The 1998 United States Senate election in New York was held November 3, 1998, along with elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Repre
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Alfonse D'Amato
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Alfonse Marcello D'Amato is an American attorney, lobbyist, and Republican politician who represented the state of New York in the United States Senate from 1981 to 1999. From 1995 to 1999, he chaired
1998 United States Senate election in New York
…other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator Al D'Amato lost his bid for a fourth term to Democrat Chuck Schumer in what was considered by many to be the "high[est] profile and nastiest" contest of the year…
Official portrait, c. 1990s
Ronald Reagan presenting Al D'Amato and other New York leaders with a check for Westway Project Funds, September 1981
D'Amato with Ronald Reagan in 1986
D'Amato, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Pete Domenici, Jack Reed, Paul Sarbanes, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan announce an agreement on mass transit funding legislation in 1998