Warren Redlich

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Warren Redlich
Candidate Warren Redlich
Born March 8, 1966
Syosset, New York,
United States United States
Occupation Attorney
Spouse Heather J. Redlich

Warren Redlich of Guilderland, New York is the 2006 Republican candidate for Congress in New York's 21st congressional district.

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[edit] Family

Redlich is married to Heather J. Redlich, an attorney, and together they have two daughters. Redlich's father, Allen Redlich, was a professor at Albany Law School.

[edit] Education

Born in Long Island, Redlich is a graduate of Rice University with a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematical Economics. He holds a Master's Degree in Political Science from Stanford University, and a J.D. from Albany Law School.

[edit] Career

Redlich taught English in Hiroshima, Japan for a year after law school. He began his legal career as a trial lawyer for the Allstate Insurance Company. He then worked as a law clerk for a judge of the New York Supreme Court (New York's trial court) in Fulton County, New York. In May of 2003 he opened his own law firm.

Redlich works on a fairly narrow range of legal matters, including criminal defense and personal injury cases.

[edit] Switch to Republican

See Metroland Online, "You’re a What?" :

Redlich became a Republican because during his stint as a Democratic committeeman in his hometown of Guilderland he thought the town Democrats’ agenda of keeping commercial development out but allowing continued residential development was disastrous, and found he aligned more closely with the thinking of the town’s Republicans[1].

[edit] Congressional Campaigns

Redlich also ran in the 21st congressional district race of 2004, gaining 30% of the vote; 5 points better than the last 7 challengers to Democratic incumbent Michael R. McNulty. Redlich received 80,000 votes in 2004, compared to 53,000 for the 2002 challenger. His petitions for the 2006 race were filed on July 13th, containing nearly 6000 signatures (1250 required).

[edit] 2004

In 2004, Redlich advertised that the US should "Stop wasting money overseas defending rich countries like France." This was directed at the US military presence in Europe, Japan and South Korea. In their two debates, Redlich challenged the incumbent to explain his exit strategy for these countries. The incumbent countered that it would not be appropriate to remove our troops from Europe while we were at war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the military presence in Europe supported these wars and provided quicker medical care for soldiers coming back.

[edit] 2006

For 2006, Redlich has simplified his campaign message to "Stop wasting money," which is also the name of his blog. In so doing, Redlich plans to address various issues with this theme, attempting to connect this with the McNulty's 2003 rating as the 2nd biggest spender in Congress with an 18% rating from the National Taxpayers Union[2]. The incumbent is likely to repeat his other criticism of Redlich about drug policy. Redlich has advocated drug legalization in the past, though he did not focus on this issue in 2004 and is not expected to in 2006.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Metroland Online, "You’re a What?", Ralph Nader isn’t the only guy saying there’s no difference between Democrats and Republicans, Miriam Axel-Lute, 2002, Lou Communications, Inc., Albany, NY
  2. ^ National Taxpayers Union Rates Congress, 2003, National Taxpayers Union, 108th Congress

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[edit] See also

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