Even more important, the four-term congressman from Suffolk County doesn't carry the mayor's personal or political baggage.

While the election was the closest for Pomeroy since 1994, Dorso was unable to defeat the four-term congressman.

Velásquez is a four-term Congressman representing Lambayeque; he was President of Congress for the 2008-2009 term.

He was elected to a third term in 1970 defeating four-term Congressman Laurence J. Burton.

Before he was elected in 1992, he was chief of staff for Jerrold Nadler, then an assemblyman and now a four-term congressman.

At these stops, Mr. Franks emphasized his long experience in the state as a legislator, Republican Party chairman and four-term congressman.

But she fell short of claiming an outright majority, setting up a runoff against Representative J. Gresham Barrett, a four-term congressman.

Mr. Franks, a four-term congressman, also continues to call on Mr. Corzine to release his personal tax returns.

Mr. Heineman defeated Mr. Price, a former four-term Congressman, two years ago.