Conservative Chairman Mike Long has something of a bone to pick with House Speaker John Boehner telling the New York Republican delegation at a breakfast earlier this week there isn’t a “significant Senate race” going on in the state.

Mike Long, an early supporter of Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long (no relation), wrote a letter to Boehner today that took the speaker to task for not being all that aware of the campaign.

“Our US Senate candidate, Wendy Long, with little money and shear faith in New Yorkers waged an almost impossible primary campaign challenge and won the right to be on the GOP line against all odds,” Long wrote in the letter. “Every place Wendy Long goes throughout New York State she wins over voters and impresses all who make the effort to be an educated voter.”

“Every Republican/Conservative Congressional candidate will benefit in November with Wendy Long’s name above his or hers on the ballot,” he wrote. “You, as Speaker of the House, would benefit with a strong Republican/Conservative voice in the Senate from New York State, instead of the current Senator who does nothing to pass the legislation the House sends to the Senate.”

Boehner’s line at the GOP breakfast did land with something of a thud, especially since Wendy Long advisor David Catalfamo was in the room at the time (Long herself did not attend the convention).

Long’s campaign would later blast out an endorsement from Sen. John Cornyn, the leader of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Even if the Ohio Republican was a bit unaware of the New York political scene at least when it comes to the Senate, he sounded quite aware of who was running for office in his own chamber.

During the speech, Boehner mentioned every battleground House race that is going on this election cycle in the state, noting that there are competitive races from Suffolk to Erie counties.

The Boehner speech seemed to invigorate New York delegates, who didn’t have a convention speaker this year. As state Republican Chairman Ed Cox says, Boehner’s team is heavily invested in making New York competitive through an extensive GOTV effort that features phone banks and microtargeting of likely voters in order to maximize turnout.

The full letter from Long to Boehner is after the jump.

Hon. John Boehner
Speaker of the US House of Representatives
H-232 The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Speaker Boehner:

Imagine for a moment how surprised I was to read that when you addressed the New York delegation breakfast in Clearwater at the RNC convention on Wednesday, August 29 that you considered New York’s US Senate race one of the places where there is “no significant Senate race underway. Imagine my disappointment, which unfortunately is very real and quite disconcerting when so much is at stake.

New York State, in 2010, delivered more new GOP Congressmen to you than any other state in our Nation. They helped you become the Majority Leader and this year will help keep the GOP Majority in the House, in fact may even be part of giving you a bigger majority.

Why would you say there is “no significant US Senate race underway when we both know that we are already fighting the enrollment numbers in this blue state? New York voters are concerned about the fiscal future of our nation and are looking for candidates who will go to Washington to make a difference.

Our US Senate candidate, Wendy Long, with little money and shear faith in New Yorkers waged an almost impossible primary campaign challenge and won the right to be on the GOP line against all odds. Every place Wendy Long goes throughout New York State she wins over voters and impresses all who make the effort to be an educated voter.

Every Republican/Conservative Congressional candidate will benefit in November with Wendy Long’s name above his or hers on the ballot. You, as Speaker of the House, would benefit with a strong Republican/Conservative voice in the Senate from New York State, instead of the current Senator who does nothing to pass the legislation the House sends to the Senate.

Instead of trying to strengthen a coalition of republican/conservative voices that will help the country you and I are proud to be active political participants in, you let a golden opportunity slip by and in fact inadvertently undermined what we both work so hard to accomplish: a strong fiscally sound nation.

Congressman Boehner, New York State has a very significant Senate race underway. Wendy Long, despite all the odds, is making this a very significant race and come November 6, 2012 you may realize just how significant it was, especially when more republican/conservatives congressional candidates benefit by having her name above theirs on the ballot.

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