Mark Poloncarz

Mark C. Poloncarz (born 1967) is the current county comptroller and county executive-elect of Erie County, New York. Poloncarz, a Democrat was elected county executive-elect on November 8, 2011 after defeating the incumbent county executive Chris Collins a Republican by a 53 - 47 percentage point margin. Poloncarz is only the 2nd Democrat to be elected to the position of county executive in the 51 year history of the position.

Poloncarz was first elected Erie County Comptroller in 2005 and was re-elected in 2009 in a three person race by defeating Republican Phil Kadet and Independence Party candidate Michael Abramo by a 52 - 45 - 3 percentage point margin, respectively. Prior to being elected comptroller Poloncarz was an American business and finance lawyer residing in Buffalo, New York.

Poloncarz was first elected county comptroller on a platform of restoring fiscal stability and accountability to the county by acting as the taxpayers "watchdog." He is the first comptroller to be elected after a state control board was created and imposed over the county to oversee county finances. While he was the endorsed candidate of the county Democratic party, he defeated 2 challengers in the primary and then a Republican in the general election.

Poloncarz has a bachelor's degree from the University at Buffalo and a law degree from the University of Toledo.

Poloncarz was the 2003 - 2004 Buffalo and western New York coordinator and spokesman for the John Kerry presidential campaign. He was an at large district delegate for John Kerry at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and to Hillary Clinton at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Poloncarz was the founder and first president of the WNY Coalition for Progress, a progressive think tank in upstate New York which later became the Western New York Democrats for Progress.

External links

• Comptroller Mark Poloncarz' County of Erie Official Website
• Mark Poloncarz's Campaign Website
• Western New York Democrats for Progress

References

Preceded by James Hartmann

County Comptroller of Erie County, New York 2006 – Present

Succeeded by Incumbent

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Name	Poloncarz, Mark
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Date of birth	1967
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