Teresa Sayward | |
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Member of the New York State Assembly from the 113th Assembly district | |
In office 2003–2013 | |
Preceded by | Elizabeth Little |
Succeeded by | Tony Jordan |
Town supervisor of Willsboro | |
In office 1992–2002 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1944or1945(age 79–80) [1] |
Political party | Republican |
Other political affiliations | Independence [2] [3] |
Spouse | Kenneth Sayward [4] |
Relations | Beatrice Riley (mother) [5] |
Children | Four |
Residence | Willsboro,New York |
Occupation | Former dairy farmer [4] |
Website | Official website |
Teresa R. Sayward (born 1944/1945) [1] was a member of the New York State Assembly for Willsboro (the 113th district),first elected in 2002. She is a Republican. [4]
Sayward was a dairy farmer with her husband Ken for 16 years until 1988,when they sold their farm due it becoming unprofitable. [6] She has also worked as a real estate agent,an antiques dealer and as an interior decorator. [4] After leaving dairy farming she stood for election as the Republican candidate for town supervisor of Willsboro,winning on her second attempt in 1992. [1] [4]
Sayward served as town supervisor for the Town of Willsboro for 11 years and as chairwoman of the Essex County Board of Supervisors. [4] She was awarded the title of "Outstanding Local Official" for 2002 by the Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board. [7]
Sayward was elected to the New York State Assembly in 2002,replacing Elizabeth Little (who ran for State Senate that year) [4] in a six-way contest in which she won 52% of the vote. [8] Sayward had narrowly beaten Thomas Scozzafava to the Republican nomination, [9] and he stood against her as a Conservative candidate. [10] Sayward spent $112,000 on the campaign. [11] In 2006 she became the secretary of the Assembly Republican Conference. [12]
She ran unopposed,as a Republican with the endorsement of the Independence Party of New York,in the November 2008 [2] and November 2010 general elections. [3] [13] Sayward retired from the Assembly at the end of 2012. [14]
In 2012,she supported Democratic President Barack Obama for re-election. [15]
Sayward favored lowering health care costs,workers' compensation costs,and local property taxes. [4] She argued for extensive state budget cuts. [16] She supported Governor David Paterson's 2009 proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in New York [17] and gave an emotional speech in the State Assembly that helped pass a bill for legalization. [18] Her elder son Glenn is gay,and she views gay marriage as a civil rights issue; [19] [17] she received significant campaign donations from out of state as a result of her position, [20] but lost the endorsement of the Conservative Party of New York State. [21] She campaigned nationally for gay rights [19] and became involved with the Log Cabin Republicans. [22] She supported her friend Dede Scozzafava's 2009 campaign for Congress. [23] She is a member of the National Rifle Association. [24]
Sayward and her husband Kenneth [4] have four children:Glenn (b. 1961), [19] [21] Yvonne (b. 1963/1964), [6] Kyle (1969—2007), [25] and Wendy (b. 1972/1973). [6]
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Teresa Sayward, Age: 57