The nine-term Congressman received more than 60 percent of the vote.

If convicted, the nine-term congressman could face more than 60 years in prison and $2 million in fines.

There was a certain familiarity to the event for anyone who has been following the recent career of the former nine-term Congressman from Brooklyn.

On matters such as cookies, the nine-term Congressman from the Buffalo suburbs can get tough.

The last time the nine-term Congressman visited Iran was as a university professor in 1978, a year before the Iranian revolution.

Mr. Norman has made no secret of the fact that he would actively seek a candidate to run against the nine-term Congressman.

Two years ago, Mr. Wise, a nine-term congressman, proposed a moratorium on mountaintop mining.

"Come with me," the 62-year-old nine-term Congressman from Orange County said in an announcement speech in Washington.

Mr. Schumer, 46, is a nine-term Congressman whose district includes Brooklyn and Queens.

The house in the Buffalo suburb of Hamburg that the nine-term Congressman keeps in his district here, but has never lived in, is for sale.