Edolphus Towns

★ U.S. Representative

Born: July 21, 1934
Current age: 92
Home state: New York
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1982–2010

Career timeline

1982Rep 1984Rep 1986Rep 1988Rep 1990Rep 1992Rep

1994Rep 1996Rep 1998Rep 2000Rep 2002Rep 2004Rep

2006Rep 2008Rep 2010Rep

15-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Towns1.3M

Opponents121,589

Elections run

Between 1982 and 2010, Edolphus Towns ran in 15 U.S. House elections, winning all 15. Towns's biggest single-election total was 155,090 votes, in the 2008 U.S. House election in New York's District 10. Towns's closest win came in the 1990 U.S. House election in New York's District 11, decided by 34,610 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 10, every U.S. House race in New York's District 11, or all 2010 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Edolphus Towns received?

Edolphus Towns has received 1,283,459 popular votes across 15 U.S. elections, with a career record of 15–0.

Election history

Edolphus Towns’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
2010	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	95,48579.66%	Diana Muniz Ernest C. Johnson (head-to-head)
2008	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	155,09067.8%	Salvatore Grupico
2006	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	72,17170.05%	Jonathan H. Anderson Ernest C. Johnson (head-to-head)
2004	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	136,11366.72%	Harvey R. Clarke Mariana Blume
2002	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	73,8591.31%	Herbert F. Ryan
2000	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	120,7001.06%	Ernestine M. Brown (head-to-head) Barry Ford Ernest C. Johnson (head-to-head)
1998	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	83,52867.95%	Ernestine M. Brown (head-to-head) Ernest C. Johnson (head-to-head)
1996	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	99,88963.21%	Amelia Smith Parker (head-to-head) Julian M. Hill Jr.
1994	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	77,0262.38%	Amelia Smith Parker (head-to-head) Mildred K. Mahoney
1992	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	97,5092.32%	Owen Augustin
1990	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	36,2862.57%	Ernest C. Johnson (head-to-head) Lorraine Stevens (head-to-head)
1988	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	73,7553.35%	Riaz B. Hussain Alfred J. Hamel (head-to-head) Lorraine Stevens (head-to-head)
1986	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	41,68977.65%	Nathaniel Hendricks (head-to-head) Alfred J. Hamel (head-to-head)
1984	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	81,00281.18%	Nathaniel Hendricks (head-to-head) Alfred J. Hamel (head-to-head)
1982	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	39,35783.72%	James W. Smith Patrick W. Giagnacova Joseph N.O. Caesar Susan C. Zarate

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (T000326) and Wikidata (Q600005). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Edolphus Towns: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/edolphus-towns. Accessed [date].

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.