Israel, Steve, 1958-

<p>Steven J. Israel (born May 30, 1958) is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 2001 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in New York's 2nd congressional district until 2013 and New York's 3rd congressional district until his retirement from Congress.</p>

<p>Since redistricting in 2012, the district includes portions of northern Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island, as well as a small portion of Queens in New York City. Israel chaired the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee from 2011 to 2015 and Democratic Policy and Communications Committee from 2015 to 2017. Prior to his election to Congress, he served on the Huntington Town Board, starting 1993. In 2017, he joined CNN as a political commentator. Israel currently serves on the Board of Advisors for lobbying firm Michael Best Strategies.</p>

<p>Israel was born in Brooklyn and raised in the Long Island community of Levittown, New York. He attended Nassau Community College and Syracuse University for one year before graduating from George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1982.</p>

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li> 11/04/2014 NY - District 03 Won 54.77% (+9.59%)</li>
<li> 11/06/2012 NY District 3 Won 57.83% (+16.43%)</li>
<li> 11/00/2012 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li> 11/19/2010 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li> 11/02/2010 NY District 2 Won 56.33% (+13.43%)</li>
<li> 11/04/2008 NY - District 02 Won 66.94% (+33.88%)</li>
<li> 11/07/2006 NY - District 02 Won 70.42% (+40.85%)</li>
<li> 11/02/2004 NY District 02 Won 66.62% (+33.25%)</li>
<li> 11/05/2002 NY District 2 Won 58.48% (+18.02%)</li>
<li> 11/07/2000 NY District 2 Won 47.94% (+13.02%)</li>
<li> 09/12/2000 NY District 02 - D Primary Won 45.35% (+4.19%)</li>
<li> 11/02/1999 Huntington NY Town Council Won 28.24% (+2.24%)</li>
<li> 11/03/1987 Suffolk County Legislature 04 Lost 42.30% (-15.41%)</li>
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<p><b>ENTERED, DROPPED OUT</b>
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<li>06/28/2016 NY District 03 - D Primary Lost 0.00% (-35.11%)</li>
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<p><b>SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN</b>
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<li>02/25/2017 DNC Party Chair Lost 0.00% (-54.27%)</li>
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ISRAEL, Steve, a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., May 30, 1958; attended Nassau Community College, Garden City, N.Y., 1978; attended Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., 1978-1979; B.A., George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1982; staff, United States Representative Richard Ottinger of New York, 1980-1983; member of the Huntington, N.Y., town board, 1993-2001; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2001-January 3, 2017); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress in 2016.