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'''Peter T. King''', born April 5, 1944 (age {{age|1944|4|5}}), is a [[Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for the [[New York]] state's 3rd Congressional District, which represents most of [[Staten Island]]. King is Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee and also serves on the Financial Services Committee. Despite being a [[conservative]] congressman in a moderate district, King remains popular with his constituents and has been reelected numerous times by large margins. Congressman King is well known for being a leader in the ongoing effort to have Homeland Security funding based on threat analysis and is a strong supporter of the war against international [[terrorism]].
'''Peter T. King''', born April 5, 1944 (age {{age|1944|4|5}}), is a [[Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for the [[New York]] state's 3rd Congressional District, which represents most of [[Staten Island]]. King is Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee and also serves on the Financial Services Committee. Despite being a [[conservative]] congressman in a moderate district, King remains popular with his constituents and has been reelected numerous times by large margins. Congressman King is well known for being a leader in the ongoing effort to have Homeland Security funding based on threat analysis and is a strong supporter of the war against international [[terrorism]].
==No to Senate race in 2010==
King announced on Aucgust 31, 2009, that will not challenge appointed Sen. [[Kirsten Gillibrand]] (D-N.Y.) next year. "The reality is that a statewide Democratic candidate starts the race with a voter registration edge of almost 3 million," King explained. "To overcome such a large margin, there would have to be intensive media coverage of the race and I would need to raise at least $30 million.... I would have run if Caroline Kennedy were the Democratic candidate. Her candidacy would have generated the media coverage and financial contributions necessary for me to run a competitive race. That's all I would have hoped for. Once the race became competitive, it would have been up to me to win it by contrasting my blue collar conservatism with her Manhattan liberalism."
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