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==2009 special election==
==2009 special election==
{{main|New York's 20th congressional district special election, 2009}}
{{main|New York's 20th congressional district special election, 2009}}
On January 23, 2009, after Governor [[David Paterson]] announced that he had selected Representative [[Kirsten Gillibrand]] to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by [[Hillary Clinton]], Tedisco stated his intention to run for Congress to replace Gillibrand in New York's 20th Congressional District.<ref>{{cite web|title=Now who will replace Gillibrand? |url=http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/replace_1260323___article.html/gillibrand_moving.html |date=2009-01-23 |work=www.cbs6albany.com |publisher= WRGB CBS 6 Albany |accessdate=2009-04-06}}</ref> Tedisco became the Republican nominee on January 27, 2009, and ran against Democrat [[Scott Murphy (politician)|Scott Murphy]].<ref>{{cite web| author=Curtis Schick |title=GOP picks Tedisco to run on Republican ticket| url=http://capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/132480/gop-picks-tedisco-to-run-on-republican-ticket/Default.aspx |work=capitalnews9.com |publish=Capital News 9 |date=2009-01-28 |accessdate=2009-04-06}}</ref> The initial count from the election had Murphy leading by 59 votes, out of over 155,000 cast. This tally did not include absentee ballots, as they are not counted on election day in New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lead For Congressional Seat To Tedisco By 17 |url=http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2009/04/07/vote_seesaw/| date=2009-04-07 |work=www.northcountrygazette.org |publisher=June Maxam |accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref> About 10,000 absentee ballots were mailed out, with about 7,000 returned. As long as they were postmarked before election day, they can be returned as late as April 7 for ballots from within the country, and until April 13 for overseas ballots. <ref>{{cite news|author=Richburg, Keith B. |coauthor= Kane, Paul |title=Absentee Ballots to Decide N.Y. House Race |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/31/AR2009033104096.html?hpid=moreheadlines |date=1 April 2009 |work=www.washingtonpost.com |publisher=The Washington Post |accessdate=6 April 2009}}</ref> The latest vote count, as of April 24, had Murphy ahead by 399 votes.<ref name = boe417>{{cite web |title=Unofficial Combined Machine and Paper Results for NY 20th Congressional District |publisher=[[New York State Board of Elections]] |date=2009-04-23 |url=http://www.elections.state.ny.us/NYSBOE/Elections/2009/Special/20thCDCombinedResults04242009.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=[[2009-04-26]]}}</ref> On April 24, Tedisco conceded the election to Murphy, making Murphy the winner.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tedisco concedes; Murphy headed to Congress |last= |first= |publisher=[[Times Union (Albany)]] |date=[[2009-02-24]] |url=http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=793690 |accessdate=[[2009-02-24]]}}</ref>
On January 23, 2009, after Governor [[David Paterson]] announced that he had selected Representative [[Kirsten Gillibrand]] to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by [[Hillary Clinton]], Tedisco stated his intention to run for Congress to replace Gillibrand in New York's 20th Congressional District.<ref>{{cite web|title=Now who will replace Gillibrand? |url=http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/replace_1260323___article.html/gillibrand_moving.html |date=2009-01-23 |work=www.cbs6albany.com |publisher= WRGB CBS 6 Albany |accessdate=2009-04-06}}</ref> Tedisco became the Republican nominee on January 27, 2009, and ran against Democrat [[Scott Murphy (politician)|Scott Murphy]].<ref>{{cite web| author=Curtis Schick |title=GOP picks Tedisco to run on Republican ticket| url=http://capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/132480/gop-picks-tedisco-to-run-on-republican-ticket/Default.aspx |work=capitalnews9.com |publish=Capital News 9 |date=2009-01-28 |accessdate=2009-04-06}}</ref> The initial count from the election had Murphy leading by 59 votes, out of over 155,000 cast. This tally did not include absentee ballots, as they are not counted on election day in New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lead For Congressional Seat To Tedisco By 17 |url=http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2009/04/07/vote_seesaw/| date=2009-04-07 |work=www.northcountrygazette.org |publisher=June Maxam |accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref> About 10,000 absentee ballots were mailed out, with about 7,000 returned. As long as they were postmarked before election day, they can be returned as late as April 7 for ballots from within the country, and until April 13 for overseas ballots. <ref>{{cite news|author=Richburg, Keith B. |coauthor= Kane, Paul |title=Absentee Ballots to Decide N.Y. House Race |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/31/AR2009033104096.html?hpid=moreheadlines |date=1 April 2009 |work=www.washingtonpost.com |publisher=The Washington Post |accessdate=6 April 2009}}</ref> The latest vote count, as of April 24, had Murphy ahead by 399 votes.<ref name = boe417>{{cite web |title=Unofficial Combined Machine and Paper Results for NY 20th Congressional District |publisher=[[New York State Board of Elections]] |date=2009-04-23 |url=http://www.elections.state.ny.us/NYSBOE/Elections/2009/Special/20thCDCombinedResults04242009.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=[[2009-04-26]]}}</ref> On April 24, Tedisco conceded the election to Murphy, making Murphy the winner, and Tedisco the loser.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tedisco concedes; Murphy headed to Congress |last= |first= |publisher=[[Times Union (Albany)]] |date=[[2009-02-24]] |url=http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=793690 |accessdate=[[2009-02-24]]}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:27, 8 May 2009

