Spotlight on the NY 20th Congressional District

Submitted by IP on Wed, 2010-04-14 11:52
Republican Winner, Chris Gibson
The 20th Congressional District of New York, largely rural, is located in eastern New York and includes all or parts of Columbia, Dutchess, Delaware, Essex, Greene, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties. Traditionally, this has been a conservative district until the election of Kirsten Gillibrand (D) in 2006. Upon Gillibrand’s appointment to the Senate, Scott Murphy (D) won this seat in a special election in early 2009. Decorated U.S. Army Col. Ret. Chris Gibson attracted energetic grassroots and Tea Party support and though he trailed in the polls for most of the campaign, a late surge found him up by double digits, 55% to 45% after the results came in.
Chris Gibson
  • BA History, Siena College, ROTC Commission
  • MBA and PhD in Government, Cornell University
  • Author of Securing the State, a book on national security decision-making published in 2008
  • U.S. Army, 24 years, rank of Colonel
  • Deployed 7 times (Iraq, Kosovo, counter-drug operations, Haiti humanitarian relief as commander of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team
  • Taught American Politics at the United States Military Academy at West Point
  • Congressional Fellow with US Representative Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
  • Hoover National Security Affairs Fellowship, Stanford University
  • Military decorations: 2 Legions of Merit, 4 Bronze Star Medals, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman’s Badge with Star, Master Parachutist Badge and Ranger Tab.
"I'm very concerned...We continue to pile up a mountain of debt, and we threaten to be the first generation that leaves our country worse off than we found it."
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