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) May 20, 2013 at 12:37 am
We just posted. I was at the scene. Hope this helps! MG…Read More http://merrick.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/woman-struck-by-train-at-merrick-lirr-station
Zach T May 17, 2013 at 07:20 pm
The School board is a bunch of morons if they want to remove this designation! There were 0 problems…Read More like this when Malucci was in office, this new superintendent is a waste of space, money, and cares more about his own paycheck then our kids! Between school security, and now this, I motion that we get rid of that skell!
Dr. Kim Lurie May 16, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Bless you, Anthony. And though I know ultimately the "Judge" will have to be held…Read More accountable by a higher authority...those of us who do this work, have not forgotten nor will we allow the system to forget what her role in this travesity was.
Anthony Merlo May 16, 2013 at 10:24 am
Thank you for this wonderful article on a good man pushed to the brink. I appriciate the fact this…Read More came form the heart and did not hold back. As Sacristan at Cure of Ars, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Rich (as I called him) for some time. He was a man of faith and a pleasure to see. Always with a smile and kind word, you would never know what was going on the way he acted. This was a wonderful and insightful article. It is heartbreaking to think that where there was once love between 2 people, things got to the point where one persons life was destroyed by those who could and did for no apparent reason other than having the ability to do so. God will have mercy on Dr. Rich and the ex-wife and "Judge" should pray for the same given their actions.