Candidate · State Senate, District 50
Christopher J. Ryan
What this job does: Your district's vote in the New York State Senate (63 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and approve the governor's picks for top jobs and for judges on the state's highest court. A term is two years.
- Current office
- State Senator, District 50 (since 2025)
- Occupation
- State Senator
- Lives in
- Geddes
Background
- Holds a B.S. in criminal justice from Buffalo State College and an A.A.S. in criminal justice from Onondaga Community College. source: nysenate.gov
- Worked as a telephone lineman; member of Communications Workers of America Local 1123, serving 10 years as executive vice president before being elected president in 2014. source: nysenate.gov
- First elected to the Geddes Town Board in 2005; served on the Onondaga County Legislature from 2011, including as Minority Leader. source: nysenate.gov
- Took office in the State Senate on January 1, 2025; chairs the Cities 2 Committee. source: nysenate.gov
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