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PEF Executive Board endorses candidates in ’08 races
ThePEFExecutiveBoardhas NATIONAL 27thC.D.–BrianHiggins,D-W
endorsedthepoliticalcandidates President – BARACKOBAMA,D-W 28thC.D.–LouiseM.Slaughter,D-I-W
reportedherefortheNovember4 VicePresident– Notavailable 29thC.D.–ERICJ.J.MASSA,D-W
GeneralElection.Insomedistrictsno
candidateswereendorsed,asnoted U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NYS SENATE
below. 1stC.D.– TimothyBishop,D-I-W 1stS.D.–KennethP.LaValle,R-I-C
Theendorsementsarebasedon 2ndC.D.–StevenJ.Israel,D-I-W 2ndS.D.–JohnJ.Flanagan,R-I-C
interviewsandreviewsofindividual 3rdC.D.–Noendorsementatthistime 3rdS.D.–CaesarTrunzo,R-I-C
candidates’votingrecordsand 4thC.D.–CarolynMcCarthy,D-I-W 4thS.D.–OwenH.Johnson,R-I-C
qualifications,followedby 5thC.D.–GaryL.Ackerman,D-I-W 5thS.D.–CarlL.Marcellino,R-I-C
recommendationsfromPEF’sregional 6thC.D.–GregoryW.Meeks,D 6thS.D.–KempHannon,R-I-C
andstatewidepoliticalaction 7thC.D.–JosephCrowley,D-W 7thS.D.–CraigM.Johnson,D-W
committees. 8thC.D.–JerroldL.Nadler,D-W 8thS.D.–CharlesJ.FuschilloJr.,R-I-C
Allcandidateslistedbelowwere 9thC.D.–AnthonyD.Weiner,D-W 9thS.D.–DeanG.Skelos,R-I-C
endorsed.Partiesarelistedintheir 10thC.D.–EdolphusTowns,D 10thS.D.–ShirleyL.Huntley,D-W
ballotorder. 11thC.D.–YvetteD.Clarke,D-W 11thS.D.–FrankPadavan,R-I-C
PEFwillreviewitsendorsements 12thC.D.–NydiaM.Velazquez,D-W 12thS.D.–GeorgeOnorato,D
followingtheSeptember9primaries, 13thC.D.–MICHAELE.MCMAHON, D-W 13thS.D.–HIRAMMONSERRATE,D-W
andmayaddorreplacesome 14thC.D.–CarolynB.Maloney,D-W 14thS.D.–MalcolmA.Smith,D-W
endorsementsaccordingly. 15thC.D.–CharlesB.Rangel,D-W 15thS.D.–SerphinR.Maltese,R-I-C
Candidateswhosenamesareprinted 16thC.D.–JoseE.Serrano,D-W 16thS.D.–TobyAnnStavisky,D-W
entirelyinUPPERCASEareNOT 17thC.D.–EliotL.Engel,D-I-W 17thS.D.–MartinMalave-Dilan,D
incumbents. 18thC.D.–NitaM.Lowey,D-W 18thS.D.–VelmanetteMontgomery,D-W
Endorsedcandidatesfacingprimary 19thC.D.–JohnHall,D-I-W 19thS.D.–JohnL.Sampson,D-W
electionsareindicatedinboldfacealong 20thC.D.–KirstenE.Gillibrand,D-W 20thS.D.–EricL.Adams,D-W
withthepartyinvolved.Thoseprinted 21stC.D.– PAULD.TONKO,D-W 21stS.D.– KevinS.Parker,D-W
bothinUPPERCASEandboldfaceare 22ndC.D.–MauriceD.Hinchey,D-I-W 22ndS.D.–MartinJ.Golden,R-I-C
non-incumbentsfacingprimaries. 23rdC.D.–JohnM.McHugh,R-I-C 23rdS.D.–DianeJ.Savino,D-W
Informationprovidedhereisbased 24thC.D.–MichaelA.Arcuri,D-W 24thS.D.–AndrewJ.Lanza,R-I-C
onfilingscertifiedAugust7bytheNYS 25thC.D.–DANIELB.MAFFEI,D-W 25thS.D.–MartinConnor,D
BoardofElections. 26thC.D.–Noendorsementatthistime
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