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New York Senate hopeful Ed Cox blasted Sen. Hillary Clinton on Saturday, saying that she's failed to win New York's fair share of federal homeland security dollars in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and hasn't kept her promise to improve the state's economy. "New York is the number one target for terrorists," Cox told WABC Radio host Monica Crowley. "It is terrible that Wyoming should get $18 per capita of homeland security funds while New York gets only $2.50 (per capita)." Cox said New York was shortchanging itself by sending two Democratic Senators to Washington, arguing that Wyoming is...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Republican Edward Cox, a son-in-law of President Nixon, will soon form an exploratory committee for an expected run against Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a top adviser said Tuesday. Lynn Mueller, an Albany-based consultant, said the budding campaign has already hired fundraisers and a pollster. Asked about the chances that Cox will challenge Clinton for re-election in 2006, Mueller said: "It's as close to 100 percent as you can get unless something bizarre happens, which we don't expect." Mueller said a federal campaign committee will probably be operating by the end of June and a formal...

HILLARY CLINTON'S reelection campaign for the United States Senate in 2006 may be tougher than expected. On Monday, May 2, the New York Observer reported that Clinton might face a challenge from Richard Nixon's son-in-law Ed Cox. Cox, who has declined to make a statement on his intentions, has made steps toward running for Clinton's New York Senate seat, including launching an exploratory committee. Associates to Cox believe that he will win the endorsement of New York Governor George Pataki. By the time Hillary Rodham married future president Bill Clinton in 1975, Ed Cox had been married to the daughter...

Edward Cox, former Reagan aide, set for 2006 N.Y. Senate challenge © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON – It looks like Hillary Rodham Clinton will get a challenge in her bid for re-election to the U.S. Senate seat in New York after all. Edward Cox, a New York corporate lawyer and son-in-law of Richard Nixon, will definitely run next year for the U.S. Senate seat held by Hillary Clinton, reports next week's issue of Newsweek. Cox will reportedly run as a fiscal conservative and environmentalist, according to the report. He is also expected to break with some policies of the Bush administration....

    Novello Possible Foe For Clinton May 2, 2005 Copyright © 2005 Capital Newspapers Division of The Hearst Corporation, Albany, N.Y. All rights reserved. To the short list of possible GOP contenders to take on U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., next fall, add the name of state Health Commissioner Antonia Novello. There have been a few whispers in certain top Republican circles that Novello, 60, is considering a statewide run post-Pataki administration, and perhaps might even challenge Clinton. State Republican Party officials say she hasn't contacted them, however, and through a spokesperson at the Health Department the commissioner declined...

New York, NY, Apr. 4 (UPI) -- Former President Richard Nixon's son-in-law, Manhattan attorney Ed Cox, is seeking support for a 2006 U.S. Senate race against Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton. Cox, who is married to Nixon daughter, Tricia, was "calling around the state last week, telling people he's 'the guy' to challenge" the former first lady, the New York Post said Monday.