19th Congressional District

Chris Gibson

Ballot lines: Republican, Conservative and Independence Party

Age: 48

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree from Siena College, master's and doctoral degree from Cornell University; U.S. Congressman for one two-year term; retired after a 24-year-career in the U.S. Army, during which he attained the rank of colonel and served several tours overseas; taught at West Point; served as a Congressional Fellow with U.S. Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif.; completed a Hoover National Security Affairs Fellowship at Stanford University.

Julian Schreibman

Ballot lines: Democratic, Working Families

Age: 40

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree from Yale and law degree from Yale Law School; partner in the law firm Wachtel Masyr & Missry; worked as a senior assistant district attorney for Ulster County; practiced international trade law at Baker & McKenzie in Washington, D.C.; served as an assistant general counsel at the CIA, where he received the attorney general's Distinguished Service Award for helping prosecute four al-Qaeda members who bombed U.S. embassies.