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United States Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat from Brooklyn, won re-election to a second term yesterday by an enormous margin, outpolling the former top vote-getter in the state, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and fueling talk that he may soon become a candidate for governor. Mr. Schumer defeated his opponents with more than 70 percent of the vote, a figure that exceeded Mr. Moynihan's record for a Senate election of 67 percent in 1988. His margin is doubly noteworthy because Mr. Moynihan's record was set in his run for a third term, after 12 years in the Senate, whereas...

In the second and final debate in the race for the United States Senate seat in New York, Senator Charles E. Schumer found himself under sharp attack from his Republican and Conservative opponents last night over his record on everything from homeland security and the appointment of federal judges to the availability of flu vaccines. But for most of the hourlong debate in Ithaca, N.Y., Mr. Schumer pointedly ignored the jabs and instead sought to portray himself as an effective senator with a long record of accomplishment that includes helping secure billions of dollars in aid for New York in...