Stephen Minarik
| Stephen Minarik | |
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| Chairman of the Monroe County, New York Republican Committee | |
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In office March 24, 1992 – June 27, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | John A. Stanwix |
| Succeeded by | William D. Reilich |
| Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee | |
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In office November 15, 2004 – November 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Treadwell |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Mondello |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Stephen J. Minarik III January 2, 1960 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 12, 2009 (aged 49) Webster, New York, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Rochester |
Stephen J. Minarik III (January 2, 1960, in Rochester, New York – April 12, 2009 in Webster, New York) was a New York State political figure who served as the chairman of the Monroe County, New York, and New York State Republican Committees.
Minarik was the son of Stephen J., Jr. and Eleanor Minarik. He graduated from Irondequoit High School in 1978 and received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Rochester in 1982. He credited working in his grandfather's restaurant, Steve's Treetop Inn, as key to his future political career.
He began his career in politics in 1979 with Young Americans For Freedom the nation's largest young conservative organization. He became active in government in 1983, when he was hired to be the assistant deputy county clerk in the office of the Monroe County Legislature's Republican majority. He worked on Republican campaigns, most notably those of Congressman Fred J. Eckert and County Executive Lucien Morin. In 1988, he moved to a position in the county's community development administration and formed a campaign committee in 1989 to elect Republicans to the County Legislature. In 1990, the GOP hired him to be the executive director of its county committee which led to his election to chairman in 1992, a post he held for sixteen years.
During this time, he led the Republican Party to a takeover of the County Legislature and elected three consecutive Republican county executives: Robert L. King, Jack Doyle, and Maggie Brooks. Said Ben Smith of the New York Observer, "his record in Rochester is, in political terms, difficult to argue with: With only a slight Republican registration advantage, and working both as a paid political consultant and as county chairman, he took nearly all of the county’s important offices away from the ruling Democrats and built a formidable organization".
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