Brooke Ellison, of Long Island, N.Y., arrives at Louis Armstrong International Airport in this Dec. 3, 2004 file photo in New Orleans, after a flight from her home in Long Island, N.Y., to give the keynote address at the American Association of Respiratory Care's convention. Ellison is seeking a seat in the New York state senate. Ellison, a Democrat, says she wants to address the lack of affordable housing for young adults on Long Island, dwindling open space and environmental protections, and New York's failure to fund embryonic stem-cell research, among other issues. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)