Robert Astorino
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| County Executive of Westchester County | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Spano |
| Member of the Westchester County Board of Legislators from the 3rd district |
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In office January 2003 – January 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Sue Swanson |
| Succeeded by | John Nonna |
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May 3, 1967 Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sheila McCloskey |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Fordham University (BA) |
| Website | Campaign website |
Robert P. Astorino (born May 3, 1967) is an American Republican politician who is the county executive of Westchester County in the state of New York. He is also a media personality who was one of the founders of 1050 AM ESPN Radio in New York City, working as the station's executive producer and as executive producer of The Michael Kay Show. He is a television host on the MSG Network as well.
Astorino was a member of the Westchester County Board of Legislators from 2003 to 2005, when he launched an unsuccessful bid to unseat former Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano. In 2009, he was elected to the office of Westchester County Executive as a Republican, defeating Spano. In 2013, Astorino defeated Democratic challenger Noam Bramson, mayor of New Rochelle, in his run for reelection to the office of Westchester County Executive. He resides in Mount Pleasant, New York with his wife and three children. In 2014, he was the Republican nominee for New York state governor in that year's gubernatorial election, but was defeated by incumbent and current governor Andrew Cuomo.
Astorino grew up in Thornwood, New York. He is of three-quarters Italian descent. He attended Westlake High School, and enrolled in Fordham University where he received a bachelor's degree in Communications in 1989. At the age of twenty one, while attending college, he was elected to the Mount Pleasant board of education, but resigned three years later to take a position at WFAS radio in White Plains. He later attended the Enforex School of International Studies in Barcelona, Spain where he became fluent in Spanish.
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