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"Over the past several months, I have traveled more than 7000 miles across this state, earning the support of party leaders, elected officials and members of both parties. I believe that they have come to know me as a passionate proponent of fiscal restraint, lower taxes, government reform, job creation, school choice, second amendment rights, a strong national defense and a culture of life. I believe that they have come to know me as a principled and credible candidate. I have been truly honored by the confidence members of both the Republican and Conservative Parties have placed in my ability...

Fourteen months before the election, U.S. senatorial candidate Jeanine Pirro made her first campaign stop in Ithaca. Speaking first at Cornell and then at the Ithaca Country Club, Pirro vowed to work for “ordinary New Yorkers.” At a press conference, reporters asked whether Pirro’s local experience was relevent for the position of senator. Pirro said she is more suited for the needs of New York than Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) is, because Pirro has been a state resident her entire life. “I grew up in Elmira,” Pirro told The Sun, “and I know this is not the way to create...

An admitted extortionist testified yesterday in federal court in Manhattan that he paid thousands of dollars to a Republican official in an effort to get Westchester District Attorney Jeannine Pirro to make a criminal case against him "go away." Maurizio Sanginiti said he paid up to $10,000 to Zehy Jeries, a GOP committee chairman, from 2001 to 2002 in an effort to get the criminal investigation dismissed. The money was supposed to go to Al Pirro, husband of the district attorney, Sanginiti said. Both Jeries and Al Pirro have previously denied Sanginiti's charges. He also testified that he later learned...

NEW YORK: Peering Into Pirro Ex-Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro's (R) political career began at the age of 35, when she "was at New York City's fabled Waldorf-Astoria Hotel announcing her bid" for LG. "But that was as far as she got. Two days after entering the race, allegations that her husband was tied to organized crime forced her to quit rather than reveal his list of clients." 20 years later, she returned to the same hotel to announce a run against Sen. Hillary Clinton (D), and, yet, still remains "dogged by her husband's misdeeds. In recent years, the public has...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York’s first-term junior senator, whose job approval stands at 66% in the survey, far outpolls her challengers as well. Against Ed Cox, the New York City attorney and son-in-law to former President Richard Nixon, Clinton leads by 60% to 33%. Jeanine Pirro, the Westchester County district attorney who has much of the Republican Party’s leadership at her back, does marginally better, trailing Clinton by 57% to 34%. Former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer trails Clinton by a two-to-one, 60% to 30% margin.

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. — Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro hinted yesterday that she is struggling in her fund-raising effort to take on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Following an appearance at a fourth round of candidate interviews by GOP county leaders, Pirro sought to downplay expectations of what her Oct. 15 campaign filing will show. "The real essence, since we've only been in this for about four weeks and we've had [Hurricane] Katrina in the interim, of what we're going to raise, I think, will be shown in [the December filing]," she said. "You really can't have a test in four...

Today, the Daily News begins a three-part series exposing how real-life Tony Sopranos and mobbed-up contractors steal your tax dollars, put workers' lives in danger and even screw up traffic at rush hour. The next time you're stuck in traffic caused by highway construction that appears to involve no actual work, you can thank the Gambino crime family. While you're sitting there, burning up $3 per gallon gasoline, chew on the fact that mob-connected contractors are creating highway traffic jams all over New York — on the BQE, the Bruckner, the Van Wyck, the Cross Bronx, the Long Island Expressway,...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Claiming Hillary Rodham Clinton is hiding behind her husband, possible Republican challenger Jeanine Pirro renewed her effort Monday to get New York's junior senator to take a pledge to serve a full, six-year term if re-elected. A major thrust of Pirro's campaign has been that Clinton wants to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2008 and will be an absentee senator if she is re-elected. Thus far, the former first lady has refused to address the full-term pledge issue, although her husband said Sunday she shouldn't make such a promise again because she might become a...

BUMBLING PIRRO HITS A $TUMBLING BLOCK By FREDRIC U. DICKER September 19, 2005 -- REPUBLICAN superstar Jeanine Pirro's month-old campaign for Senate election has stumbled badly, has failed to catch on with voters and is having difficulty raising cash, GOP insiders contend. The Westchester County district attorney, who is seeking the right to challenge U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in next year's balloting, held several tense private meetings with potential backers and contributors in recent days, leaving some convinced her campaign is in trouble. Pirro conceded to The Post that her gaffe-marred August campaign announcement had created some unexpected problems,...

Minuteman Project Co-Founder Chris Simcox Endorses John Spencer for U.S. Senate Spencer continues to be the candidate to BEAT Hillary; not to BE Hillary YONKERS, NY Today, Minuteman Project co-founder Chris Simcox endorsed John Spencer the Conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate vs. Hillary Clinton. In the race for U.S. Senate, John Spencer is the only candidate that stands firmly in support of securing our borders, said Simcox. I support John approach to solving the border security crisis.  We must all be vigilant.  We must use our citizens, our federal troops, our National Guard, and additional Border Patrol agents to protect...

