Answer the following question: Dierdre K. Dede Scozzafava (/didi skozfv/ DEE-dee SKOH-z-FAH-v; born April 28 1960) is an American politician in New York. She represented District 122 in the New York State Assembly which includes most of St. Lawrence and Lewis Counties in the North Country and a small portion of Oswego County from 1999 to 2010. Scozzafava held office as a member of the Republican Party but has since 2009 been a member of the Democratic Party.She was the Republican nominee to run for the U.S. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Office Holder