Timothy P. Gordon is an American former politician from

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who served in the

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for two terms.http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Lame-duck-targets-the-unblinking-eye-877318.php Lame duck targets the unblinking eye. Jimmy Vielkind, Albany Times-Union, December 13, 2010. He was first elected in 2006 and was re-elected in 2008 to represent the 108th Assembly District. A member of the

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, Gordon caucused with the Assembly's

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majority. Gordon's accomplishments during his tenure in the Assembly included his sponsorship of the following bills that became law: (a) renewable energy legislation that allowed

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for businesses, government buildings, and farms. After having voted against same-sex marriage in 2007, Gordon voted "yes" on same-sex marriage legislation that passed the Assembly in May 2009. Gordon was defeated by Republican Steven McLaughlin in his 2010 bid for re-election after Gordon was filmed disposing of his opponent's lawn signs and calling an alleged constituent a "fraud".

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