John Gunther
What this job does: Your district's vote in the New York State Assembly (150 members), the larger house of the Legislature. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- Small business owner; founder of The Works, Incorporated in Greenwich
- Lives in
- Shushan
Background
- Founded The Works, Incorporated in Greenwich and describes nearly 50 years of building North Country businesses. source: gunther4assembly.com
- Lives in the hamlet of Shushan, Washington County. source: gunther4assembly.com
- Ran The Toy Works in Middle Falls, near Greenwich, for 47 years, per local press. source: glensfallschronicle.com
- Unopposed in the June 2026 Democratic and Working Families primaries; challenging Assembly Member Matt Simpson. source: gunther4assembly.com
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- Supports the New York Health Act for universal health coverage source: gunther4assembly.com
- Reform of the Public Service Commission to address utility rates source: gunther4assembly.com
- Improving conditions for corrections officers, staff and incarcerated people in state prisons source: gunther4assembly.com
- Opposing state decisions that override local towns (cites a proposed battery storage facility in Ticonderoga) source: gunther4assembly.com
- Changing the voluntary intoxication provision in New York sexual assault law source: gunther4assembly.com
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