Candidate · State Assembly, District 143
Patrick J. Chludzinski
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.
- Current office
- State Assemblymember, District 143 (since January 2025)
- Occupation
- Assemblymember; former Cheektowaga Police Department detective lieutenant
Background
- First elected to the Assembly on November 5, 2024; took office January 1, 2025. source: assembly.ny.gov
- Joined the Cheektowaga Police Department in 1999; promoted to sergeant (2008) and lieutenant (2013); last assignment was detective lieutenant in the Youth and Family Offense Unit (2022). source: assembly.ny.gov
- Served in the U.S. Army and Army National Guard, including activation after September 11, 2001 and service in Iraq. source: assembly.ny.gov
- Associate degree, Erie Community College; studied psychology and criminal justice at Buffalo State College (no degree listed). source: assembly.ny.gov
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