Marc Molinaro
American politician (born 1975)
Marcus James Molinaro ( moh-lin-AIR-oh; born October 8, 1975) is an American politician from the state of New York who served in Congress and in the second presidential administration of Donald Trump.
A member of the Republican Party, Molinaro was elected to the Village of Tivoli's Board of Trustees at the age of 18. In 1995, he became the youngest mayor in the U.S. when he was elected mayor of Tivoli at age 19. He was reelected to his mayoral post five times and also served in the Dutchess County Legislature. From 2007 to 2011, he represented District 103 in the New York State Assembly. Molinaro served as county executive of Dutchess County, New York from 2012 to 2023. In 2018, he was the Republican nominee for governor of New York, losing to Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo.
On September 21, 2021, Molinaro announced that he would run for New York's 19th district in the United States House of Representatives in 2022. In the special election held on August 23, 2022, Molinaro lost to Democratic nominee Pat Ryan, 51.2% to 48.8%. Molinaro was the Republican nominee for the same seat in the November 2022 general election, this time defeating Democratic nominee Josh Riley under new district lines.
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