Common Sense: Wendy Long
The New York State Conservative Party and the state Republican Party nominated Wendy Long for U.S. Senate last week. Wendy will take on Senator Schumer in this November’s election. Wendy is an attorney who was the nominee of both parties against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in 2012.
Wendy is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Northwestern Law School. She at one time clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas and was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. In 2005, she helped found the Judicial Confirmation Network which is now known as the Judicial Crisis Network. In this capacity she played an important role in supporting the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito.
Wendy Long and her husband Arthur reside in New York City with their two children.
No one would suggest that taking on Senator Schumer will be anything but an uphill battle. Nevertheless, the aspiring Democratic leader of the Senate has for years been the Democratic Party’s top point person on national issues ranging from passing Obamacare to bigger federal budgets, crushing debt and weak immigration policy, unpopular and/or unsuccessful items that deserve a full airing during a campaign season.