In the past, I was very active in the Campaigns of a couple of Republican Candidates in what was the previous district ( 5th ) that Gary Ackerman was in office for 30 years. That district had 70 % of the eligible voters in the district from Queens and 30 % in Nassau County. This year, the new 6th Congressional District, which includes much of the old 5th district, is exclusively in Queens. The new 3rd Congressional District, which is most of the remainder of the old 5th Congressional District not in the new 6th Congressional District, extends from Northern Queens ( Whitestone, through Northern Nassau County ) , and into N.W. Suffolk County passed East Northport.
Once it was known that Dan Halloran was going to be the Republican Candidate in the new 6th District, I decided to stay out of the race instead of supporting either candidate in the campaign leading up to the election.
While I voted for all Republicans today in my area of Nassau County, I decided not to vote for a State Senate Candidate. Dean Skelos, the Republican majority leader in the State Senate, is my representative. I voted for Skelos 15 times previously. Because Skelos didn't prevent the so called same sex marriage bill from being voted on in the State Senate in June, 2011, I decided that I would NEVER vote for Dean Skelos again. I also refused to vote for the Democrat candidate and there was no 3rd party alternative.
If you do live in the new 3rd Congressional District, I highly recommend that you vote for Lt. Col. Steve Labate. This opponent is long time Congressman Steve Israel, the head of the DCCC and a MAJOR Barack Hussein Obama supporter. Steve Israel is almost as bad as Gary Ackerman. It's close!