David R. Townsend Jr. (born April 14, 1943) is an American Politician from

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Biography

He was born on April 14, 1943, in

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. He attended SUNY Morrisville. From 1966 to 1990, he worked as a police officer for different law enforcement agencies in Oneida County. He entered politics as a Republican, and was a member of the

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from 1991 to 2010, sitting in the 189th, 190th, 191st, 192nd, 193rd, 194th, 195th, 196th, 197th and 198th New York State Legislatures. He represented the 115th district and later, the 101st district of the

. He didn't seek re-election in 2010, instead running for Sheriff of Oneida County, but he was narrowly defeated by

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Robert Maciol. Townsend was succeeded by Republican

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as representative of the 101st district.

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