Charles E. Schumer: United States Senator for New York

"I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it."

Biographical Information - http://www.schumer.senate.gov/about-chuck 

Born: November 23, 1950 in Brooklyn, NY

Parents: Selma, who was a homemaker who was also active in the community and Abe who owned a small exterminating business 

Family: Charles (Chuck) Schumer has two siblings, Fran and Robert. He is married to Iris Weinshall and together they have two daughters, Jessica and Allison.

Education: Graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School in 1974

Career: At age 23 he ran for the New York State Assembly, the youngest member of State Legislature since Theodore Roosevelt. At age 29, Chuck ran and won the seat in the 9th Congressional District, which he represented for 18 years.Chuck authored the Omnibus Crime Bill, he was also the leading

sponsor of the Violence Against Women Act, and the Brady Bill. He co-wrote the Assault Weapons Ban, and sponsored the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. In 1998 chuck was elected to the U.S. Senate and became New York's senior senate. He was re-elected in 2004 and was awarded a seat on the Senate Finance Committee and was on the Chairmanship of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee which he lead for two consecutive cycles until the end of 2008. New Yorkers re-elected him for the third time in 2010 and took in an expanded role in the Senate as Chairman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Center.
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Politcal Party: Democratic

Religion: Reform Judaism

Electoral Victory and Tenure- http://ballotpedia.org/Chuck_Schumer

Term: 1996 to current

Schumer was first elected to the Senate in 1998 and is currently serving his third term having won the election on November 2nd 2010. He is up for re-election on November 8th 2016. 

Before being elected to the Senate, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981-1999 and the New York State Assembly from 1975-1980.

Based on rankings, Charles Schumer is considered a safe vote for the Democratic Party in congress because he is one of the most reliable Democratic Votes.

New York: The Empire State

Statehood Granted: July 26, 1788

Population: 19.65 million

Major Cities: New York City, Rochester, Albany

Racial and Ethnic Background: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36000.html

The state racial composition in 2013 by the United States Census Bureau was:

• White: 70.9%
• Black or African American: 17.5%
• American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.0%
• Asian: 8.2%
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
• Two or more races: 2.3%
• Hispanic or Latino: 18.4%
• White alone, not Hispanic or Latino: 57.2%

Religion: http://religions.pewforum.org/maps#

• Evangelical Protestant Tradition: 11%
• Mainline Protestant Tradition: 16%
• Historically Black Protestant Tradition: 5%
• Catholic Tradition: 39%
• Mormon Tradition: <0.5%
• Orthodox Tradition: 1%
• Jehovah's Wittness Tradition: 1%
• Other Christian Tradition's: <0.5%
• Jewish Tradition: 6%
• Muslim Tradition: 1%
• Buddhist Tradition: 1%
• Hindu Tradition: 1%
• Other World Religions: <0.5%
• Other Faiths: 1%
• Unaffiliated: 17%
• Don't know/ refused: 1%

Major Industries: Construction, Manufacturing, Financial Activities

Fun Facts:

• Niagara Falls is one of the seven wonders of the world.
• New York was the first state to require license plates for cars. 
• The first American chess tournament was held in New York in 1843.
• New York City has 578 miles of waterfront.
• Babe Ruth hit the first home run in Yankee Stadium in the first game ever played there.
• The Statue of Liberty is 101 feet tall from base to torch, 305 feet tall from pedestal foundation to torch. She has a 35-foot waist and an 8-foot index finger, and she weighs 450,000 pounds.