Stephen M. Hawley (born 1947)
is a
Republican member of the
New York State Assembly
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The Assem ...
. He represents Assembly District 139, which comprises portions of
Genesee
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,
Monroe,
Niagara, and
Orleans counties.
Hawley is a native of
Batavia, New York
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, and graduated from
Batavia High School
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in 1965, where he was a classmate of future journalist
Terry A. Anderson.
He earned a
B.S.
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degree in education from the
University of Toledo
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and served seven years in the
Ohio Army National Guard
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and the
United States Army Reserve
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Since July 2020, ...
where he earned the rank of 1st Lieutenant.
A realtor and insurance agent by trade, he is the current co-owner, with his wife, of the Stephen M. Hawley Insurance Center in Batavia. He previously owned and operated Hawley Farms. He also served on the Genesee County Legislature.
Hawley was first elected to the State Assembly in a
special election
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on February 28, 2006.
He ran uncontested in the November 2008
general election
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and won the November 2010 general election with 79 percent of the vote.
Hawley and his wife Crystal reside in the Town of Batavia and have four sons: Brooks, Dan, Tim, and Cooper. Hawley is the son of former Assembly member
R. Stephen Hawley
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and the late Ellen Hawley.
Election results
* February 2006
special election
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, NYS Assembly, 139th AD
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* November 2006
general election
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* November 2008
general election
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* November 2010
general election
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* November 2012
general election
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* November 2014
general election
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References
External links
New York State Assembly Member Website
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1940s births
Living people
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
People from Batavia, New York
University of Toledo alumni
21st-century American politicians