New York State’s third largest political organization cites Tonko’s record of leadership and results 

Paul Tonko for Congress

Published: 12:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Even after a long career in politics, Paul Tonko still has a way of thinking and speaking like the engineer that he once was. It comes in handy this year as he campaigns for re-election to represent the 21st Congressional District. He points to the incremental yet significant progress away from economic collapse that's been made during the past two years, even if President Obama and other Democrats have been unable to fully articulate its virtues.

There's the economic stimulus that Congress passed, for instance. Costly as it was, at some $787 billion, it's meant that some 3.5 million Americans are working today, in jobs that were either created or at least saved by legislation that, in retrospect, didn't go far enough.