Teresa Sayward
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Teresa R. Sayward (born 1944/1945)[1] was a member of the New York State Assembly for Willsboro (the 113th district), first elected in 2002. She is a Republican.[4]
Career
Sayward was a dairy farmer with her husband Ken for 16 years until 1988, when they sold their farm due it becoming unprofitable.[8] She has also worked as a real estate agent, an antiques dealer and as an interior decorator.[4] After leaving dairy farming she stood for election as the Republican candidate for town supervisor of Willsboro, winning on her second attempt in 1992.[1][4]
Political history
She was town supervisor for 11 years and the chairwoman of the Essex County Board of Supervisors.[4] She was awarded the title of "Outstanding Local Official" for 2002 by the Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board.[9]
She became a member of the New York State Assembly in 2002, replacing Elizabeth Little[4] in a six-way contest in which she won 52% of the vote.[10] Sayward had narrowly beaten Thomas Scozzafava to the Republican nomination,[11] and he stood against her as a Conservative candidate.[12] Sayward spent $112,000 on the campaign.[13] In 2006 she became the secretary of the Assembly Republican Conference.[14]
She ran unopposed, as a Republican with the endorsement of the Independence Party of New York, in the November 2008[2] and November 2010 general elections.[3][15] Sayward retired from the Assembly at the end of 2012.[16]
In 2012, she supported democratic President Barack Obama for re-election.[17]
Positions
Sayward favors lowering health care costs, workers' compensation costs, and local property taxes,[4] and has argued for extensive state budget cuts.[18] She supported Governor David Paterson's 2009 proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in New York[19] and gave an emotional speech in the state assembly that helped pass a bill for legalization.[20] Her elder son Glenn is gay and she views gay marriage as a civil rights issue;[6][19] she received significant campaign donations from out of state as a result of her position,[7] but lost the endorsement of the Conservative Party of New York State.[21] She has campaigned nationally for gay rights[6] and is involved with the Log Cabin Republicans.[22] She supported her friend Dede Scozzafava's 2009 campaign for Congress.[23] She is a member of the National Rifle Association.[24]
Family
Sayward and her husband Kenneth[4] have four children: Glenn (b. 1961),[6][21] Yvonne (b. 1963/1964),[8] Kyle (1969—2007),[25] and Wendy (b. 1972/1973).[8]
References
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| New York Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by | New York State Assembly 113th District 2003–2014 |
Succeeded by Carrie Woerner |
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- ↑ http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/03/08/440746/ny-gop-lawmaker-women-back-decades/?mobile=nc
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