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'''Alfonse Marcello “Al” D'Amato, Sr.''', born August 1, 1937 (age {{age|1937|8|1}}), is an [[United States|American]] [[attorney]] who represented [[New York]] in the [[United States Senate]] as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from 1981 to 1999. He subsequently established Park Strategies, a [[lobbying]] firm. He is the most recent Republican to represent New York in the U. S. Senate. He succeeded fellow Republican [[Jacob Javits]], a liberal member of the party from [[New York City]], whom he denied re-nomination to a fifth term in the 1980 party [[primary]]. After three terms, D'Amato was unseated in 1998 by the [[Democrat]] [[Chuck Schumer]], a vile career politician serving as the current Senate Democratic Leader.
'''Alfonse Marcello D'Amato, Sr.''', known as '''Al D'Amato''' (born August 1, 1937 (age {{age|1937|8|1}}), is an [[United States|American]] [[attorney]] who represented [[New York]] in the [[United States Senate]] as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from 1981 to 1999. He subsequently established Park Strategies, a [[lobbying]] firm. He is the most recent Republican to represent New York in the U. S. Senate. He succeeded fellow Republican [[Jacob Javits]], a liberal member of the party from [[New York City]], whom he denied re-nomination to a fifth term in the 1980 party [[primary]]. After three terms, D'Amato was unseated in 1998 by the [[Democrat]] [[Chuck Schumer]], a vile career politician serving as the current Senate Democratic Leader. D'Amato is the last Republican to have represented the Empire State in the Senate.
==Background==
==Background==
From his first marriage to Penelope D'Amato, he had four children. By his second wife, Katuria, he has a son, Alfonso Marcello D'Amato, Jr. (born 2008), and a daughter, Luciana Cioffari D'Amato (born 2009).<ref>{{cite web|author=Anne Bratskeir|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/d-amato-and-wife-welcome-baby-daughter-1.1528435|title=D'Amato and wife welcome baby daughter|publisher=''Newsday''|date=October 16, 2009|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref> Katuria D'Amato filed for divorce in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2017/10/10/ex-senator-al-damatos-wife-files-for-divorce/|title=Ex-Sen. Al D’Amato’s wife files for divorce|publisher=''The New York Post''|author=Julia Marsh|date=October 10, 2017|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
From his first marriage to Penelope D'Amato, he had four children. By his second wife, Katuria, he has a son, Alfonso Marcello D'Amato, Jr. (born 2008), and a daughter, Luciana Cioffari D'Amato (born 2009).<ref>{{cite web|author=Anne Bratskeir|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/d-amato-and-wife-welcome-baby-daughter-1.1528435|title=D'Amato and wife welcome baby daughter|publisher=''Newsday''|date=October 16, 2009|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref> Katuria D'Amato filed for divorce in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2017/10/10/ex-senator-al-damatos-wife-files-for-divorce/|title=Ex-Sen. Al D’Amato’s wife files for divorce|publisher=''The New York Post''|author=Julia Marsh|date=October 10, 2017|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
An avid [[poker]] player, D'Amato is a former chairman of the Poker Players Alliance which among other matters advocated that poker players to play on-line.<ref>Alfonse M. D'Amato, "Report from the Chairman," Poker Players Alliance, October 2007.</ref>
An avid [[poker]] player, D'Amato is a former chairman of the Poker Players Alliance which among other matters advocated that poker players be allowed to play on-line.<ref>Alfonse M. D'Amato, "Report from the Chairman," Poker Players Alliance, October 2007.</ref>
==Political life==
==Political life==