Susan J. Serino (born September 8, 1961)
is an American politician and a member of the
New York State Senate
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature; the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Its members are elected to two-year terms; there are no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate.
Partisan com ...
, representing the
41st district since 2015. The district encompasses portions of the
Hudson Valley
The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to ...
, including
Poughkeepsie. Serino is a
Republican.
Prior to her time in the Senate, Serino served as a member of the
Dutchess County Legislature.
Background
Serino was born and raised in
Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, and later or ...
. The daughter of immigrants, Serino worked waiting tables and later started her own childcare business.
In 1996, Serino joined the real estate industry, opening a real estate office in Poughkeepsie. In 2003, she moved her office to
Hyde Park, New York
Hyde Park is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States, bordering the Hudson River north of Poughkeepsie. Within the town are the hamlets of Hyde Park (CDP), New York, Hyde Park, East Park, Staatsburg, and Haviland, New York, Haviland. ...
. As of 2019, the office has over twenty sales associates.
In 2010, Serino first won elected office as a member of the Hyde Park town board. A year later, in 2011, Serino was elected to the Dutchess County Legislature. She was re-elected in 2013, running unopposed.
New York Senate
In 2014, Serino was recruited by Senate Republicans to run against first-term incumbent
Terry Gipson. While Gipson had won election in 2012, the district had been reliably Republican in prior years. Serino defeated Gipson, 51% to 46%. Gipson would seek a rematch against Serino in 2016; this time, Serino prevailed by a margin of 52%-42%.
In 2018, Serino narrowly won re-election to a third term, defeating Democrat Karen Smythe by only 688 votes.
[2018 New York State Senate Election Results - NYSBOE https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2018/general/2018NYSenate.pdf]
References
External links
New York State Senator Sue Serinoofficial site
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Living people
Women state legislators in New York (state)
New York (state) Republicans
People from Hyde Park, New York
People from Dutchess County, New York
1961 births
21st-century American women politicians
21st-century American politicians