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April 29, 2003, 03:39 PM
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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-mccarthy0429,0,2105431.story?coll=ny-linews-headlinesRep. McCarthy Registers As Democrat
The Associated Press
April 29, 2003, 3:10 PM EDT
Washington -- Rep. Carolyn McCarthy talks like a Democrat, votes like a Democrat, and campaigns like a Democrat. But for the past six years in Congress, she’s actually been a registered Republican.
McCarthy, a Mineola nurse who ran for Congress on the Democratic line after her husband was shot and killed while riding the Long Island Rail Road, has technically been a Republican until very recently.
Her spokesman, Mark Sokolove, said McCarthy changed her registration in early April, officially becoming a Democrat. Sokolove would not say why she kept her Republican registration for so long, or what prompted her to finally change it.
She became a gun control activist in 1993 after her husband was killed — and her son badly wounded — in a spree killing that became known as the “Long Island Rail Road Massacre.”
She unseated the Republican incumbent in 1996 and went on to win three re-election campaigns.
New York State Democratic Party Chairman Herman Farrell said McCarthy’s core issues — gun control, education, and breast cancer initiatives — “reflect the principles and values of the Democratic party.
“While this was a deeply personal decision for Carolyn, I am pleased that she made it,” Farrell said.
Copyright © 2003, Newsday, Inc.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-mccarthy0429,0,2105431.story?coll=ny-linews-headlinesRep. McCarthy Registers As Democrat
The Associated Press
April 29, 2003, 3:10 PM EDT
Washington -- Rep. Carolyn McCarthy talks like a Democrat, votes like a Democrat, and campaigns like a Democrat. But for the past six years in Congress, she’s actually been a registered Republican.
McCarthy, a Mineola nurse who ran for Congress on the Democratic line after her husband was shot and killed while riding the Long Island Rail Road, has technically been a Republican until very recently.
Her spokesman, Mark Sokolove, said McCarthy changed her registration in early April, officially becoming a Democrat. Sokolove would not say why she kept her Republican registration for so long, or what prompted her to finally change it.
She became a gun control activist in 1993 after her husband was killed — and her son badly wounded — in a spree killing that became known as the “Long Island Rail Road Massacre.”
She unseated the Republican incumbent in 1996 and went on to win three re-election campaigns.
New York State Democratic Party Chairman Herman Farrell said McCarthy’s core issues — gun control, education, and breast cancer initiatives — “reflect the principles and values of the Democratic party.
“While this was a deeply personal decision for Carolyn, I am pleased that she made it,” Farrell said.
Copyright © 2003, Newsday, Inc.