Marc Molinaro

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Marc Molinaro (2018)

Marcus J. "Marc" Molinaro (born October 8, 1975 in Yonkers , New York ) is an American politician . He is a member of the Republican Party . From 1995 to 2001, Molinaro served as mayor of the village of Tivoli , New York; then he was a member of the Dutchess County Legislature from 2001 to 2006 . Molinaro then represented the 103rd district in the New York State Assembly . Since January 1, 2012 he has been the County Executive of Dutchess County .

Molinaro ran as a Republican candidate in the election for governor of New York state in 2018 , but was defeated by incumbent Andrew Cuomo .

Life

Molinaro was born in Yonkers, a suburb of New York City , where he grew up until he was five. In 1980 the family moved to Beacon , New York, later Molinaro and his parents moved to Tivoli, New York. There he attended high school and then the Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie . There he studied social sciences and received his Bachelor of Arts in 2001 .

Marc Molinaro is a member of the International Red Cross Movement . He is married to Corinne Adams and has two children with them. Molinaro also has a son and a daughter from a previous relationship. Marc Molinaro lives in Red Hook .

Political career

In 1994, at the age of 18, Marc Molinaro was elected to the Board of Trustees in his home village of Tivoli. A year later he was elected mayor of the town and, at just 19, was the youngest mayor in the United States. After five terms in office, Molinaro finally gave up the office of mayor in 2001, after which he was a member of the legislature in Dutchess County until December 31, 2006 . In 2006, Molinaro was elected to the New York State Assembly as a representative of the 103rd Ward . In January 2011, Molinaro was inducted into the New York State Governor's Mandate Relief Redesign Team on the advice of New York State Assembly Chairman Brian Kolb .

In May 2011, Molinaro announced his candidacy for election to the County Executive of Dutchess County. In the election on November 8, 2011, he prevailed with 62 percent of the vote against the candidate of the Democrats and Mayor of the city of Beekman, Dan French. On January 1, 2012, Molinaro took office, replacing William Steinhaus , who had previously been County Executive for over 20 years. Since his inauguration, the Dutchess County's county government has had the smallest workforce ever. In 2014, Molinaro received the Land Use Law Center's Groundbreaker's Award from Pace University . On November 3, 2015, Molinaro was re-elected against challenger Diane Jablonski. Also in 2015, Molinaro was elected Vice President of the New York State Association of Counties.

In March 2018, Molinaro informed the Republican Party of his interest in running for the gubernatorial elections in New York, and on April 2, 2018, he officially announced the candidacy. On May 20, 2019, the Reform Party announced its nomination for Molinaro, and the Republican Party followed suit three days later. During the election campaign, the election campaign team of candidate Andrew Cuomo , who was running for re- election, accused Molinaro of representing misogynistic and xenophobic positions and called him an anti- abortionist . In response to this, Molinaro described his political positions as more differentiated, Cuomo portrayed him as more conservative than he really was. Molinaro is believed to be the defender of the National Rifle Association . In the gubernatorial election on November 6, 2018, Molinaro received 36.8 percent of the vote and was therefore subject to incumbent Andrew Cuomo.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e John W. Barry: Marc Molinaro: A Timeline of his career. Poughkeepsie Journal, April 2, 2018, accessed June 27, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c About Marcus Molinaro. Republican Party of New York, accessed June 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Jesse McKinley: A Republican with Small-Town Roots Launches Bid for Governor. New York Times , April 2, 2018, accessed June 27, 2019.
  4. ^ Grace Seegers: 5 things to know about Marcus Molinaro. City & State New York, April 3, 2018, accessed June 27, 2019.
  5. ↑ Jon Craig: Dutchess Voters Overwhelmingly Re-Elect Marc Molinaro As County Executive. Daily Voice, November 4, 2015, accessed June 27, 2019.
  6. ↑ Kenneth Lovett: NYS Conservative Party leaders back Molinaro for governor. New York Daily News April 16, 2018, archived from the original on March 27, 2019 ; accessed on June 27, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Jimmy Vielkind: Reform Party nominates Molinaro, backs Bharara for attorney general. In: politico.com , May 20, 2018, accessed June 27, 2019.
  8. ↑ Michael Gormley: Marc Molinaro confronts Trump, abortion, NRA in taking on Cuomo. Newsday, June 30, 2018, accessed June 27, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Molinaro, Marc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Molinaro, Marcus J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician, Mayor of Tivoli (1995–2001), County Executive of Dutchess County since 2012
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Yonkers , New York , United States