Eric Massa

Eric Massa

Infobox Congressional Candidate
honorific-prefix =
name = Eric Massa
honorific-suffix =


state = New York
nominee = U.S. Representative for New York, 29th District
opponent = Randy Kuhl (R)
incumbent = Randy Kuhl
election_date = November 4, 2008
party = Democratic
date of birth=
place of birth = Staten Island, New York
date of death=
place of death=
alma_mater = United States Naval Academy
occupation = Naval officer, business consultant
profession =
spouse = Beverly
residence = Corning, New York
religion = Roman Catholic
website = [http://www.massaforcongress.com/ www.massaforcongress.com]

Eric J. Massa is a Democratic politician from Corning, New York most notable for his two runs against Randy Kuhl to represent New York's 29th congressional district.

Massa attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and went on to serve in the Navy for 24 years. He eventually served as aide to former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, General Wesley Clark. Near the end of his Navy career he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a disease he was able to survive. A [http://senorswanky.blogspot.com/2005/08/eric-massa-for-congress-another.html former Republican] , he claims he left his party over the issue of the Iraq War and campaigned in New Hampshire during the campaign of his former boss, Wesley Clark's failed presidential bid.

During the 2006 campaign, Massa positioned himself as strongly opposed to the Iraq war and unrestricted "free trade," favoring instead "fair trade". Other issues in his platform included expanding farm aid programs, as well as bringing homeland security money to the 29th District. Massa is also active in Band of Brothers/Veterans for a Secure America whose goal is to help veterans who are running for Congress as Democrats. He also supported a system for universal health care.

Massa has recently worked as a business consultant for [http://www.stratsight.com Strategic Insight] , a defense consulting firm in Alexandria, Virginia. Massa, during a press conference in June, 2007, stated that he has since "curtailed all other activities in April (2007) when he became an active candidate".

Massa lives in Corning, New York with his wife Beverly, daughter Alexandra and son Justin. His eldest son Richard lives in California.

Massa was listed in the Esquire 100 at spot number 35 in October 2007.

ee also

*New York's 29th congressional district election, 2006
*New York's 29th congressional district election, 2008

External links

* [http://www.massaforcongress.com/ Eric Massa for U.S. Congress] "official campaign website"
* [http://opensecrets.org/races/summary.asp?ID=NY29&Cycle=2008 Campaign contributions] at OpenSecrets.org


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