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Election Guide / U.S. SENATE
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U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the only former first lady to win elected office, is running for a second term, even as she is being touted as a likely 2008 Democratic presidential candidate.
Challenging her is John Spencer, the shoot-from-the-hip former Republican mayor of Yonkers.
The contest gives New York voters a clear ideological choice between Spencer -- a staunch conservative who talks about traditional Republican values and fully supports the Bush Administration's military policy -- and Clinton, a liberal-to-moderate Democrat who voted to authorize the Iraq War but has since become a critic.
Clinton had raised more than $33 million in campaign money by the end of the summer, while Spencer, who fought off a GOP primary challenge from former Pentagon official K.T. McFarland, raised less than $4 million during the same period.
Despite a primary challenge from anti-war candidate Jonathan Tasini, Clinton has generally been able to rally Democrats unhappy with the war to her side. There are, however, several minor party candidates running as independents, including several advocating an end to U.S. involvement in the fighting.
The peace challengers include Syracuse's Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Party: Democrat
Born: Oct. 26, 1947
Residence: 15 Old House Lane, Chappaqua
District office address: James M. Hanley Federal Building, 100 South Clinton St., Syracuse
District office phone number: 448-0470
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Family: Married to former President Bill Clinton; one grown daughter, Chelsea.
Occupation: U.S. senator
Prior to holding office: Staff attorney, Children’s Defense Fund; legal adviser, congressional committee investigating Watergate scandal; partner, Rose Law Firm, Arkansas; first lady, state of Arkansas; first lady, United States. Author of four books, including her memoir “Living History,” which has sold more than 3 million copies.
Public service: Won U.S. Senate seat in 2000.
Education: Wellesley College; Yale Law School.
Senate Web site
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John Spencer
Party: Republican
Born: Nov. 17, 1946
Residence: 15 Alida St., Yonkers
Family: Married with three young children. Also has two adult children from a previous marriage, and one grandchild.
Occupation: Founder, Spencer Consulting Group, a provider of services related to alcohol and drug dependency.
Work History: Served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1966 to 1969, earning a Bronze Star while fighting in Vietnam. Worked construction, then real estate management. He was a senior property manager at Cushman & Wakefield, a Manhattan-based real estate firm, from 1977 to 1984; a vice president for Bankers Trust from 1984 to 1991; and a co-founder of Akron Building Services.
Public Service: Served two four-year terms as mayor of Yonkers, a predominantly Democratic city, stepping down in 2003 because of term limits. Previously served on the Yonkers City Council.
Education: Attended Westchester Community College. Did not graduate.
Campaign Web site
Campaign phone number: (914) 909-2684
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Howie Hawkins
Party: Green
Born: Dec. 8, 1952
Residence: 303 Warner Ave., Syracuse
Family: Single
Occupation: A teamster, he works the night shift unloading trucks for UPS. He also writes for a variety of publications and is the editor of “Independent Politics” a history of the American Green Party.
Prior work: Carpentry, created a construction cooperative specializing in alternative energy installations; directed Commonworks, a Syracuse-base trade association of co-operatives.
Public service: A co-founder of the national Green Party in the 1980s, he has been a perrenial -- though unsuccessful -- Green Party candidate for state and local offices. He ran against Rep. James Walsh in the 25th Congressional District in 2000 and 2004. He also ran for state comptroller in 1998 and 2002, for mayor in 1997, for county executive in 1999 and for Syracuse Common Council in 1993, 1994 and 1995.
Education: Attended Dartmouth College, did not graduate.
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 *Website by David Doonan, Labor Donated to Hawkins for Senate Campaign* |
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