Monica Piga Wallace is an attorney and politician from

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, elected to the New York State Assembly from the 143rd assembly district. The district comprises the entirety of the towns of

Cheektowaga Cheektowaga () is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town has grown to a population of 89,877. The town is in the north-central part of the county, and is an inner ring suburb of Buffalo. The town is the ...

and Lancaster. She is a

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. Wallace was elected in 2016, defeated

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opponent Russell Sugg 54–45 percent to succeed

Angela Wozniak Angela Wozniak (born March 11, 1987) is a former member of the New York State Assembly, serving from 2015 to 2016. She represented the 143rd district, which included Cheektowaga, Lancaster, and Depew, New York. A registered Conservative, Wozn ...

who did not seek re-election. Originally from Long Island, Wallace attended

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as an undergraduate and later received a J.D. from

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. She served as a clerk to Judge Richard Arcara and taught as a legal writing professor at

. She also practiced law as an attorney for Phillips Lytle LLP. Wallace resides in the town of Lancaster with her husband and two children.

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