Jackie Gordon, Congress, District 2
JACKIE GORDON
Democratic
BACKGROUND:
- Gordon, 55, has been a Babylon Town board member for 14 years. She is also running on the Working Families and Independence party lines.
- She worked for decades as a high school guidance counselor and served in the U.S. Army Reserve, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
- She graduated from Hunter College and Queens College.
ISSUES:
- On health care, she wants to lower the cost of care and prescription drugs, protect people with preexisting conditions and build the medical supply chain on Long Island.
- On education, she wants to expand skills and job training — not just for those attending four-year colleges — and reduce student loan debt.
- For veterans, she wants to improve career training, health care and housing assistance; increase services provided through the U.S. Department Veterans Affairs.
Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
