Michael P. Forbes

A Representative from New York. Born in Riverhead, Suffolk County, N. Y. , July 16, 1952. Graduated Westhampton Beach High School, Westhampton, N. Y. , 1970. B. A. , State University of New York, Albany, 1983. Worked in family newspaper business, Riverhead, N. Y. Managed Suffolk County Legislature campaign, 1971. Staff member for Senator Alphonse M. D'Amato of New York and Senator Connie Mack of Florida. Staff member for New York State speaker Perry B. Duryea, Jr. , New York State assemblyman John Behan and New York State senator Caesar Trunzo. Owner, public relations and marketing business. Positions in Small Business Administration. Regional director, New York office then principal liaison with House of Representatives for Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2001). Changed party affiliation to Democrat in 1999. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Seventh Congress in 2000.