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For Joseph DioGuardi, it was a night of vindication. Given the cold shoulder by Republican Party leaders at their convention this summer, DioGuardi had to petition his way onto the primary ballot, only to prevail over opponents David Malpass and Bruce Blakeman Tuesday.

He now takes on Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in November as the nominee of both the Republican and Conservative parties.

“We brought together Conservative and Republican lines,” he said. “Do you realize what that means? Senator Gillibrand’s worst nightmare is coming true tonight.

Gillibrand, meanwhile, cruised to a primary win of her own against little-known Gail Goode. While once viewed as a vulnerable target, Gillibrand far outstrips DioGuardi in fundraising and name recognition.

Then again, DioGuardi, a former Congressman from Westchester County, has some name recognition of his own thanks to his famous daughter, former “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi.

His message is one of reining in government spending and a national debt he estimates at $63 trillion.

“What is Joe DioGuardi doing in this race? He’s dropping a $63 trillion bomb to wake up America with spending money we don’t have,” he said.

The winner of the general election in November won't get a full six-year term. Instead they'll serve out just the last two years of the term begun by Hillary Clinton before she was tapped as secretary of state. This means whoever wins will have to run again in 2012.