When Hillary Clinton faces re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2006, what issues will she champion? For over a month, Hillary Clinton has refused to tell Moonbat Central her position on the one issue closest to New Yorkers' hearts -- the fate of that gaping hole at Ground Zero.As reported in FrontPageMagazine, a cabal of America-hating leftists have hijacked Ground Zero, announcing their plans to defile the site with a museum which will expose the evils of imperialism, highlighting such topics as the abuses of the Jim Crow South, the displacement of American Indians and the mistreatment of terrorist prisoners...

Pirro, rivals contrast records By NOREEN O'DONNELL THE JOURNAL NEWS NANUET — Listening to Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro yesterday, it was as if she had already gotten the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton. The problem? The three men who will not get out of her way. "I'm running against Hillary Clinton, no one else," Pirro said at a meeting with Republican officials at a Comfort Inn to interview candidates for state offices. "I'm interested in addressing the issues that this state is confronted with." But also present were Manhattan lawyer Ed Cox and former Yonkers Mayor...

MINUTEMAN PROJECT CO-FOUNDER CHRIS SIMCOX ENDORSES JOHN SPENCER FOR U.S. SENATE Spencer continues to be the candidate to BEAT Hillary; not to BE Hillary YONKERS, NY – Today, Minuteman Project co-founder Chris Simcox endorsed John Spencer the Conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate vs. Hillary Clinton. “In the race for U.S. Senate, John Spencer is the only candidate that stands firmly in support of securing our borders,” said Simcox. “I support John’s approach to solving the border security crisis. We must all be vigilant. We must use our citizens, our federal troops, our National Guard, and additional Border Patrol agents to...

September 5, 2005 -- Jeanine Pirro yesterday called for a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax yesterday, joining state Republicans in a bid to give motorists relief at the pump. Pirro, the likely GOP candidate to challenge Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, called for an moratorium on the federal 18-cent-per-gallon gas tax for 90 days, or until the price dips below $2.50 a gallon. "The price of gas for New Yorkers is out of control," Pirro, the Westchester DA, said yesterday at a Citgo gas station in New Hyde Park where high-grade fuel was going for $3.85 a gallon.

Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005 10:19 p.m. EDT Hillary Clinton Lead Drops Hillary Clinton's lead over her possible Republican Senate challengers in New York is dwindling. A survey by Siena College found that Sen. Clinton's lead over Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro had shrunk from 26 percentage points a month ago to 21 points by late August. Her lead over Manhattan attorney Edward Cox is down from 30 percentage points to 23, NY1 News reports. The poll also found that two-thirds of state voters want Clinton to serve out her full six-year term if she's re-elected to the Senate next...

Senate candidate Jeanine Pirro is set to unleash a one-two endorsement punch from former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Gov. Pataki, sources close to her campaign told the Daily News yesterday. The powerhouse endorsements are intended to score a quick knockout of Pirro's Republican rivals, the sources said - clearing the way for Pirro to concentrate on challenging Sen. Hillary Clinton. "Giuliani and Pataki are winners in a Democratic state, and that gives them electoral credibility," said Frank Luntz, a national GOP pollster and strategist. "If they say this is the candidate, other Republicans will fall into line." Despite poll numbers...

Spencer Challenges Pirro as a Clinton Liberal New Ad Campaign Shows Similarities of Two Candidates YONKERS Today conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer released his first campaign television advertisement. The ad, which can be viewed at , highlights the many similarities between Senator Hillary Clinton and Westchester County DA Jeanine Pirro. Both candidates are liberals who support abortion on demand, special rights for gays and gun control among other liberal. “There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between Hillary Clinton and Jeanine Pirro,” Spencer said. “In order for Republicans to win in New York again...

August 26, 2005--Senator Hillary Clinton holds a 24-point edge in her bid for re-election to the U.S. Senate. Clinton first won her Senate seat by a 9-point margin in Election 2000.The latest Rasmussen Reports survey found that the former First Lady is the choice of 57% of New York voters while Jeanine Pirro currently earns 33% of the vote. Clinton leads by 18-points among men and 29-points among women.Related survey data shows that Democrat Eliot Spitzer holds an even larger lead in the race to become New York's next Governor.Hillary Clinton is viewed favorably by 63% of the state's voters,...

GOP hopeful John Spencer readies ad claiming party rival Jeanine Pirro is too liberal in race to challenge Hillary Rodham Clinton ALBANY -- With more than a year until the 2006 U.S. Senate race, one Republican seeking to challenge Democratic incumbent Hillary Rodham Clinton is already gearing up to hit the airwaves. Advertisement Former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer's campaign Thursday released copies of a television ad attacking Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the state GOP leadership's favored U.S. Senate candidate, for being too liberal. The ad, which Spencer's camp said will start airing statewide on cable stations Monday, points...