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Charles 'Chuck' Schumer

Democrat Chuck Schumer is seeking his fourth term in the Senate. He represented several different districts in the House between 1981 and 1999 and was a member of the State Asssembly from 1975-80.

Senate

NEW YORK

Democrat

Incumbent

Jay Townsend

Republican Jay Townsend runs a political consulting and advertising firm.

Senate

NEW YORK

Republican

Republican Joe DioGuardi served two terms in the House from 1985-89. He is a certified public accountant who was a partner at Arthur Andersen. His daughter, Kara DioGuardi, was an "American Idol" judge.

Senate

NEW YORK

Republican

Kirsten Gillibrand

Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand was nominated in 2009 to fill the vacancy left by Hillary Clinton's appointment as secretary of State. She is an attorney who served one term in Congress and worked during the Clinton administration for Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo, now the Democratic candidate for governor.

Senate

NEW YORK

Democrat

Incumbent

Self-Financed Candidates Spent Millions, but Most Fared Poorly

By Tom Diemer

How's this for a top-10 list, Dave: The top 10 congressional candidates who spent millions of dollars of their own money on campaigns and still lost on Tuesday? Well, all right, two on the ...

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Schumer and Gillibrand Win Senate Races in New York

By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa

NEW YORK – Democratic Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand won elections Tuesday, racking up wide margins against their little-known Republican opponents. From the start of the ...

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How N.Y. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Fended Off All Comers

By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa

NEW YORK – Not so long ago political analysts and insiders in New York political circles saw Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand as easy pickings. She was an upstate two-term congresswoman from a rural ...

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What Is Charles Schumer's Religion?

By jeanette friedman

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Charles (Chuck) Ellis Schumer, the Democratic senior senator from New York, is seeking re-election against Republican Jay Townsend, who never ran for office before. As part of a ...

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Turning Victory to Defeat? How Obama's Election Helped Put the Senate in Play

By Lynn Sweet

Senate Democrats are in danger of losing their majority on Nov. 2, and two of the reasons go back to Barack Obama's own election as president: Illinois became vulnerable after he vacated the seat to ...

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Senate

Democrat

Charles Schumer

incumbent

Republican

Jay Townsend

Senate

Special Election

Democrat

Kirsten Gillibrand

incumbent

Republican

Joe DioGuardi

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Governor

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Democrat

Andrew Cuomo

Republican

Carl Paladino

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House

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May 27, 2012

Senator asks airlines to drop seat fee for kids

Source: Columbus Telegram - Columbus NE

Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra.

May 26, 2012

FEMA puts new official in charge of NY public disaster aid

Source: Star-Gazette - Elmira NY

With costs to municipalities, school districts and other localities in New York topping $600 million, it will be years before the state's recovery from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee is finished.

May 26, 2012

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Economic Messaging

Source: The Huffington Post

We're going to open with what we'll call "Constitutional Tomfoolery, Part One" (you'll note that this implies, through a technique known as "foreshadowing," that the Republicans have exhibited some sheer silliness in reference to our country's founding governmental compact more than once in the past week).

May 25, 2012

Obama and Roberts: the View From 2005

Source: TheAtlantic.com

Here are two quotes from two 40-ish Harvard Law School graduates back in 2005.

May 25, 2012

Fake marijuana, 'bath salts' bill passes U.S. Senate

Source: Troy Record - Troy NY

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says his laws to close loopholes that allow synthetic marijuana and dangerous "bath salts" to be sold openly have passed the Senate.