Aileen M. Gunther is a Democratic

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 member of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 representing the 98th district, which includes all of Sullivan County

Sullivan County, New York

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 and parts of Orange County

Orange County, New York

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 including the cities of Middletown, Orange County, New York

Middletown, Orange County, New York

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 and Port Jervis.

Gunther received a nursing degree from Orange County Community College

Orange County Community College

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. She is a registered nurse

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 with 29 years experience.

She was first elected in 2003 in a special election to fill the vacancy created by the untimely death of her husband, Assemblyman Jacob E. "Jake" Gunther III. She ran uncontested in the 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010 general election

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s.

Gunther lives in Forestburgh

Forestburgh, New York

Forestburgh is a town in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 833 at the 2000 census. It is where the Neversink River enters the Neversink Gorge and flows over High Falls....

, where she and her husband raised their three children: Mary Alice, Jacob IV, and Caitlin.

Election results

• November 2003 special election, NYS Assembly, 98th AD

  Aileen M. Gunther (DEM New York State Democratic Committee The New York State Democratic Committee runs the local branch of the United States Democratic Party in the state of New York. Its headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and it has an office in Albany.-List of chairpersons:...  - WOR Working Families Party The Working Families Party is a minor political party in the United States founded in New York in 1998. There are "sister" parties to the New York WFP in Connecticut, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Oregon, but there is as yet no national WFP... )	...	20,207
  Alan J. Sorensen (REP New York Republican State Committee The New York Republican State Committee is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New York, headquartered in Albany.-History:...  - CON)	...	11,399

• November 2004 general election
  General election
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  , NYS Assembly, 98th AD

  Aileen M. Gunther (DEM New York State Democratic Committee The New York State Democratic Committee runs the local branch of the United States Democratic Party in the state of New York. Its headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and it has an office in Albany.-List of chairpersons:...  - WOR Working Families Party The Working Families Party is a minor political party in the United States founded in New York in 1998. There are "sister" parties to the New York WFP in Connecticut, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Oregon, but there is as yet no national WFP... )	...	31,108
  (uncontested)

• November 2006 general election
  General election
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  , NYS Assembly, 98th AD

  Aileen M. Gunther (DEM New York State Democratic Committee The New York State Democratic Committee runs the local branch of the United States Democratic Party in the state of New York. Its headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and it has an office in Albany.-List of chairpersons:...  - CON)	...	22,625
  (uncontested)

• November 2008 general election
  General election
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  , NYS Assembly, 98th AD

  Aileen M. Gunther (DEM New York State Democratic Committee The New York State Democratic Committee runs the local branch of the United States Democratic Party in the state of New York. Its headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and it has an office in Albany.-List of chairpersons:...  - IND Independence Party of New York The Independence Party is an affiliate in the U.S. state of New York of the Independence Party of America. The party was founded in 1991 by Dr. Gordon Black, Tom Golisano, and Laureen Oliver from Rochester, New York, and acquired ballot status in 1994...  - CON)	...	22,625
  (uncontested)

• November 2010 general election
  General election
  In a parliamentary political system, a general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.The term...
  
  , NYS Assembly, 98th AD

  Aileen M. Gunther (DEM New York State Democratic Committee The New York State Democratic Committee runs the local branch of the United States Democratic Party in the state of New York. Its headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and it has an office in Albany.-List of chairpersons:...  - CON)	...	25,299
  (uncontested)

External links

• New York State Assembly Member Website