LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• Glen Cove Nursing School (New York) - LPN (1964)

Office History

Election Results

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  4th Congressional District of New York
  Carolyn Cook McCarthy, 54.75%

  Democrat
  Francis X Becker, 28.61%

  Republican
  Frank J Scaturro, 5.21%

  Conservative

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  4th Congressional District of New York
  Carolyn Cook McCarthy, 53.61%

  Democrat
  Francis X. Becker, 46.36%

  Republican

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  4th Congressional District of New York
  Carolyn Cook McCarthy, 54.91%

  Democrat
  Jack M Martins, 30.88%

  Republican

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  4th Congressional District of New York
  Carolyn Cook McCarthy, 59.69%

  Democrat
  Martin W Blessinger, 32.26%

  Republican

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  4th Congressional District of New York
  Carolyn Cook McCarthy, 56.22%

  Democrat
  James A Garner, 33.09%

  Republican

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  4th Congressional District of New York
  Carolyn Cook McCarthy, 52.60%

  Democrat
  Marilyn F. O'Grady, 40.43%

  Republican

• 2001 (Nov. 7, 2000 election)

  4th Congressional District of New York
  Carolyn Cook McCarthy, 53.83%

  Democrat
  Gregory R Becker, 34.58%

  Republican

• 1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)

  4th Congressional District of New York
  Carolyn Cook McCarthy, 48.37%

  Democrat
  Gregory R. Becker, 42.86%

  Republican

• 1997 (Nov. 5, 1996 election)

  4th Congressional District of New York
  Carolyn Cook McCarthy, 53.78%

  Democrat
  Daniel Frisa (Dan), 37.90%

  Republican
  Vincent P Garbitelli, 1.38%

  Right to Life

Associated Organizations

• Friends of Carolyn McCarthy (New York)

• CAP PAC

Awards

• Best of Congress Award (Working Mother Magazine) (Sept. 2010)

• Distinguished Service Award (Voices for National Service) (2008)

Official Signature

Privately Financed Travel

14 trips taken between 2000 - 2010 costing $18,392

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• House committee staffer takes policy position at Council for a Strong America

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on June 10, 2015
  A former House committee staffer has returned to government relations as federal policy deputy director at the Council for a Strong America. read more

• House Republicans pay out more in 2014 staff bonuses

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on March 3, 2015
  The House GOP gave higher bonuses to staff than Democrats in 2014, but Democrats took the top spot and six of the top 10 slots in doling out higher fourth quarter salaries on average per staffer. read more

• Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 19, 2012
  Fresh evidence of the revolving door swinging has emerged from the lobbying reports released mid-week, with a handful of first-time lobbyists pulled from Congress. read more

• Some members very generous with staff bonuses

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on March 8, 2011
  Nearly 1 in 10 House members paid at least six-figure bonuses to their staffs last year after a hard-fought election. Most who paid such bonus packages were defeated in the election or retired - with most of those departing being Democrats, of course, given the election tilt toward the GOP.
  
  But three of the top four bonus payers last year who remained in office were Republicans, including Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), who chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee. He paid roughly $133,000 in bonuses to his personal staff, which does not include his committee staffers. read more