[3][4] He faced Conservative Party candidate Walter Lamp in the 2000 election cycle.
[5][6] Hevesi served until 2002, when his district was redrawn,[7] citing partisan politics and Republican control of the senate as his reason for stepping down.
[8] In 2007, Hevesi was asked to provide financial records for a business he owned during a probe targeting his father's actions as New York State Comptroller.
[10] Linked to the investigation,[11] attorney general Andrew Cuomo later accused Saul Meyer of helping Daniel Hevesi earn a $250,000 placement fee from the pension fund of the government of New Mexico.
[12][13] The New Mexico State Investment Council filed a lawsuit against Meyer and Hevesi, among others, with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico in May 2011.