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Administrative History

Senator James S. Alesi, a Republican, was first elected to the Senate in a 1996 special election. He represents the 55th Senate District, which consists of sections of Monroe County, and has served as chair (2001-2008) and ranking minority member (2009-2010) of the Standing Committee on Commerce, Economic Development, and Small Business. Researchers should note that Senator Alesi apparently did not have an official website as of late 2006, when Governor George E. Pataki (1995-2006) left office. Moreover, in 2009, each senator was allotted space on the main Senate Web site and the official sites of individual senators were removed from the live Web.