Susan J. Serino (born September 8, 1961) is an American politician who began her tenure as Dutchess Executive on January 1, 2024. Serino is a member of the Republican Party. Previously, she was 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 ...

, representing the 41st district from 2015 to 2022. The district encompassed portions of the

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, including

Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie ( ) is a city within the Town of Poughkeepsie, New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie is in the Hudson River Valley region, midway between the core of the New ...

. Prior to her time in the State Senate, Serino served as a member of the Dutchess County Legislature.

Early life

Serino was born and raised in

Dutchess County, New York Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, and later o ...

. She was a daughter of immigrants, and known to have worked waiting tables and later started her own childcare business. In 1996, Serino joined the real estate industry, opening a real estate office in Poughkeepsie. In 2003, she moved her office to

Hyde Park, New York Hyde Park is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States, bordering the Hudson River north of Poughkeepsie. Within the town are the hamlets of Hyde Park, East Park, Staatsburg, and Haviland. Hyde Park is known as the hometown of Fra ...

. As of 2019, the office she built has over twenty sales associates.

Local politics

She joined politics for the first time in 2010, where she joined the elected office as a member of the Hyde Park town board. A year later, in 2011, Serino was elected to the Dutchess County Legislature. She was re-elected in 2013, running unopposed.

New York Senate

In 2014, Serino was recruited by Senate Republicans to run against first-term incumbent Terry Gipson. While Gipson had won election in 2012, the district had been reliably Republican in the previous years. Serino defeated Gipson, 51% to 46%. Gipson would seek a rematch against Serino in 2016; but this time, Serino prevailed again by a margin of 52%-42%. In 2018, Serino narrowly won re-election to a third term, defeating Democrat Karen Smythe by only 688 votes. Due to redistricting, in 2022, she ran in a competitive race against another incumbent state senator, Michelle Hinchey, but lost in a close election.

2023 Dutchess County Executive Race

In February 2023, she announced she would be running for Dutchess County Executive.

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, the prior executive, had relinquished the position in January 2023 upon being elected to

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