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Aron B. Wieder is an American politician serving in 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 Ass ...
for the 97th district. A
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, he defeated incumbent John W. McGowan and flipped the seat in
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. He has also served in the
Rockland County Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population is 338,329, making it the state's ...
Legislature for the 13th district since 2011.


Political career

Wieder was elected to the board of
East Ramapo Central School District East Ramapo Central School District is a school district in Ramapo, New York, United States. It is headquartered in the Senator Eugene Levy Dr. Jack R. Anderson Education Center. History 20th century On March 4, 1952, seven school districts m ...
in 2008, serving until 2011, becoming Vice-President and then President during his tenure. He was the Democratic candidate for New York's 98th State Assembly district in the 2016 general election, but was defeated. He ran in the 2014 Democratic primary for the 98th district, but lost by only 61 votes.


Rockland County Legislature

Wieder has served as a member of the
Rockland County Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population is 338,329, making it the state's ...
Legislature since 2011. He announced that he would remain in the position while concurrently serving in the State Assembly. On February 13th he announced that he's resigning his seat in the Rockland County Legislature citing that "he has made significant progress on those projects and decided it was the right time to resign."


New York State Assembly


Personal life

Wieder is a follower of the Belz dynasty of Hasidic Judaism, and a graduate of Brooklyn's Machzikei Hadas Yeshiva. He resides in Spring Valley.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wieder, Aron Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American Hasidim Jewish state legislators in New York (state) 21st-century American Jews 21st-century members of the New York State Legislature