Michael Balboni

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Michael Balboni is a New York State Senator from the Long Island town of East Williston who represents the 7th Senate district. His district includes northeastern Nassau County, and encompasses the entire town of North Hempstead, with a population of more than 200,000. (See political subdivisions of New York State.) Balboni is a Republican.

[edit] Personal life

Balboni lives in East Williston with his wife Stephanie and their children, Olivia, Nicholas, Julia and Michaela.

[edit] Political Life

As chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, he spoke out for New York's need to receive additional Homeland Security funds. [1]

Because of his reputation for garnering support across party lines, it was rumored that he would seek the Republican nomination for Attorney General in 2006, but doing so would open his competitive, and probably Democrat-leaning, district to a challenge from the Democrats. He chose not to after pressure from Senate Republican Leader Joseph Bruno, mostly to aid the Republican Party in maintaining a slim majority in the State Senate.