Jim Tedisco
Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly
In office
November 29, 2005 – April 3, 2009 [1]
GovernorGeorge Pataki
Eliot Spitzer
David Paterson
Preceded byCharles H. Nesbitt
Succeeded byBrian Kolb
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 110th district
Assumed office
1983
Preceded byClark Wemple
Personal details
Born (1950-07-15) July 15, 1950 (age 73)[2]
Schenectady, New York
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMary Song[3]
Residence(s)Glenville, New York (primary)
Saratoga Springs, New York[4]
Alma materUnion College
WebsiteAssembly Website

James Nicholas "Jim" Tedisco (born July 15, 1950) is the Republican New York State assemblyman from the 110th District, and was the Assembly's Minority Leader from November 2005 until April 2009. He has served in the Assembly since 1983. He was the Republican nominee in a special election for the 20th US Congressional District to fill the seat vacated by Kirsten Gillibrand, following Gillibrand's appointment to the United States Senate; he conceded the race on April 24, 2009.[6]

Early life

Jim Tedisco graduated from Bishop Gibbons High School in 1968, and then received his B.A. in Psychology from Union College.[7] While at Union, he played varsity basketball for three years where he set 15 scoring and assist records, and left as Union's all-time leading scorer with 1,632 points. Tedisco earned multiple athletic awards during his college career, and was inducted into the Union Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002.[8] In 1997, he was given the Silver Anniversary Award from the NCAA.[9] The award is granted 25 years after graduation, and is based on a combination of academic achievement and being a prominent athlete while in college, and career and professional achievement after graduation.[10]

He went on to get a graduate degree in Special Education from the College of Saint Rose. From 1973 to 1982, Tedisco was a guidance counselor at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School in Schenectady, and was also the varsity basketball coach and athletic director. Later, he was a special education teacher at Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, a suburb of Albany. In 1977, at age 27, he became the youngest person to be elected to the Schenectady City Council, and was reelected four years later.[7]

New York Assembly

In 1982, Assemblyman Clark Wemple retired from the State Assembly, leaving an opening in the district. Tedisco won a four-way race in Republican primary, and then won the general election.[7] Tedisco was then chosen as the Ranking Minority Member on the Committee on Children and Families and Chairman of the Assembly Minority Task Force on Missing Children. As a result of his work on missing children, he authored Missing Children: A psychological approach to understanding the causes and consequences of stranger and non-stranger abduction of children, which was published in 1996.

Due to redistricting, Tedisco represented the 107th District from 1983-1993, the 103rd District from 1993–2003, and has represented the 110th District since 2003.[11] The 110th District consists of portions of Schenectady, Saratoga Springs, and other communities in Upstate New York (District Map).

