SCHUMER ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF HIS STATEWIDE LOTTERY FOR TICKETS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA’S HISTORIC SWEARING-IN-- December 17, 2008

Senator Was Joined by Dozens of Winners and Their Families from NYC, Long Island and Westchester -- Each of the Winners Will Receive Two Tickets to the Swearing-In Ceremony

Nearly 150,000 New Yorkers Entered the Lottery to Attend the Historic Inauguration in Washington D.C.- 175 Received Tickets To the Inaugural Swearing-In Ceremony
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SCHUMER COMPLETES 62 COUNTY TOUR FOR RECORD TENTH YEAR-IN-A-ROW WITH VISIT TO MADISON COUNTY LANDFILL GAS-TO-ENERGY FACILITY -- December 8th, 2008

While Spearheading Nationwide Senate Electoral Victory for the Second Time, Schumer Continues to Follow Through on Original Pledge to Visit Every NY County Every Year

With his visit to the Madison County Landfill Gas-to-Energy Facility in Madison County today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer completes his 62 County tour of New York for the tenth year-in-a-row – a feat that makes him the first Senator to visit every single county in New York every year he has been in office.

Schumer's 2008 tour of New York included 14 trips to Albany; 17 to Erie; 18 to Monroe; 13 to Onondaga; 19 to Westchester and Rockland counties. He also made a total of 10 trips to the North Country, 12 trips to the Southern Tier, 20 trips to the Capital Region, 22 trips to Western New York, 35 trips to the Hudson Valley, 21 trips to Central New York, and 26 trips to Rochester-Finger Lakes. This included trips to Chautauqua, Cortland, Dutchess, Jefferson, Livingston, Niagara, Oneida, Orange, Richmond, and Ulster Counties.
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