James Tedisco
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| Member of the New York Senate from the 49th district |
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Assumed office January 4, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Farley |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 112th district |
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In office January 3, 2013 – January 4, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Jordan |
| Succeeded by | Mary Beth Walsh |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 110th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Chris Ortloff |
| Succeeded by | Phillip Steck |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 103rd district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Arnold Proskin |
| Succeeded by | Pat Manning |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 107th district |
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In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Clark Wemple |
| Succeeded by | Arnold Proskin |
| Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly | |
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In office November 29, 2005 – April 3, 2009 |
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| Governor |
George Pataki Eliot Spitzer David Paterson |
| Preceded by | Charles H. Nesbitt |
| Succeeded by | Brian Kolb |
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James Nicholas Tedisco July 15, 1950 Schenectady, New York, United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Song |
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Glenville, New York (primary) Saratoga Springs, New York |
| Alma mater | Union College |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Website | Senate Website |
James Nicholas Tedisco (born July 15, 1950) is an American politician. He is the New York State Senator representing 49th District, which includes parts of Saratoga, Schenectady and Herkimer Counties and all of Fulton and Hamilton Counties. He served in the Assembly since 1983 and was the Assembly's Minority Leader from November 2005 until his resignation in April 2009. He was the Republican nominee in a special election for the 20th US Congressional District to fill the seat vacated by Kirsten Gillibrand, following Gillibrand's appointment to the United States Senate. On January 4, 2017 he was officially sworn into office to serve as the new State Senator for New York’s 49th State Senate District.
Jim Tedisco graduated from Bishop Gibbons High School in 1968, and then received his B.A. in Psychology from Union College. While at Union, he played varsity basketball for three years where he set 15 scoring and assist records, and left as Union's all-time leading scorer with 1,632 points. Tedisco earned multiple athletic awards during his college career, and was inducted into the Union Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002. In 1997, he was given the Silver Anniversary Award from the NCAA. The award is granted 25 years after graduation, and is based on a combination of academic achievement and being a prominent athlete while in college, and career and professional achievement after graduation.
He went on to get a graduate degree in Special Education from the College of Saint Rose. From 1973 to 1982, Tedisco was a guidance counselor at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School in Schenectady, and was also the varsity basketball coach and athletic director. Later, he was a special education teacher, resource room instructor and varsity basketball coach at Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, a suburb of Albany.
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