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Like [[Governor]] [[Thomas Dewey]], D'Amato was viewed as the "boss" of the New York Republican Party. He was instrumental in securing the 1994 gubernatorial nomination for [[George Pataki]], who unseated Democratic Governor [[Mario Cuomo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30C12F93D5A0C768CDDA80994D0494D81 |publisher=''The New York Times''|author=Richard Perez-Pena |title=The 1998 Elections: New York State – The Parties – New Order for New York's G.O.P. and Democrats |date=November 5, 1998|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
Like [[Governor]] [[Thomas Dewey]], D'Amato was viewed as the "boss" of the New York Republican Party. He was instrumental in securing the 1994 gubernatorial nomination for [[George Pataki]], who unseated Democratic Governor [[Mario Cuomo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30C12F93D5A0C768CDDA80994D0494D81 |publisher=''The New York Times''|author=Richard Perez-Pena |title=The 1998 Elections: New York State – The Parties – New Order for New York's G.O.P. and Democrats |date=November 5, 1998|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
D'Amato was mostly conservative in his early career. He backed [[capital punishment]] and heavy sentences for [[narcotics]] offenses. In time he became more of a [[Moderate Republican]] and was one of only three senators of his party to vote to allow [[homosexual]]s to serve openly in the U. S. military. In 1996, D'Amato voted for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, pushed by the Democrats. In his failed 1998 reelection bid, in which George Pataki nevertheless won a second term as governor, D'Amato was endorsed by the homosexual Human Rights Campaign..<ref>{{cite web|author=Adam Nagourney|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/21/nyregion/d-amato-wins-endorsement-of-gay-group.html|title=D'Amato Wins Endorsement Of Gay Group|publisher=''The New York Times''|date=October 21, 1998|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref> In 1996, D'Amato, voted for the [[Defense of Marriage Act]], which drew the opposition of liberals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/104-1996/s280|title=H.R. 3396 (104th): Defense of Marriage Act -- Senate Vote #280 -- Sep 10, 1996|website=GovTrack.us}}</ref>
D'Amato was mostly [[conservative]] in his early career. He backed [[capital punishment]] and heavy sentences for [[narcotics]] offenses. In time he became more of a [[Moderate Republican]] and was one of only three senators of his party to vote to allow [[homosexual]]s to serve openly in the U. S. military. In 1996, D'Amato voted for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, pushed by the Democrats. In his failed 1998 reelection bid, in which George Pataki nevertheless won a second term as governor, D'Amato was endorsed by the homosexual Human Rights Campaign.<ref>{{cite web|author=Adam Nagourney|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/21/nyregion/d-amato-wins-endorsement-of-gay-group.html|title=D'Amato Wins Endorsement Of Gay Group|publisher=''The New York Times''|date=October 21, 1998|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref> In 1996, D'Amato, voted for the [[Defense of Marriage Act]], which drew the opposition of liberals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/104-1996/s280|title=H.R. 3396 (104th): Defense of Marriage Act -- Senate Vote #280 -- Sep 10, 1996|website=GovTrack.us}}</ref>
His ten-point loss to Schumer in 1998 apparently came from the loss of support from moderate voters in New York City. He once referred to
His ten-point loss to Schumer in 1998 apparently came from the loss of support from moderate voters in New York City. He once referred to
Schumer as a "putzhead," a [[Yiddish]] vulgarity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/damato-and-schumer-slug-it-out/|title=D'Amato and Schumer Slug It Out|publisher=[[CBS]] News|date=October 26, 1998|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
Schumer as a "putzhead," a [[Yiddish]] vulgarity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/damato-and-schumer-slug-it-out/|title=D'Amato and Schumer Slug It Out|publisher=[[CBS]] News|date=October 26, 1998|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>