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Kathy Hochul

Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul official portrait.jpg
77th Lieutenant Governor of New York
Assumed office
January 1, 2015
Governor Andrew Cuomo
Preceded by Robert Duffy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 26th district
In office
June 1, 2011 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by Chris Lee
Succeeded by Brian Higgins
8th County Clerk of Erie County
In office
January 1, 2007 – June 1, 2011
Deputy John Crangle
Preceded by David Swarts
Succeeded by Chris Jacobs
Deputy County Clerk of Erie County
In office
January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2006
Preceded by Kenneth Kruly
Succeeded by John Crangle
Personal details
Born Kathleen Courtney
(1958-08-27) August 27, 1958 (age 58)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) William Hochul (1984–present)
Children 2
Education Syracuse University (BA)
Catholic University (JD)

Kathleen Courtney "Kathy" Hochul (pronounced HOKE-ul; born August 27, 1958) is an American politician who is the 77th and current Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York. She served previously as U.S. Representative for New York's 26th congressional district from June 1, 2011 to January 3, 2013. She prevailed in the four-candidate special election of May 24, 2011, to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Republican Chris Lee, and was the first Democrat to represent the district in 40 years.

Hochul served as the County Clerk of Erie County, New York from 2007 until 2011, when she assumed her seat in Congress. Previously, she was a deputy county clerk, a member of the Hamburg town board, a practicing attorney, and a legislative aide.

Hochul was defeated for re-election to Congress by Republican former Erie County Executive Chris Collins, after being redistricted to the 27th district. She also worked as a government relations specialist with Buffalo-based M&T Bank.

Hochul was born Kathleen Courtney, the second oldest of the six children of John P. "Jack" Courtney, then a college student and clerical worker, and Pat Courtney, a homemaker. Hochul's family struggled financially during her early years and for a time lived in a trailer near a steel plant. By the time Hochul was in college, however, her father was working for the information technology company which he later headed.


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