Marc Panepinto
| Marc Panepinto | |
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| Member of the New York Senate from the 60th district |
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In office January 1, 2015 – January 1, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Grisanti |
| Succeeded by | Chris Jacobs |
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| Born | Tonawanda, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Nugent |
| Children | Rachel, Julia and Natasha |
| Parents | Donald Panepinto and Lucy Panepinto |
| Residence | Tonawanda, New York, United States |
| Alma mater | University at Buffalo, University of Illinois |
| Profession | New York State Senator; founding lawyer at Dolce Panepinto P.C. |
Marc C. Panepinto is an American politician from the state of New York.
Marc Panepinto was born and raised in Tonawanda, New York. His father, Donald Panepinto, was a construction worker and his mother, Lucy Panepinto, was a hairdresser.
Panepinto attended the University of Buffalo, and played for the Buffalo Bulls football team. He was captain of the 1987 UB Bulls football team. He worked construction with laborers union local 210. Panepinto went on to study Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Illinois.
From there, he traveled the country organizing low-wage workers as a union organizer working for the Laborers International Union of North America. He successfully ran campaigns for poultry workers in Mississippi, nurses in Northern California, and immigrant demolition workers in New York City. During this, he met his wife Catherine Nugent, who is currently a well respected New York State Supreme Court Justice. Together they have three daughters: Rachel, Julia and Natasha.
Before running for office, Marc Panepinto and his partners Frank Dolce and Sean Cooney established his law firm Dolce Panepinto P.C. that focuses on Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation, Social Security Disability, and all labor related matters.
Panepinto ran for the New York State Senate in the 60th district in the 2014 elections. He won the election, receiving 34% of the vote while Republican Party nominee Kevin Stocker finished with 30%, Independence Party nominee Mark Grisanti, the incumbent, received 28%, and Conservative Party nominee Timothy Gallagher (a dummy candidate who did not campaign) got 8%.
Panepinto did not seek re-election in 2016.
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