district website state_senate succeeded party nationality preceded term_start residence article_title term_end name alma_mater
53rd 49th -lsb- http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/david-j-valesky official website -rsb- new york new york hugh farley democratic american tom o'mara nancy larraine hoffmann 2013 2005 oneida , new york david j. valesky
 2013 david valesky state connecticut university of new york at potsdam university of
david j. valesky

david j. valesky -lrb- b. circa 1966 -rrb- is a member of the new york state senate .
he is a democrat representing the 53rd senate district .
he previously represented the mostly rural 49th senate district , which encompassed the city of rome in oneida county , all of madison county , eastern and southern onondaga county , including the eastern half of the city of syracuse , and parts of cayuga county in upstate new york .
he was first elected to the office in 2004 .
valesky holds a b.a. in mathematics from the state university of new york at potsdam and an m.a. in political science from the university of connecticut .
he served as aide to former new york state assembly majority leader michael bragman from 1989 to 1995 .
from 1995 to 2004 , he served as vice president of communications at syracuse 's public television and radio station wcny-tv/wcny-fm and hosted the local public affairs program , hour cny .
he resigned from wcny to pursue the 49th district seat .
valesky is married to wife julie , and they have three children .
the valesky family currently resides in oneida , where valesky was born and raised .
they are roman catholics and attend st. patrick 's parish church .
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