o.k., america, the buck stops here, today, with you. the choice on the presidential ticket is as stark and obvious as it has been in any of our lifetimes. and for some new york and new jersey voters, we have excellent candidates to suggest, too. president and vice president hillary clinton and tim kaine (d) new york state, poll hours: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. united states senate chuck schumer (d), senior senator, likely majority leader if the democrats take the senate, has it all over his opponent in experience, smarts and clout. house of representatives district 1 (eastern long island): anna throne-holst (d), right on gun control, climate change and education, unlike the incumbent, a hard-right donald trump supporter. district 3 (parts of queens, nassau and suffolk counties): tom suozzi (d), an experienced and gifted politician, longtime reformer with excellent ideas for saving the suburbs and fixing government. district 19 (hudson valley and the catskills): zephyr teachout (d), the law professor who ran an impressive but unsuccessful campaign to unseat gov. andrew cuomo, a voice for farmers and the environment, poised to be a national leader on her main issue: the corrosive effect of money in politics. district 24 (syracuse area): john katko (r), an independent thinker who bucks his party<u+2019>s destructive line on issues like immigration and the environment <u+2014> and, most important, on mr. trump. state senate district 9 (nassau county): todd kaminsky (d), a former prosecutor, now assembly member, the perfect choice to replace the corruption-toppled dean skelos, one of the biggest symbols of all that<u+2019>s wrong with albany. district 7 (nassau county): elaine phillips (r), as republican mayor of the village of flower hill, built a strong environmental record. new jersey, poll hours: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. house of representatives district 5 (parts of bergen, passaic, sussex and warren counties): josh gottheimer (d), a former microsoft executive and presidential speechwriter who promises to be civil and get things done, lacking his opponent<u+2019>s ultraconservative disdain for government. follow the new york times opinion section on facebook and twitter (@nytopinion), and sign up for the opinion today newsletter . a version of this editorial appears in print on november 8, 2016, on page a18 of the new york edition with the headline: election day choices. today's paper | subscribe
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