37. Craig Johnson

Maybe Craig Johnson didn’t get the memo: When your party makes a decision, you‘re supposed to go with it. But Johnson has bucked the trend a couple of times since he has been in Albany, and fought for his district since heading upstate. Johnson, who won his seat in a special election after former State Senator Michael Balboni left the post to become NY’s homeland security chief, spent his first term in the minority. But with the 2008 Democratic victories, he will have some more muscle in the capital and will continue to advocate for property tax relief and other issues facing Long Islanders. However, the Power List committee wants to send a message to Johnson and the rest of the LI delegation that with the current budget laying lots of pressure on LI to save the state, we need some relief. Keep fighting the power, Senator. And let’s win some for the Island.