Candidate · State Senate, District 60
Patrick M. Gallivan
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.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, District 60 (since 2011)
- Occupation
- State Senator
- Lives in
- Elma
Background
- Graduated from Canisius College and holds a master's degree in criminal justice from SUNY Albany. source: nysenate.gov
- Served 15 years in the New York State Police, rising from Trooper to Captain; founded a professional investigation and security firm. source: nysenate.gov
- Served as Erie County Sheriff from 1998 to 2005 and later on the New York State Board of Parole. source: nysenate.gov
- First elected to the State Senate in 2010; serves as Senate Minority Whip. source: nysenate.gov
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