Candidate · State Assembly, District 131
Mark Benjamin
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
- Business owner and community relations professional
- Lives in
- Seneca County
Background
- Selected by the Committee to Fill Vacancies as the Republican candidate in April 2026 after Assemblymember Jeff Gallahan decided not to seek reelection. source: fingerlakes1.com
- Co-founded multiple businesses and worked in community relations on environmental and economic development efforts. source: fingerlakes1.com
- Seneca County resident for more than two decades; previously chaired the Seneca County Chamber of Commerce; active in Seneca Falls Rotary and Seneca Falls-Waterloo Kiwanis. source: fingerlakes1.com
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