Facts: - imagesize: 200px - caption: jason west during his 2007 re-election campaign - order: mayor of new paltz , new york - successor: terry dungan - party: green - predecessor: terry dungan thomas nyquist - term end: may 31 , 2007 - term start: june 1 , 2011 january 1 , 2003 - birth date: 26 march 1977 - birth place: latham , new york - alma mater: state of california , berkeley university of new york at new paltz university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jason west .
jason west -lrb- born march 26 , 1977 -rrb- is the mayor of the village of new paltz , new york , having resumed the duties of office on june 1 , 2011 .he served previously as the village 's mayor from january 1 , 2003 to may 31 , 2007 .a graduate of the state university of new york at new paltz , west made headlines by solemnizing same-sex marriages in new york .after running as a protest candidate for the new york state assembly in 2000 and 2002 on the green party ticket , west was elected mayor of new paltz in 2003 .he lost his re-election bid on may 1 , 2007 , to village trustee terry dungan .