Vale of Tears is the third novel by Peter T. King, a member of the Republican Party and the U.S. Representative for New York's 2nd congressional district.
 Published in 2004, it is a thriller about a congressman, Sean Cross (who had first appeared as the protagonist of King's second novel, "Deliver Us From Evil"), who must thwart a planned “dirty bomb” attack by Qaeda operatives working in Brooklyn and on Long Island.
John Patton (January 6, 1823 – December 23, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
 He was the father of Charles Emory Patton, also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1911–1915), and John Patton Jr., a U.S. Senator from Michigan (1894–1895), and the uncle of William Irvin Swoope, also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1923–1927).
Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler (born November 3, 1978) is an American politician, who has served as the U.S. Representative for Washington 's 3 congressional district since January 2011.
 She is a member of the Republican Party, and is the second youngest female U.S. Representative.
 She is a former Senior Legislative Aide for U.S. Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Spokane) and a former state representative for the 18th Legislative District in Washington.
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 The first United States Numbered Highways U.S. Routes were formed in 1926, and served as the primary thoroughfares across the entire state.
 Twenty six of the 33 counties in New Mexico are served by current U.S. Routes.
 The only counties lacking U.S. Route coverage are: Bernalillo, Cibola, Harding, Los Alamos, Mora, Sierra, and Valencia.
The United States Permanent Representative to NATO (commonly called the U.S. Ambassador to NATO) is the official representative of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
 The Representative has the rank of full ambassador and is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
 The full official title of the Representative is United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
 The current U.S. Ambassador to NATO is Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Peter Thomas King (born April 5, 1944) is an American politician and current U.S. Representative for New York 's 2 congressional district .
 He is a member of the Republican Party and represents the South Shore Long Island district that includes parts of Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Donald W. Norcross (born December 13, 1958) is the current U.S. Representative for 2=nd
Nicola Dickson "Niki" Sauvage Tsongas ( ; born April 26, 1946) is an American politician and the current U.S. Representative for Massachusetts 's 3 congressional district .
 From 2007 to 2013 she represented Massachusetts 's 5 congressional district , the district her husband Paul Tsongas served prior to being elected to the United States Senate.
 She is a member of the Democratic Party.
 Following John Kerry's appointment as Secretary of State, she was widely expected to run in the 2013 special election for the Senate seat once held by her husband; she put such speculations to rest when she announced her endorsement of Representative Ed Markey instead.
Patricia Geary is an American author.
 After writing two borderline fantasy novels, "Living in Ether" (1982) and "Strange Toys" (1987), the latter of which won the Philip K. Dick Award, she found it difficult to sell her third novel as she had a reputation primarily as a fantasy author , and returned to teaching (she teaches creative writing at the University of Redlands).
 Her third novel, "The Other Canyon", was published in 2002 by Gorsky Press, and another, "Guru Cigarettes", in 2005.
Donald John Bacon (born August 16, 1963) is a retired United States Air Force Brigadier General and current U.S. Representative for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district.

Question: Vale of Tears is the third novel by an author who is a current U.S. Representative for what state?
Answer: New York