Jane L. Corwin
| Jane L. Corwin | |
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Corwin with then-Speaker John Boehner
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| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 144th district |
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In office January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Cole |
| Succeeded by | Michael Norris |
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February 29, 1964 Tonawanda, New York |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Philip M. Corwin (m. 1990) |
| Children | Three |
| Residence | Clarence, New York |
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SUNY Albany (B.A.) Pace University (M.B.A.) |
| Profession | Businessperson, politician |
| Assets | $58–$158 million |
| Website | Official campaign website |
Jane Lewis Corwin (born February 29, 1964) is an American politician and businesswoman who has served as a Republican Party member of the New York State Assembly from 2009 to 2016. She represented the 144th Assembly District which covers parts of Erie and Niagara counties. Corwin was also the Republican Party nominee in the special election held on May 24, 2011 to fill Western New York's 26th district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives previously held by Republican Chris Lee. She faced three other candidates in the election; losing to Democrat Kathy Hochul 47 percent to 43 percent, according to unofficial results. Independent Jack Davis who ran on a Tea Party line garnered 9 percent of the vote, and Green Party candidate Ian Murphy got 1 percent.
Before entering politics, Corwin was on the board of directors of the family business, and worked at a financial firm while earning her master's degree in business administration.
Corwin has said she spent 36 years working in the private sector, beginning her business career at age eight by delivering phone books for The Talking Phone Book, the family business that had been founded by her father, Wilbur Lewis, a former salesman. During her teen years, she proof-read the company's publications, and while in college, she was vice president of marketing. Corwin has stressed she did not grow up wealthy, noting that in the 1980s, her family almost lost their home.
She began college at the private Ithaca College and had to transfer to the State University of New York at Albany because of cost concerns. She earned a B.A. degree in psychology from SUNY in 1985, and then attended Pace University earning an M.B.A. in finance in 1990.
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