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While national Democratic leaders have been busy pummeling President Bush, New York's senior senator, Charles E. Schumer, a Democrat, spent part of a campaign debate on Sunday aligning himself with the president, saying he voted with Mr. Bush "to extend the child income tax credit,'' and that he "voted with the president for authorization to go into Iraq." With those comments, Mr. Schumer underscored a strategic reality as he seeks re-election: He is not just content to win a second term in the United States Senate, but he is looking to win big. And to do that, he must attract...

If you come closer, we will whisper one of the political season's best-kept secrets. Ready? Here goes. Four weeks from today, an election will be held in New York for United States senator. This obscure fact was uncovered through crackerjack investigative reporting. We looked at a calendar. Otherwise, who would have known? It is one thing to be ignored in presidential elections. New Yorkers got over that one a long time ago. We recognize that this Democratic city isn't in play at the national level. Our role is to provide visiting presidential candidates with television studios and lots of rich...

New York State Assemblyman Howard Mills said he will be using U.S. Senator Charles Schumer’s strengths against him during his run for the U.S. Senate. Mills, a conservative Republican, discussed his campaign strategy with local media during a stop at Jeff Richard’s farm in the Town of Granby. The deputy minority leader of the New York State Assembly concedes that he has an "uphill battle" to defeat Sen. Schumer, a liberal Democrat. "I’m leaving a safe seat in the legislature to make this run because I felt it was very important to have a very strong opponent to Sen. Schumer,"...

(Talon News) -- Republican senatorial candidate Howard Mills has charged that Democratic incumbent Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) misused taxpayer funds for his reelection campaign. The New York state assemblyman's staff pored over Schumer's travel records and discovered the senator had chartered private planes 603 times, spending $409,523 of taxpayer money. The fact that some of these flights were fundraising trips has resulted in Mills accusing Schumer of FEC and ethics violations. Schumer quietly repaid about $20,000 and his press staff issued a statement that said a complete review found "approximately 35 trips with accounting errors ... less than 5 percent."...

NEW YORK - In the various reports today, Howard Mills - the Republican running for U.S. Senate seat of Charles Schumer, scored a victory on substance in his effort to oust the senator. In documents turned over to the the media, Mills reveals that on 603 seperate instances Schumer chartered private planes to take him - and all of it was on the tax-payer's dime. Schumer spent in excess of $409,000 in doing so - all from the public coffers. In Illinois sources weighed in confirming that it is customary as well as financially responsible for Senator Peter Fitzgerald to...

Howard Mills does not have much money, or support, or, for that matter, basic name recognition in his bid to unseat United States Senator Charles E. Schumer. But Mr. Mills did manage to land a blow in his long-shot bid this week. Mr. Mills's staff pored over documents and maps and found that during his years in office, Mr. Schumer chartered private planes 603 times, spending $409,253 of taxpayer money. They asserted that they had caught the senator using tax dollars to fly around the state to raise campaign cash, which would be illegal, and turned their findings over to...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ Republican Howard Mills, Gov. George Pataki's choice to challenge the re-election bid of Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer, said Friday he is giving up his fight to win win the Conservative Party ballot line. No Republican running for statewide office in New York has won without Conservative Party backing since U.S. Sen. Jacob Javits in 1974. State Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long has said Mills, the deputy minority leader of the state Assembly, is unacceptable as a Senate candidate because of his support for abortion rights and civil unions for homosexuals. Long has instead endorsed Dr. Marilyn...

O'Grady Announces Conservative Party Bid for U.S. Senate Against Schumer Date: Wednesday, April 21 @ 15:13:18 EDT Topic: Views & Opinions State Senatorial Candidate Dr. Marilyn O'Grady ~~~ "A Senate Seat is A Terrible Thing to Waste" - O'Grady ~~~ The Choice for Conservative Ideas and Traditional Values GARDEN CITY, NY -- April 21, 2004 -- Declaring "a Senate seat is a terrible thing to waste," Dr. Marilyn O'Grady of Garden City, Long Island today formally announced her Conservative Party campaign for U. S. Senate against Democrat Chuck Schumer. "Schumer's rated one of Washington's most taxing liberals," Dr. O'Grady said,...

<p>May 3, 2004 -- The Senate race branched off in an unexpected direction yesterday. GOP Assemblyman Howard Mills, who is hoping to unseat Sen. Charles Schumer, said he'll plant 25 trees "to make up for the ones that were killed to print the press releases printed by Chuck Schumer in 2003."</p>

(New York-AP) -- A little-known Republican state assemblyman is making his first, albeit unusual, campaign promise in his pledge to unseat Senator Charles Schumer. Assemblyman Howard Mills vowed to plant 25 trees to replace the paper Schumer uses for his press releases. Mills accused Schumer of killing 25 trees to issue 765 announcements, many issued on Sunday, a traditionally slow news day. The Orange County assemblyman promised not only to not waste paper, but also to not waste the press's time on Sundays for what he called ``empty'' press conferences. Posing with 25 pine saplings that he said his campaign...

State Republican leaders announced yesterday that they would back a little-known assemblyman, Howard Mills, with six years experience in the State Legislature, as their candidate to challenge Senator Charles E. Schumer in the fall. For months Republicans had been sweating over whether they could come up with a credible candidate to face Mr. Schumer, a popular first-term senator with more than $20 million in his campaign war chest. Many higher profile Republicans had already opted out. About a week ago, however, Mr. Mills, 39, said he decided that he wanted to run and party leaders jumped at his offer, according...

A state lawmaker from Orange County says he'll seek the Republican Party nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer in this year's election. Assemblyman Howard Mills is the choice of New York state