Michael Arcuri | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 24th district |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
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Preceded by | Sherwood Boehlert |
Succeeded by | Richard L. Hanna |
Personal details | |
Born |
Utica, New York |
June 11, 1959
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Sabrina Deon-Arcuri |
Children | Carmen Joseph Arcuri Dominique Arcuri |
Residence | Utica, New York |
Alma mater |
University at Albany (B.A.) New York Law School (J.D.) |
Occupation | attorney |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Michael Angelo "Mike" Arcuri (born June 11, 1959) is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for New York's 24th congressional district from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He lost re-election on November 2, 2010, to Republican Richard L. Hanna.
Arcuri is a member of the New York Industrial Board of Appeals.
Arcuri's father was Carmen Arcuri. His mother, Elizabeth, retired as a stenographer. Arcuri graduated from Thomas R. Proctor High School, in Utica, New York in 1977.
In 1981, Arcuri graduated from the State University of New York at Albany where he majored in history and minored in economics. In 1984, he graduated from New York Law School and was admitted to practice law in New York state in 1985.
Arcuri returned to Utica to open a law office in 1986.
In 1993, Arcuri was elected District Attorney of Oneida County, home to Utica. He was only the third Democrat ever to hold the post, and the first in 40 years.
The 24th congressional district encompasses a large swath of central New York, including Utica, Auburn, Rome and most of the suburbs of Binghamton.
A member of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition, Arcuri was named by the National Review (March 2010) as one of the most Centrist members of the House, with a voting record of 50.2% liberal and 49.8% conservative, a distinction he shares with only one other member of Congress.