Teresa Sayward

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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.[2]

Career

Sayward was a dairy farmer with her husband Ken for 16 years until 1988, when they sold their farm due it becoming unprofitable.[3] She has also worked as a real estate agent, an antiques dealer and as an interior decorator.[2] 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][2]

Political history

Sayward served as town supervisor for the Town of Willsboro for 11 years and as chairwoman of the Essex County Board of Supervisors.[2] She was awarded the title of "Outstanding Local Official" for 2002 by the Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board.[4]

Sayward was elected to the New York State Assembly in 2002, replacing Elizabeth Little (who ran for State Senate that year)[2] in a six-way contest in which she won 52% of the vote.[5] Sayward had narrowly beaten Thomas Scozzafava to the Republican nomination,[6] and he stood against her as a Conservative candidate.[7] Sayward spent $112,000 on the campaign.[8] In 2006 she became the secretary of the Assembly Republican Conference.[9]

She ran unopposed, as a Republican with the endorsement of the Independence Party of New York, in the November 2008[10] and November 2010 general elections.[11][12] Sayward retired from the Assembly at the end of 2012.[13]

In 2012, she supported Democratic President Barack Obama for re-election.[14]

Positions

Sayward favored lowering health care costs, workers' compensation costs, and local property taxes.[2] She argued for extensive state budget cuts.[15] She supported Governor David Paterson's 2009 proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in New York[16] and gave an emotional speech in the State Assembly that helped pass a bill for legalization.[17] Her elder son Glenn is gay, and she views gay marriage as a civil rights issue;[18][16] she received significant campaign donations from out of state as a result of her position,[19] but lost the endorsement of the Conservative Party of New York State.[20] She campaigned nationally for gay rights[18] and became involved with the Log Cabin Republicans.[21] She supported her friend Dede Scozzafava's 2009 campaign for Congress.[22] She is a member of the National Rifle Association.[23]

Family

Sayward and her husband Kenneth[2] have four children: Glenn (b. 1961),[18][20] Yvonne (b. 1963/1964),[3] Kyle (1969—2007),[24] and Wendy (b. 1972/1973).[3]

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113th District
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