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In April 2008, Treadwell filed to run for Congress in New York's 20th District against Kirsten Gillibrand. [7] Treadwell signed the Americans For Tax Reform's Taxpayer Protection Pledge and ran on the promise that he will never vote to increase taxes on individuals or businesses. [5] He supported more troops in Iraq, but noted, "We went into Iraq for the wrong reasons. Terrible mistakes were made in the first four years." [5] He also favored a limit of four terms for Congressmen. [5] In addition, he supported expanding broadband and cellular infrastructure. [5] He also stated that he would not accept a salary to serve in Congress, but would donate those funds to charities. [5]

Treadwell was endorsed by Bill Weld, the former Governor of Massachusetts. [18] Former mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, hit the campaign trail on his behalf. [19] However, conservative commentator George Marlin criticized Treadwell, labeling him a "social moderate" and a "liberal elitist trust bab[y]". [18] In fact, during his campaign, Treadwell noted Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy as major influences on his life. [5] Another New York Republican operative called him a "Rockefeller Republican". [14]

Treadwell was defeated by Gillibrand, who was re-elected with 62% of the vote. [20] [21] Treadwell spent more than $6 million on his campaign; nearly $5 million was his own money. [22] Gillibrand spend $4.49 million. [21] It was the most expensive United States House race in 2008. [22]

Other political issues

In 2011, Treadwell publicly supported gay marriage, and encourage Republican senators to vote for marriage equality. [23] In 2020, Treadwell was a founder of a Bipartisan Committee to Elect Joe Biden; the committee started to support Democrat Amy Klobuchar who later withdrew from the presidential race. [24]

Artist

At 67 years old, Treadwell became an artist, specializing in charcoal portraits. [1] He is affiliated with the Ojai Studio Artists. [1] His gallery is the Ojai Valley Artists at 238 East Ojai Avenue in Ojai, California. [1]

Personal life

Treadwell married Elisabeth "Libby" Ward Krautter on March 21, 1970, in Saints Chapel of Christ Episcopal Church in Winnetka, Illinois. [6] [1] [10] Krautter was also a writer for Sports Illustrated and was one of the first woman journalists to cover professional football. [6] [2] In addition, she is a poet. [14] They had an apartment in Manhattan, but also lived in Essex County, New York near his mother. [2] They moved to Westport in 1972. [5] The couple had two children: Zachary and Caroline. [2] [10]

In 1980, he saw runners in the New York City Marathon. [2] The next day, he began training for the 1981 marathon. [2] At the time, Treadwell smoked two and a half packs of cigarettes a day. [2] He ran both the New York City Marathon and the London Marathon two times, as well as running the Moscow Marathon once. [2]

In 2004, he purchased a home in Lake Placid, New York. [5] He spent winters there and summers in Westport on the farm where he spent his childhood. [5] The family also has a house in California. [14]

In 2004, President George W. Bush appointed Treadwell to the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. [14] In 2006, he was the president of the Lake Placid Regional Winter Sports Committee. [10] He has also served as vice president of the Clark Foundation. [10]

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Sandy Treadwell
Chair of the New York Republican Party
In office
March 8, 2001 –November 15, 2004
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State of New York
1995–2001		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee
2001–2004		Succeeded by
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