Patrick M. Gallivan (born November 18, 1960) is a member of the

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and the former Sheriff of Erie County. Gallivan's district, the

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, comprises portions of Erie County, the entirety of Wyoming County, the northern half of Livingston County and the towns of

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and Wheatland in Monroe County.

Biography

Gallivan was elected Sheriff of Erie County in 1998 and served through 2005. Prior to being elected Sheriff, Patrick Gallivan served 15 years in the

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, rising through the ranks from Trooper to

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. Between his time as Sheriff and as a New York State Senator, Gallivan served as a commissioner on the state parole board. After the retirement of incumbent senator

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, Gallivan defeated former Erie County Republican Party chairman James Domagalski and David DiPietro in a three-way Republican primary in September 2010, going on to defeat Democrat Cynthia Appleton and DiPietro (who continued to run on a line labeled "

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") in the general election in November of the same year. In 2011, Gallivan voted against allowing same-sex marriage in New York during the senate roll-call vote on the Marriage Equality Act, which legally recognized same-sex marriages performed in the state, in a closely divided Senate vote of 33-29.http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/a8354-2011 Marriage Equality Act roll call

Personal

Gallivan lives in

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, with his wife, Mary Pat, and their two children, Jenna and Conor. Gallivan's cousin, Pete Gallivan, is a reporter and anchor for Buffalo television station

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Education

Patrick Gallivan holds a master's degree in

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from the

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and is a graduate of

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in Buffalo. He is a graduate of both the FBI National Executive Institute and the

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, and is a past member of the New York State Executive Committee on Counter-Terrorism.

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