[3]Susan J. Serino (born September 8,1961)[2] is an American politician who has served as Dutchess County executive since January 1,2024. Serino is a member of the Republican Party.
Serino was born and raised in Dutchess County,New York.[4] She was a daughter of immigrants,and known to have worked waiting tables and later started her own childcare business.[5]
In 1996,Serino joined the real estate industry,opening a real estate office in Poughkeepsie.[6] In 2003,she moved her office to Hyde Park,New York. As of 2019,the office she built has over twenty sales associates.[7]
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.[8] A year later,in 2011,Serino was elected to the Dutchess County Legislature. She was re-elected in 2013,running unopposed.[9]
New York Senate
In 2014,Serino was recruited by Senate Republicans to run against first-term incumbent Terry Gipson.[10] While Gipson had won election in 2012,the district had been reliably Republican in the previous years.[11] Serino defeated Gipson,51% to 46%.[12][13] Gipson would seek a rematch against Serino in 2016;but this time,Serino prevailed again by a margin of 52%-42%.[14][15]
In 2018,Serino narrowly won re-election to a third term,defeating Democrat Karen Smythe by only 688 votes.[16][17] Due to redistricting,in 2022,she ran in a competitive race against another incumbent state senator,Michelle Hinchey,but lost in a close election.[18]
2023 Dutchess County Executive Race
In February 2023,she announced she would be running for Dutchess County Executive.[19]Marc Molinaro,the prior executive,had relinquished the position in January 2023 upon being elected to Congress.
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