Tedisco was a frequent critic of former Governor Eliot Spitzer. Tedisco drew attention in 2007 due to his vocal opposition to Spitzer's plan to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver licenses in New York, an issue Spitzer retreated on.[12] In October 2007, Tedisco charged that Spitzer had cut funding for health and education programs in the Schenectady area in retaliation for Tedisco's opposition to the Spitzer driver license plan, and accused the Governor of "dirty tricks" and "bullying".[13] A portion of the funding at issue was later restored.[14] When Spitzer's involvement with a prostitution ring surfaced in March 2008, Tedisco called for the Governor's resignation, and threatened impeachment if Spitzer did not resign.[15] Spitzer announced his resignation the next day, March 12, 2008.[16]

2009 special election

Main article: New York's 20th congressional district special election, 2009

On January 23, 2009, after Governor David Paterson announced that he had selected Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, Tedisco stated his intention to run for Congress to replace Gillibrand in New York's 20th Congressional District.[17] Tedisco became the Republican nominee on January 27, 2009, and ran against Democrat Scott Murphy.[18] The initial count from the election had Murphy leading by 59 votes, out of over 155,000 cast. This tally did not include absentee ballots, as they are not counted on election day in New York.[19] About 10,000 absentee ballots were mailed out, with about 7,000 returned. As long as they were postmarked before election day, they can be returned as late as April 7 for ballots from within the country, and until April 13 for overseas ballots. [20] The latest vote count, as of April 24, had Murphy ahead by 399 votes.[21] On April 24, Tedisco conceded the election to Murphy, making Murphy the winner, and Tedisco the loser.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Assembly Republicans pick Canandaigua's Kolb to replace Tedisco". www.bizjournals.com. The Business Review. 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  2. ^ "Asm. James Tedisco (R-NY 110th District)". capwiz.com/cvmha/. The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, Inc. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  3. ^ Halbfinger, David (2009-03-30). "On Election Day, He'll Be Everywhere but the Voting Booth". cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  4. ^ Mulholland, Mark (03-18-2009). "Tedisco can't vote for himself in Congressional race". www.wnyt.com. Retrieved 2009-04-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Dovere, Edward-Isaac (2008-03-14). "Tedisco Considering Running Statewide in 2010". www.nycapitolnews.com. The Capitol. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  6. ^ "Tedisco concedes; Murphy headed to Congress". Times Union (Albany). 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-02-24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  7. ^ a b c "Assemblyman James Tedisco: 110th Assembly District". assembly.state.ny.us/. New York Assembly. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  8. ^ "Hall of Fame, Jim Tedisco Class of 1972". www.unionathletics.org. Union College Athletics. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  9. ^ "Silver Anniversary Awards". www.ncaa.org. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1997-01-13. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  10. ^ "NCAA Silver Anniversary Awards". www.ncaa.org. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  11. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - James N. Tedisco". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
  12. ^ Jochnowitz, Jay (2009-09-28). "Tedisco To Spitzer: Turn Back, Or We'll Sue". blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/. Times Union. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  13. ^ "Tedisco Accuses Spitzer of 'Dirty Tricks,' 'Bullying'". www.cbs6albany.com. WRGB CBS 6 Albany. 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  14. ^ Web Staff (2007-12-18). "Funding restored to Schenectady clinic". capitalnews9.com. Capital News 9. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  15. ^ Hakim, Danny (11 March 2008). "State in Limbo as Questions Swirl About Spitzer's Future". www.nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 6 April 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthor= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Grynbam, Michael M. (12 March 2008). "Spitzer Resigns, Citing Personal Failings". www.nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  17. ^ "Now who will replace Gillibrand?". www.cbs6albany.com. WRGB CBS 6 Albany. 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  18. ^ Curtis Schick (2009-01-28). "GOP picks Tedisco to run on Republican ticket". capitalnews9.com. Retrieved 2009-04-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |publish= ignored (help)
  19. ^ "Lead For Congressional Seat To Tedisco By 17". www.northcountrygazette.org. June Maxam. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  20. ^ Richburg, Keith B. (1 April 2009). "Absentee Ballots to Decide N.Y. House Race". www.washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 April 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthor= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ "Unofficial Combined Machine and Paper Results for NY 20th Congressional District" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-04-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  22. ^ "Tedisco concedes; Murphy headed to Congress". Times Union (Albany). 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-02-24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)

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