Carl L. Marcellino (born December 23, 1942) is an American politician who served as a member of the

New York State Senate The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature, while the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Established in 1777 by the Constitution of New York, its members are elected to two-year terms with no term l ...

from 1995 to 2018. He was first elected in a March 1995 special election following the resignation of former state senate majority leader

Ralph J. Marino Ralph John Marino (January 2, 1928 – April 6, 2002) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Temporary President of the New York State Senate from 1989 to 1994. Life Marino was born on January 2, 1928, in Rochester, New Yor ...

; he was defeated by Jim Gaughran in 2018. Marcellino represented the 5th district, which comprises parts of

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and

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counties on

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. Marcellino is a member of the Republican Party.

Life and career

Marcellino attended public schools in

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. He received a

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and

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degree from

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. Marcellino worked as a science teacher and administrator in the

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school system for 20 years. Prior to serving in the State Senate, he was Town Clerk of Oyster Bay. Marcellino and his wife Patricia reside in

Syosset, New York Syosset is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place in the Oyster Bay (town), New York, Town of Oyster Bay, in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore of Long Island, in New York (state ...

and have two children, Jean and Carl.

New York State Senate

In November 1994,

, who had represented the area around the Nassau-Suffolk line since 1969, was deposed from his post as Senate Majority Leader. After Marino resigned from office, a special election was called for on March 13, 1995. Marcellino was nominated by Republicans to face Mary A. McCaffery, a Democrat who worked as a fund-raiser for nonprofit agencies. He would go on to easily win that race with 60% of the vote. Marcellino would go on to win re-election eleven times, only facing serious opposition in 2016; that year, Marcellino defeated challenger Jim Gaughran by only 1,761 votes. In 2018, Gaughran challenged Marcellino again. This time, Gaughran prevailed. In 2011, Marcellino voted against allowing same-sex marriage in New York during a senate roll-call vote on the Marriage Equality Act, which the Senate narrowly passed 33–29. He also voted in favor of the 2013 gun control law known as the NY SAFE Act.

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New York State Senate: Carl L. Marcellino
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Life and career

New York State Senate

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