Daniel Jason Torres

Daniel Jason Torres
Daniel Jason Torres working on the Obama campaign while in high school
Born	May 11, 1990(1990-05-11) New Paltz, New York
Nationality	Latino-American
Occupation	College student, Board of Education member
Known for	being the youngest elected official in New York State

Daniel Jason Torres (born 1990) is a New Paltz Central School District Board of Education member in New Paltz, New York. At the time of his election, he was the youngest elected official in New York State. He is also the youngest elected Latino in the history of New York State.

Board of education

In March 2009 Torres announced his candidacy in a letter to the New Paltz Times.^[1] He claimed that his main reason for running was his unique insight into how the district runs. He also stated on many occasions his goal of making the district green.^[2]

On May 19, 2009 Torres was one of three candidates vying for three open seats,^[3] and was elected with 820 votes, defeating an incumbent by eighteen votes.^[4] He became the youngest elected official in the history of New Paltz, New York, and the youngest Latino elected to public office in the history of New York State. He was nineteen years and eight days old.^[5]

10 Under 20

Torres was selected as one of the “10 under 20” by the Times Herald-Record. This was largely due to his retrieval of funds from the sporting apparel featuring New Paltz High School's name and colors sold at Olympia Sports.^[6] Since then over $200,000 has been donated to some two hundred school districts in the North East.^[7]

Student activities

Torres is a junior attending Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. He is double majoring in Communication and Political Science.

Torres was voted by his senior class "Most Likely To Win A Grammy" and is a former student writer for the New Paltz Times.

References

1. ^ Torres, Daniel. "Daniel Torres Announces Campaign". New Paltz Times. Ulster Publishing. http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:bXv7bUzL2n0J:www.ulsterpublishing.com/index.cfm%3Ffuseaction%3Darticle%26articleID%3D478400+daniel+torres+new+paltz+board+of+education&cd=16&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
2. ^ "Dan Torres, School Board candidate, 2009". newpaltzgreens.org. New Paltz Green Party. http://www.newpaltzgreens.org/torres.html. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
3. ^ Wind, Kyle (2009-05-19). "Ulster school voters go to polls". dailyfreeman.com. Kingston, New York: Daily Freeman. http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2009/05/19/news/doc4a120859374b2445783268.txt. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
4. ^ Staff writers (2009-05-20). "Unanimous approval for Ulster County school proposals". dailyfreeman.com. Kingston, New York: The Daily Freeman. http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2009/05/20/news/doc4a1383fdb975f561736316.txt. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
5. ^ http://www.newpaltz.k12.ny.us/newpaltz/lib/newpaltz/_shared/DistrictwideDocuments/Connections.pdf
6. ^ Horrigan, Jeremiah (2008-03-30). "10 under 20: New Paltz student gets business to donate to schools". recordonline.com. Times Herald-Record. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080330/COMM/803300303/-1/NEWS. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
7. ^ Horrigan, Jeremiah (2009-04-06). "18-year-old vying for school board seat in New Paltz". recordonline.com. Times Herald-Record. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090406/NEWS/904060328. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 

Persondata
Name	Torres, Daniel Jason
Alternative names
Short description	Politician
Date of birth	1990-05-11
Place of birth	New Paltz, New York
Date of death
Place of death