William D. "Bill" Magee (June 21, 1939 – December 24, 2020)
was a
Democratic member of the
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.
The Assem ...
, who represented the 121st Assembly District from 1991 until 2018.
Magee was a lifetime resident of the
Town of Nelson
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. After graduating from high school, Magee earned a
bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from
Cornell University in 1961. He then became an
auctioneer and businessman in
Madison County, New York.
In 1972, Magee was elected to the Madison County
Board of Supervisors
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, serving for 19 years until his election to the State Assembly. He also worked at the
New York State Fair from 1985 to 1990.
Magee was first elected to the State Assembly in 1990. He ran uncontested in the 2008
general election
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and won the 2010 general election with 54 percent of the vote.
In 2014 he was re-elected with 52.4 percent of the vote and in 2016 re-elected with 52.37 percent of the vote. He lost re-election in 2018 to
John Salka.
References
1939 births
2020 deaths
Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni
County legislators in New York (state)
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
People from Madison County, New York
People from Oneida, New York
21st-century American legislators
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