Story by Henry Powderly
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will handily beat Republican challenger Wendy Long on Tuesday, winning her first full, six-year term since being appointed by former Gov. David Paterson in 2009, CNN, NBC,CBS and The New York Times are reporting.
Gillibrand was favored to win the race, and had garnered a huge fundraising advantage through the campaign season, pulling in $15 million compared to Wendy Long's nearly $800,000, according to OpenSecret.org.
Long earned the Republican nod when she beat out Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos and U.S. Rep Bob Turner in the 2102 primary.
After being selected by Paterson in 2009 to fill the Senate seat vacated when Hillary Rodham Clinton became Secretary of State, Gillibrand then faced a special election in 2010 against Republican Joseph DioGuardi, which she won with 63 percent of the vote.
Gillibrand Wins; Heads Into First Full Term
New York's Junior Senator, as expected, bests attorney Wendy Long.
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Michael Ganci (Editor) June 14, 2013 at 09:13 am
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She supports sane, rational, sensible controls. It is only those of the far right extreme that would consider this type of legislation a bridge too far. As Clarence Thomas wrote in his Heller decision, it is indeed "constitutional" to impose limits on the 2nd amendment. The NRA leadership is not representative of the individual NRA members who overwhelmingly support many of the same controls as the Senator, they are only interested in the rights of gun manufacturers to sell more guns. Being an NRA member does not mean you are as batsh** crazy as Wayne LaPierre anymore than being a member of the republican party means you are as batsh** crazy as Michelle Bachman. The main problem we have in this country is the obsession with absolutism.
To highlight some of Gillibrand’s achievements during her short two-year Senate tenure, she has authored the Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Enforcement Prevention Act that will save the United States economy $80 billion and New York State approximately $5 billion. She helped to repeal landmark legislation for the repeal of the “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell” policy. Most recently, she helped in advancing the 9/11 health care bill that will protect workers who were at the World Trade Center site, and a food safety bill. And she is still going.
"...Senator Kirsten Gillibrand won re-election to her first full term. Gillibrand was opposed in the general election by Wendy E. Long (who ran on the Republican and Conservative Party lines) and by three minor party candidates. Gillibrand was re-elected with 72% of the vote, by a margin of 45.2%, the highest margin for any statewide candidate in New York." - Wikipedia We had no viable candidate; we had no viable platform upon which to send a NY Republican to the U.S. Senate. At the U.S. Senate level, our party in NY has become irrelevant since the departure of my friend Al D'Amato. We do not have to change, presuming we do not want to survive as a political force beyond the Town of Hempstead and the County of Nassau, and what is left of Pete King's CD. But rest assured, in the words of Bob Dylan, the times...they are a-changin'!
I say this as someone who has never voted for a Republican...look to your own party's (numerous) issues, instead of relying on the lack of class of your opponent's. In the end, it will do your party more harm than good to continue to count on them always being the party of evil. Because they may not remain so forever. The anti-gay, anti-pot, anti-immigrant elements in the party will change their tune or simply die off, and then things will not seem so clear.
Please do not presume that an undeclared, anonymous contributor with a vacant profile is a Republican. To me, she is simply a figment, a provocateur, stirring the pot, and (if she were an actual Republican), making my party look worse than we actualy are. However, I will agree with you that many in our party are deeply in denial of certain political facts of life (to wit, losing national elections as well as losing elections to NY statewide offices). I just would not ascribe any of the causes or reasons (or solutions) to a figment who calls herself "preliator". You should find this dispositive of that particular contributor: "...preliator is not a valid word - must have been a typo for proeliator somewhere along the line."
They haven't passed a budget in 4 years, and Senator Reid keeps them safe by not allowing votes on any controversial bills
(preparing for the "I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I" comments in 5...4...3...2...)
Besides, some one needs to keep the patch staff busy...I am just trying keep people employed.
But hey...some of us do our best to not practice us-vs-them politics. And some don't know any other way.
Nothing else to complain about, folks?
Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Enforcement Prevention Act "This bill was introduced on July 22, 2010, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted." ie: it died. Tell us again how that will save 80 billion? She's Chuckie in heels. IE; a joke.
No, I'm kidding. I'm just saying, instead of fighting each other for the sake of being on opposite sides, perhaps we should band together for the common cause? his country is a mess & bickering between the leftist Hatfields & the righty McCoys isn't getting us anywhere...
Here' s something that may interest you since you seem to be a staunch defender of the Democrat Party and would rather have some die off because of their beliefs as misguided as they maybe could it be possible yours are no different? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-16/guest-post-message-left-right-wing-extremist