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Post by Howard Paterson on Apr 20, 2008 19:28:51 GMT -5
Name: Howard E. Paterson Age: 47 Political Party: Democratic State/Senate Seat: New York Seat one (Class I) Short Bio: Paterson was born in Manhattan to Greek immigrants in 1961. His parents were not the richest, his Mother worked as a maid and his Father at a ship yard. However growing up he excelled in school, - becoming Valid Victorian of his graduating class in High school. He went on to study at Columbia University through a scholarship, gaining his Master's degree in Law and also majoring in Economics. After College he went to work for a small law firm in New York, - however he quickly made his way to the top of the charts as a successful prosecutor after a number of land mark cases against the Mafia in the city, - and was quite well known throughout the city there after. Police later even found documents showing that one Mafia family had voted on whether or not to take him out, - the motion failing by just one vote. However the story was a front liner in the city for at least a week. Paterson after a long and successful law career has decided to retire from it, and ran for the Senate in the 2004 New York United States Senatorial Election, beating Senator Chuck Schumer in the primaries by a very narrow margin of less then 2.7% in a very large upset. Even as a newbie, Paterson is now well known in the Senate as a fiery populist, - he tends to be between the Progressive and Liberal wings of the Democratic party.
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Post by Jackal on Apr 20, 2008 19:32:55 GMT -5
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