מארטי קאננער האט שטארק געשטיצט די חוקי תועבה

He's certainly been there awhile. Connor won the seat in 1978, a year before Squadron was born. But on a checklist of progressive issues—housing, health, education, environment, labor, gay rights—he gets as high a grade as any of his peers. He's also the Democrats' go-to man for election-law issues, no small talent in an ever-fractious legislature. He's also been involved in every major political battle, and has the battle scars to prove it. One was in 1998, when he thought Geraldine Ferraro would make a better U.S. senator than Schumer. Apparently the winner never forgot.