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Warren Redlich
Candidate Warren Redlich
Born	March 8, 1966 Syosset, New York, United States
Occupation	Attorney
Spouse	Heather J. Redlich

Warren Redlich of Guilderland, New York was the 2006 and 2004 Republican candidate for Congress in New York's 21st congressional district.

Contents 1 Family 2 Education 3 Career 3.1 Switch to Republican 3.2 Congressional Campaigns 3.2.1 2004 3.2.2 2006 4 References 5 External links 6 See also

Redlich is married to Heather J. Redlich, an attorney, and together they have two daughters. Redlich's father, Allen Redlich, was a professor at Albany Law School.

Born in Long Island, Redlich is a graduate of Rice University with a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematical Economics. He holds a Master's Degree in Political Science from Stanford University, and a J.D. from Albany Law School.

Redlich taught English in Hiroshima, Japan for a year after law school. He began his legal career as a trial lawyer for the Allstate Insurance Company. He then worked as a law clerk for a judge of the New York Supreme Court (New York's trial court) in Fulton County, New York. In May of 2003 he opened his own law firm.

Redlich works on a fairly narrow range of legal matters, including criminal defense and personal injury cases.

See Metroland Online, "You’re a What?" :

Redlich became a Republican because during his stint as a Democratic committeeman in his hometown of Guilderland he thought the town Democrats’ agenda of keeping commercial development out but allowing continued residential development was disastrous, and found he aligned more closely with the thinking of the town’s Republicans^[1].

Redlich also ran in the 21st congressional district race of 2004, gaining 30% of the vote; 5 points better than the last 7 challengers to Democratic incumbent Michael R. McNulty. Redlich received 80,000 votes in 2004, compared to 53,000 for the 2002 challenger. His petitions for the 2006 race were filed on July 13th, containing nearly 6000 signatures (1250 required).

In 2004, Redlich advertised that the US should "Stop wasting money overseas defending rich countries like France." This was directed at the US military presence in Europe, Japan and South Korea. In their two debates, Redlich challenged the incumbent to explain his exit strategy for these countries. The incumbent countered that it would not be appropriate to remove our troops from Europe while we were at war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the military presence in Europe supported these wars and provided quicker medical care for soldiers coming back.

For 2006, Redlich simplified his campaign message to "Stop wasting money," which is also the name of his blog. In so doing, Redlich addressed various issues with this theme, attempting to connect this with the McNulty's 2003 rating as the 2nd biggest spender in Congress with an 18% rating from the National Taxpayers Union^[2].

1. ^ Metroland Online, "You’re a What?", Ralph Nader isn’t the only guy saying there’s no difference between Democrats and Republicans, Miriam Axel-Lute, 2002, Lou Communications, Inc., Albany, NY
2. ^ National Taxpayers Union Rates Congress, 2003, National Taxpayers Union, 108th Congress

• Warren Redlich's congressional campaign page
• Campaign's Stop Wasting Money blog
• CNN page on 2004 candidacy
• Washington Post page on 2004 candidacy
• Republican Liberty Caucus endorsed candidates for 2006
• Metroland (Albany progressive newspaper) archive with article on Redlich's unusual issue positions as a Republican - article about 1/2 down
• NYS Board of Elections results page
• Excerpts of local newspaper articles on 2004 campaign

• New York's 21st congressional district
• Michael R. McNulty
• Guilderland, New York
• Albany Law School
• Fulton County, New York