Terry Gipson | |
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Member of the New York State Senate from the 41st district | |
In office January 1, 2013 –December 31, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Saland |
Succeeded by | Sue Serino |
Personal details | |
Born | Terrell,Texas,U.S. | April 2,1963
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Michelle Donner |
Residence(s) | Highland,New York,U.S. |
Alma mater | Texas Tech University (BFA) Penn State University (MFA) |
Website | www |
Terry W. Gipson (born April 2,1963) is an American politician who was elected as a Democratic member of the New York Senate in November 2012,and served from January 1,2013 through December 31,2014,in the 200th State Legislature. He represented the state's 41st district,which covers most of Dutchess County and Putnam County. He launched a campaign for Governor of New York in 2017 [1] to challenge incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo;Gipson withdrew from the race in 2018. [2]
Gipson was born in Terrell,Texas and raised in Tyler,Texas. [3] He received a BFA from Texas Tech University in 1987,and an MFA from Penn State University in 1991. [3] Gipson served as a volunteer firefighter and worked as a design director for MTV Networks and a designer for Rockwell Architecture,before opening his own business. [3] In 2006,Gipson opened Gipson Design Group,located in Rhinebeck,New York,where he was twice elected a trustee to the Rhinebeck Village Board before winning election to the Senate.[ citation needed ] He closed his business in January 2013,in order to work full-time as a senator.[ citation needed ]
Gipson is a Democrat who was elected to the New York Senate in 2012 by edging longtime Republican senator Stephen Saland by 2,100 votes following Saland's controversial 2011 vote in favor of same-sex marriage. Gipson was not Saland's only opponent;Saland also faced a challenge from Neil Di Carlo,who received 17,000 votes on the Conservative line. [4] Gipson is the first and only Democrat since Franklin Delano Roosevelt to have held this seat. [5] [6] [7]
As a senator,Gipson successfully advocated for the inclusion of Dutchess and Putnam counties in the 0% manufacturing tax plan passed in the 2014–2015 state budget. [8] [ better source needed ] His Senate office helped secure millions of dollars in grants for new job-creating enterprises throughout the Hudson Valley,and secured construction grants for The Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse in Poughkeepsie [9] [ better source needed ] and The Imagination Station in Kent. [10] [ better source needed ]
Gipson sponsored legislation that became law and designated Wappinger Creek as an inland waterway. This act provided the opportunity for the 13 surrounding municipalities to apply for state and federal funding for waterfront revitalization,storm water treatment,and wastewater management,among other projects. [11] [ better source needed ]
Gipson’s office organized a strategic campaign to help the state senate understand the urgency of helping victims with Lyme disease. During his term,the state began the process of providing funding for research and passing laws to help the victims of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. [12] [ better source needed ]
Gipson supported a $9 million increase to the Environmental Protection Fund and a $90 million investment in New York State Parks funding in the 2014-15 state budget.[ citation needed ] He supported a ban on hydrofracking [13] and on the use of fracking chemicals as road de-icer in New York. [14]
Gipson sponsored a bill to ban Pearson,the for-profit testing company,from New York State. [15] [16] [17]
Gipson hosted an annual veterans' fair that connected veterans to a variety of support organizations. [18] [ better source needed ]
In a November 2014 re-election bid,Gipson was defeated by Republican Susan J. Serino. [19] [20] Gipson was again defeated by Serino in a 2016 rematch. [21]
In late 2017,Gipson announced that he would challenge incumbent governor Andrew Cuomo in the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary. Gipson ended that campaign several months later when actress Cynthia Nixon announced she,too,was challenging the governor. [22] [23] [24]
From 2016 to 2022,Gipson was a full-time lecturer in the Communications Department at SUNY New Paltz and taught Speech Communication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. [25] [26] [27] [28] As of 2022,he teaches public speaking at Harvard University.
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