George H. Winner Jr.

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NAME = Winner, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Winner Jr., George H.
SHORT DESCRIPTION = New York State Senator
DATE OF BIRTH = 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH = Elmira, New York
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Hon. George H. Winner, Jr. was born on July 31, 1949, in Elmira, New York. After thirteen terms as a New York State Assemblyman, Winner was elected to the New York State Senate to fill the seat vacated by Congressman Randy Kuhl, (R, Hammondsport).

Political career and background

Mr. Winner, a 1971 graduate of St. Lawrence University, was admitted to the practice of law in New York in 1977 following the completion of a legal clerkship. He is a partner in the Elmira law firm of Keyser, Maloney, Winner LLP and is a member of the Chemung County, New York and New York State Bar Associations.

Winner was elected in 2004 to represent the 53rd Senatorial District, which comprises Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben and Yates counties, the city and town of Ithaca, New York, and the towns of Enfield, Newfield and Ulysses in Tompkins County. He serves as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations. Prior to his election to the Senate, he served in the New York State Assmebly for 26 years following his election in November 1978. Before being elected to the Assembly, Mr. Winner was counsel and legislative assistant to then Senate Deputy Majority Leader William T. Smith of Big Flats from 1971 to 1978.

enate Committee on Investigations

Winner's committee is considering investigating a controversial multimillion-dollar loan that New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer's father Bernard Spitzer gave him when he ran for attorney general in 1998 , a loan Mr. Spitzer has acknowledged not being truthful about. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/24/nyregion/24governor.html New York Times, "His Aura Faded Now, Spitzer Faces Bolder Enemies", by DANNY HAKIM, July 23, 2007.] ] [http://www.nypost.com/seven/07232007/news/columnists/gop_puts_heat_on_eliots_5m_loan_columnists_fredric_u__dicker.htm New York Post, "GOP PUTS HEAT ON ELIOT'S $5M LOAN", by FREDRIC U. DICKER, July 23, 2007.] ] Winner told "The New York Post" that subpoenas should be used to find out about the loans. [ [http://www.fox23news.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=420ce8af-a58f-4439-bf24-7ea5fa4a0988 Associated Press, "State Senate GOP Seek Spitzer Loan Records", July 23, 2007.] ] Winner wrote to Senate Elections Committee Chairman Senator Joseph Griffo that an article profiling Spitzer in "New York Magazine" "outlined what may have been a willful effort by Eliot Spitzer and his father to circumvent campaign-contribution limits in New York state law and then conceal their actions." In 1998, Spitzer claimed that he secured the $5 million loan by mortgaging apartments his developer had given him, but later revealed that his father was actually paying off the loans and, therefore, financing his campaign.

Electoral History

Election box begin | title=53d Senate District of New York special election, 2004

Cite news
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publisher=Westchester County Board of Elections
title=2004 General Canvass Election Results
date=2004

] Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Daniel J. Cleveland
votes = 43,046
percentage = 40.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = George H. Winner Jr.
votes = 64,114
percentage = 59.9
change =
*Winner also ran on the Conservative Party of New York and Independence Party of New York tickets.
*Cleveland also ran on the Working Families Party of New York ticket.

Notes

See also

*New York State Senate

Sources

* [http://www.nyssenate53.com/ New York State Senate Member Website]