James W. Wright was executive director of the
Development Authority of the North Country, a position he held for 11 years until his retirement in 2020.
Previously he had been a member of the
New York State Senate
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature; the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Its members are elected to two-year terms; there are no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate.
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, representing the
48th district.
This district includes
Oswego and
Jefferson Jefferson may refer to:
Names
* Jefferson (surname)
* Jefferson (given name)
People
* Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States
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counties, as well as part of
St. Lawrence County.
Prior to his election, he had been county administrator for Oswego County and later Jefferson County. A
Republican, he announced his retirement from elected office in December 2007,
[ and was succeeded in a special election by Democrat Darrel Aubertine.
]
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Politicians from Watertown, New York
State University of New York at Oswego alumni
Syracuse University alumni
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
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