Patrick R. Manning (born June 9, 1965) is a former
New York State Assemblyman who served in the Assembly from 1994 to 2006.
Education
Manning graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in
political science
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from
Vassar College
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in 1986. At Vassar, he protested against
apartheid in South Africa
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.
Career
In 1988, Manning won a seat on the
Dutchess County Legislature for the 20th District. He served in the Assembly from 1994 to 2006, and was, at the time, "the youngest state assemblyman ever elected."
2006 gubernatorial campaign
In late 2005, Manning began a
gubernatorial campaign, finding support initially from the
New York Conservative Party. Manning's main opponents for the Republican nomination for governor were
John Faso
John James Faso Jr. (born August 25, 1952) is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2017 to 2019. Faso was first elected to the post in 2016. A Republican, Faso previously represented the 102nd dis ...
, the eventual nominee, who was formerly
New York Assembly
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The Assembl ...
Minority Leader and later
member of Congress, and
William Weld, the former
governor of Massachusetts
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Massachuset ...
.
In 2006, Manning decided instead to seek re-election to his Assembly seat, but with primary challengers. In the Republican primary election on September 12, 2006, Manning was defeated by then
Tivoli Mayor and
Dutchess County legislator
Marcus Molinaro
Marcus J. Molinaro (born October 8, 1975) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, Molinaro is the U.S. representative-elect for New York's 19th congressional district, and is currently serving his third term as county execut ...
. Manning held a lead in the
Columbia County portion of the district, but this was not enough to overcome Molinaro's lead in the Dutchess segment. Reflecting on the loss, Manning noted “I was ready to retire, but I didn’t realize it.”
Later career
After leaving the Assembly, Mann became the executive director of a housing non-profit, co-owner of a farm, and board member of an
agricultural cooperative. Manning attempted a return to the New York State Assembly in 2012, but lost in the primary to
Kiernan Lalor.
In 2023, Manning became president of Hudson Valley Vipers,
a new minor-league hockey team in
Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie ( ), officially the City of Poughkeepsie, separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie around it) is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie ...
, that plays its home games at the McCann Ice Arena in the
Majed J. Nesheiwat Convention Center .
Earlier in his career, Manning "was instrumental in attracting the
Hudson Valley Renegades
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to
Dutchess County."
See also
*
New York gubernatorial election, 2006
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References
1965 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Politicians from Dutchess County, New York
Vassar College alumni
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