U.S. Congressional District 5
The 5th Congressional District encompasses the North Shore of Queens and
Long Island.
Campaign Trail:
08/12/04
Gonzalo Policarpio is the underdog candidate in the Republican primary for the seat from the 5th
Congressional District. Policarpio is running against the party's candidate, Stephen Graves, and the
Republican Party has reportedly challenged his efforts to get on the ballot. A native of the Philippines who
has lived in the United States since 1973, Policarpio is past president of the United Filipino Organization
and serves as national co-chairman of the Filipino Americans for Bush-Cheney 2004. (Queens Chronicle)
08/05/04
Two Republicans are squaring off for the chance to face U.S. Representative Gary Ackerman. Gonzalo Policarpio, a native of the Philippines and former Department of Homeland Security officer, has raised $1,100 his quarterly filing with the Federal Election Commission, bringing his contribution total
to $24,607.18. That puts Policarpio slightly ahead of Graves, president of Bio Nutrion Research Labs. Policarpio's platform includes providing a "tax credit to husband and wife [sic] who give housing accommodations to their elderly parents," and strengthening Equality Opportunity laws. On his web
site, he calls Ackerman a "dormant Congressman who has outlived his usefulness after more than 20 years in Washington."(Queens Tribune)
08/05/04
Gonzalo Policarpio of Douglaston and Stephen Graves of
Flushing will both be on the Republican primary ballot. Some key issues for the district, the challengers say, are education, immigration, and taxation. "I don't want to sound divisive, but I sense an urgent need of a particular community in this district," said Policarpio, who emigrated from Manila in 1973. "The Asian and Hispanic communities want to have a stronger
voice in Congress. Graves, who has been endorsed by the Conservative
Party, is president of Bio Nutrition Research Labs. "The federal government needs to stay out of the way of small businesses and doing what they can to help them grow, " he said. Immigration is a perennial hot issue in the district. Policarpio said that he would support an amendment to
limit citizenship application processing times to two years. Ackerman said he is at the forefront of immigration reform. For Graves, another top priority is reallocating federal funds to get more for New York. "New York has been a donor state for a long time," he said. "All of
Ackerman's clout didn't do much in getting it back to our own community." But Ackerman says he "brought back more federal dollars than any other New York congressman.They weren't pork barrel projects. They were projects for real people." (Glen Oaks Ledger)
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Presidential debates
President Bush and Senator John Kerry had a series of 90-minute debates:
Thursday, Sep. 30: University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla. Theme: Foreign policy and homeland security. Moderator: Jim Lehrer, PBS
Transcript of debate
Friday, Oct. 8: Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., no subject restrictions. Moderator: Charles Gibson, ABC
Transcript of debate
Wednesday, Oct. 13: Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz. Theme: domestic and economic policy. Moderator: Bob Scheiffer, CBS
Transcript of debate
Video of debate.
Vice Presidential debates
Tuesday, Oct. 5: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Theme: No limits on topics. Moderator: Gwen Ifill, senior correspondent for "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer"
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