NY-03 Peter King (Rep.)
Election Facts
Length of Time In Office:
- 9th Term
- First Elected 1992
Committees:
- Homeland Security (Ranking Member)
2008 Congressional Election Data:
- Peter King (R-Ind-C): 172,774
- Graham Long (D-WFP): 97,525
2008 Presidential Election Data:
- Obama: 149,995
- McCain: 164,682
District Demographics:
- Hispanic 8.2%
- Asian 4.6%
- White 83.4%
- Black 2.7%
Report Card
No Downstate Congressional Representative has been as decidedly anti-immigrant as Long Island’s Peter King. King, the ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, had been an immigration moderate until the late 1990s. But since then he has led the fight to ban the use of Spanish by government agencies and to scapegoat Muslim immigrants.
King’s Third Congressional District spans the Nassau-Suffolk border. It has the smallest Hispanic population of the five Long Island Congressional Districts and it is the only one that voted against President Obama. The politics of the district have given King a secure perch to snipe at immigrants.
The irony that King was once referred to by insiders as the Congressman from Northern Ireland because of his active advocacy on behalf of the political arm of the IRA appears lost on the Representative.
The last serious challenge to the 65 year old King came from David Mejias in 2006. If Republicans regain control of Congress in the November 2010 elections, Peter King will play a major role in shaping immigration policy.
Voting Record
Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border Reference: Secure Fence Act; Bill H R 6061 ; vote number 2006-446 on Sep 14, 2006 Took the ANTI-Immigrant Position.
Voted YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project. Reference: Department of Homeland Security appropriations; Bill HR 5441 Amendment 968 ; vote number 2006-224 on Jun 6, 2006. Took the ANTI-Immigrant Position.
Voted NO on reporting undocumented immigrants who receive hospital treatment. Reference: Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance Amendments; Bill HR 3722 ; vote number 2004-182 on May 20, 2004. Took the PRO-Immigrant Position.
Voted YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules. Reference: Motion sponsored by Gekas, R-PA; Bill HR1885 ; vote number 2001-127 on May 21, 2001. Took the PRO-Immigrant Position.
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