitelli Robert S. Berkowitz

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (M000309) and Wikidata (Q458416). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.