SPECIAL ELECTION MAY 2--BUFFALO AREA
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ A special election will take place May 2 to fill the state Assembly seat held by Sandra Lee Wirth, who died of cancer earlier this month, Gov. George Pataki said Thursday.
Wirth died March 11 at her western New York home after a two-year struggle with the disease. She was 60. Wirth, a Republican, won the 1994 race to succeed longtime State Legislator Vincent G. Graber and was elected every two years after that.
She represented the 142nd District which includes part of Erie and Niagara counties.
Wirth died March 11 at her western New York home after a two-year struggle with the disease. She was 60. Wirth, a Republican, won the 1994 race to succeed longtime State Legislator Vincent G. Graber and was elected every two years after that.
She represented the 142nd District which includes part of Erie and Niagara counties.
posted by McTiernan 2007 at Monday, March 27, 2006
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