Michele Bachmann: Anthony Weiner before and during his marriage

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Anthony Weiner before and during his marriage

Anthony David Weiner (pronounced /ˈwiːnər/; born September 4, 1964) is a former U.S. Representative who served New York's 9th congressional district from January 1999 until June 2011. A Democrat, Weiner was first elected to fill the seat previously occupied by Democrat Charles Schumer. He won seven terms, never receiving less than 59 percent of the vote He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of New York City in the 2005 election, and had begun to amass a campaign fund to run again for mayor in 2013.

Previously, Weiner was a New York City councilman from 1992 to 1998, and a congressional aide to then-U.S. Representative Schumer from 1985 to 1991. A New York City native, he attended the public schools and graduated from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh in 1985 with a bachelor of arts degree in political science.

Weiner resigned from Congress in the midst of a sexting scandal launched after he accidentally posted a link to a lewd photograph of himself to the public Twitter account he used to communicate with constituents. After days of telling the media that his account had been hacked and that the picture had possibly been altered, he held a press conference on June 6, 2011, admitting that he had sent sexually explicit text messages and photographs of himself to several women, both before and during his marriage Pressure for him to resign mounted over the following ten days, with leaders of both parties calling for his resignation, and President Barack Obama saying that if he were Weiner he would step down. On June 16, 2011, he announced his intention to resign from CongressHe sent a formal letter of resignation, effective June 21, 2011, to the New York Secretary of State, clearing the way for a special election to fill the remainder of his term
1 Early life, education, and family
2 New York City Councilman: 1992–98
3 U.S. Congressman: 1999–2011
3.1 Domestic issues
3.2 Foreign policy
3.3 Criticisms and controversies
3.4 Sexting scandal and resignation
4 Mayoral run
5 Personal life
6 References
7 External links
Weiner was born in Brooklyn, New York, one of three sons of Mort Weiner, a lawyer, and his wife Fran, a public high school mathematics teacherThe family lived for a time in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. Weiner described his ethnic and religious background in 2011: "We weren't a very religious household," he said, "but we had a very strong sense of our Judaism His older brother, Seth, was killed at age 39 in a hit-and-run pedestrian–car accident in May 2000.His younger brother, Jason, is a chef and co-owner of New York restaurants

Weiner took the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test qualified for Brooklyn Technical High School, and graduated in 1981He attended the State University of New York at Plattsburgh where he played on the hockey team and initially aspired to become a television weatherman. His interests turned towards politics; he became active in student government and was named most effective student senator

Upon receiving his bachelor of arts degree in political science in 1985, Weiner joined the staff of then-Congressman and current Senator Chuck Schumer. He worked in Schumer's Washington, D.C. office for three years, then transferred to Schumer's district office in Brooklyn in 1988 when Schumer encouraged him to become involved in local politics.

Anthony Weiner