Jeffrey "Jeff" Brown is a former
Republican state assemblyman in
New York
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. He represented suburban areas around
Syracuse
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Brown was first elected to the Assembly in 2002, succeeding his father, former Assemblyman
Harold Brown. An attorney, Brown worked in Congress and was the chief attorney for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in central New York State.
Brown serves as a captain in the 174th Fighter Wing at Hancock Field. He is currently the ranking minority member of the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee.
Brown did not seek a third term in the Assembly in 2006. He instead ran for the
State Senate, challenging one term Democratic Sen.
David Valesky
David J. Valesky (b. circa 1966) is an American politician who is a former member of the New York State Senate. A Democrat, Valesky represented the 53rd Senate District and the 49th Senate District in upstate New York.
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Valesky was fi ...
, who unseated
Nancy Larraine Hoffmann, in what was expected to be one of the hottest races in upstate New York.
In fact, New York State senate majority leader
Joe Bruno
Joseph Louis Bruno (April 8, 1929 – October 6, 2020) was an American businessman and Republican politician from upstate New York. Bruno served in the New York State Senate from 1977 to 2008 and was Senate Majority Leader from 1994 to 2008. Bru ...
invested over $800,000 in Brown's campaign to unseat Valesky
Despite being outspent by a wide margin, Valesky defeated Brown by about 59 percent to 41 percent. Bruno attributed the result to a general landslide for New York Democrats in 2006.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
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Politicians from Syracuse, New York
Syracuse University College of Law alumni
Lawyers from Syracuse, New York