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member 145th district of the new york state assembly from the christopher scanlon buffalo common council member , south district mark j.f. schroeder james d. griffin 2005-2012 2012 michael p. kearns 2009.jpg michael p. kearns

michael p. kearns

michael p. `` mickey '' kearns is a member of the new york state assembly .
kearns represents the 142nd assembly district , which spans south buffalo , half of the city of lackawanna , west seneca and orchard park .
he was elected in a special election on march 20 , 2012 , defeating chris fahey , the endorsed democrat .
kearns is a registered democrat .
he ran for assembly without the democrats ' support on the lines of the republican and independence party lines .
while he has stated his intention to caucus with the democrats , he has also stated he will not support speaker sheldon silver , a stance that mirrors kearns 's predecessor , mark j. f. schroeder .
silver , in turn , has been noncommital in regard to whether kearns will be allowed to caucus with the democrats ; adding kearns would give the assembly democrats 100 out of the 150 seats in the chamber , allowing the party to override vetos .
although he spent the remainder of the term and a portion of the next one with the democrats , he left the caucus on may 20 , 2013 in the wake of a scandal regarding fellow assembly democrat vito lopez .
prior to his election , kearns served as south buffalo 's representative on the city council , where he was elected to succeed james d. griffin .
kearns had previously run in the buffalo mayoral election , 2009 in the democratic primary against incumbent byron brown .
