Jim Tedisco

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Jim Tedisco
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Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 110th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2003
Preceded by Chris Ortloff
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 103rd district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by Arnold Proskin
Succeeded by Pat Manning
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 107th district
In office
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by Clark Wemple
Succeeded by Arnold Proskin
Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly
In office
November 29, 2005 – April 3, 2009[1]
Governor George Pataki
Eliot Spitzer
David Paterson
Preceded by Charles H. Nesbitt
Succeeded by Brian Kolb
Personal details
Born James Nicholas Tedisco
(1950-07-15) July 15, 1950 (age 74)[2]
Schenectady, New York, United States
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Mary Song[3]
Residence Glenville, New York (primary)
Saratoga Springs, New York[4]
Alma mater Union College
Religion Catholic[5]
Website Assembly Website

James Nicholas "Jim" Tedisco (born July 15, 1950) is an American politician. He 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.

Early life, education, and academic career

Jim Tedisco graduated from Bishop Gibbons High School in 1968, and then received his B.A. in Psychology from Union College.[6] 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.[7] In 1997, he was given the Silver Anniversary Award from the NCAA.[8] 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.[9]

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.

Schenectady City Council

In 1977, at age 27, he became the youngest person to be elected to the Schenectady City Council, and was re-elected four years later.[6]

New York Assembly

Tedisco with fellow Assemblyman Greg Ball at a school tax reform press conference.

Elections

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.[6]

Due to redistricting, Tedisco represented the 107th District from 1983 to 1993, the 103rd District from 1993 to 2003, and has represented the 110th District since 2003.[10] The 110th District consists of portions of Schenectady, Saratoga Springs and other communities in upstate New York.[11]

Tedisco ran uncontested in the 2008 general election[12] and won the 2010 general election with 64 percent of the vote.[13][14]

In 2010, he won reelection against Bahram Keramati. In 2012 he won reelection against Michele E. Draves, and he won his 15th term in 2014 against Jared B. Hickey.

Tenure

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.

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 illegal immigrants to obtain driver licenses in New York, an issue Spitzer retreated on.[15] 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".[16] A portion of the funding at issue was later restored.[17] 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.[18] Spitzer announced his resignation the next day, March 12, 2008.[19]

Committee assignments

Tedisco was chosen as the Ranking Minority Member on the Committee on Children and Families and Chairman of the Assembly Minority Task Force on Missing Children.

Currently, he serves on the House Committee on Cities, House Committee on Economic Development, House Committee on Racing and Wagering, and House Committee on Rules.[20]

2009 special congressional election

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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.[21] Though not a resident of the district,[22][23] Tedisco became its Republican nominee on January 27, 2009, and ran against Democrat Scott Murphy.[24] The initial count from the election had Murphy leading by 59 votes, out of over 155,000 cast on March 31, 2009. This tally did not include any of the 10,000 requested absentee ballots, which needed only to have been postmarked by that date and could have been returned as late as April 7 (domestically) or April 13 (internationally).[25] Eventually, about 7,000 absentee ballots were received; the vote count as of April 24 had Murphy ahead by 399 votes.[26] On April 24, Tedisco conceded the election to Murphy.[27]

References

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  22. ↑ "Election day in wild NY House race" by Associated Press, Boston Herald, November 3, 2009
  23. ↑ "NY special election seen as Obama's 1st test" by Bill Meyer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 29, 2009
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External links

New York Assembly
Preceded by New York State Assembly
107th District
1983–1992		 Succeeded by
Arnold W. Proskin
Preceded by New York State Assembly
103rd District
1993–2002		 Succeeded by
Patrick R. Manning
Preceded by New York State Assembly
110th District
2003–2012		 Succeeded by
Phillip Steck
Preceded by
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 New York State Assembly
112th District
2013–present		 Incumbent
Preceded by Minority Leader in the New York State Assembly
2005–2009		 Succeeded by
Brian Kolb
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA)
Class of 1997
Tommy Casanova
Jack Ford
David Joyner
Edward B. Rust Jr.
Jim Tedisco
Herb Washington		 Succeeded by
Gary Hall, Sr.
Lawrie Mifflin
Drew Pearson
Cynthia Potter
Sally Ride
Harry Smith

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