Elaine Phillips
| Elaine Phillips | |
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| Member of the New York Senate from the 7th district |
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Assumed office January 1, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Martins |
| Mayor of Flower Hill | |
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In office January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Charles W. Weiss |
| Succeeded by | Robert McNamara |
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| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Andy Phillips |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Manhasset, New York |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University |
Elaine Phillips is the Senator for the 7th District of the New York Senate. She is a Republican. The district includes the entire Town of North Hempstead and portions of the Towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay in Nassau County.
Phillips was born and raised in Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of John Reidman, a steel worker who died when she was 12, and Betty Reidman, who worked as a cook at a local American Legion post. Phillips attended Penn State University, where she earned both her bachelors and an M.B.A. in finance. A former financial analyst, Phillips worked for large financial institutions for over 20 years, including Met Life and JP Morgan Securities and later as a Vice President in Institutional Sales at Goldman Sachs.
She formerly served as the Mayor of Flower Hill, New York from 2012-2016, where she continues to live. During her tenure as Mayor, she repeatedly cut taxes, stabilized the village’s finances, which under her predecessor’s management were criticized by the New York State Comptroller’s Office’s audit, and strengthened the village’s ethics laws. Phillips also implemented an environmental policy to expand the number of trees in the village, an effort which led the Village to be named Tree City USA by the national Arbor Day Committee. She is the mother of three daughters.
In 2016, state Senator Jack Martins decided to run to replace retiring Congressman Steve Israel, forgoing re-election to the Senate to do so. As such, Phillips announced that she would seek the open seat and was supported by Martins. She was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Phillips ran on a platform which included cutting taxes, combating the heroin epidemic and strengthening state ethics laws in response to corruption scandals in Albany. With the 7th district being one of the most competitive seats in the state, the race was projected to be close. In the end, Phillips defeated Democrat Adam M. Haber, who had run before and lost against Martins, by a 51% to 49% margin. She was sworn in on January 1, 2017.
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