Leadership: Minority Leader Political Highlights: N.Y. Assembly, 1975-81; U.S. House of Representatives, 1981-99 Born: November 23, 1950; Brooklyn, N.Y. Residence: Brooklyn Religion: Jewish Family: Wife, Iris Weinshall; two children Education: Harvard U., A.B. 1971; Harvard U., J.D. 1974 Elected: 1998 Committee Assignments: Rules & Administration
Roll Call Vitals
House Seniority: 10th ranked Senate Democrat
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
Senate Race
1980 Election Results
Candidate
Charles Schumer (D) Theodore Silverman (R)
Votes
67,343 17,050
%
77.0% 20.0%
1982 Election Results
Candidate
Charles Schumer (D) Stephen Marks (R)
Votes
89,852 21,726
%
79.0% 19.0%
1984 Election Results
Candidate
Charles Schumer (D)
Votes
115,867
%
72.0%
1986 Election Results
Candidate
Charles Schumer (D)
Votes
76,318
%
93.0%
1988 Election Results
Candidate
Charles Schumer (D)
Votes
107,056
%
78.0%
1990 Election Results
Candidate
Charles Schumer (D, L)
Votes
61,468
%
80.0%
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Charles Schumer (D, L) Alice Gaffney (C)
Votes
116,545 14,985
%
88.6% 11.4%
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Charles Schumer (D, L) James McCall (R, C)
Votes
95,139 35,880
%
72.6% 27.4%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Charles Schumer (D,L) Robert Verga (R, INDC, FDM) Michael Mossa (C)
Votes
107,107 30,488 5,618
%
74.8% 21.3% 3.9%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Charles Schumer (D, INDC, L) Alfonse D'Amato (R, C, RTL) Corinne Kurtz (MRF) Joel Kovel (GREEN) William McMillen (LIBERT) Rose Berbeo (SW)
Votes
2,551,065 2,058,988 34,281 14,735 8,223 3,513
%
54.6% 44.1% 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Charles Schumer (D, INDC, WFM) Howard Mills (R) Marilyn O'Grady (C) David McReynolds (GREEN) Donald Silberger (LIBERT) Abraham Hirschfeld (BLD) Martin Koppel (SW)
