Mary Ann Krupsak, a trailblazer in New York politics who became the first woman elected to statewide office when she was voted in as lieutenant governor in 1974, has died at the age of 92. Krupsak, a lifelong Democrat, served one term with Gov. Hugh Carey before challenging him for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1978. She held various positions in the New York state Assembly and Senate before her historic election as lieutenant governor.
FILE — New York Mayor Edward Koch holds a proclamation for"Women's Equality Week," at a City Hall ceremony, Aug. 28, 1978 in New York, accompanied by congresswoman Bella Abzug, left, suffragist Isola Reid Doric, 86; and New York Lt. Gov. Mary Anne Krupsak, right. GENEVA, N.Y. — Mary Ann Krupsak , who became the first woman elected to statewide office in New York when she was voted in as lieutenant governor in 1974, has died. She was 92.
Krupsak was born in Schenectady and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Rochester, a master’s degree from Boston University and a law degree from the University of Chicago. She was elected to the New York state Assembly in 1968 and served in both the Assembly and Senate before running for lieutenant governor.
“I worked on her campaign while in high school in 1974, and I was proud to follow in her footsteps forty years later,” the Democrat said. After leaving office, she was a senior partner at the law firm Krupsak & Mahoney and a senior partner and co-founder of Krupsak, Wass deCzege & Associates.GENEVA, N.Y. — Mary Ann Krupsak, who became the first woman elected to statewide office in New York when she was voted in as lieutenant governor in 1974, has died. She was 92. Krupsak died Saturday at her home on Seneca Lake, according to an online obituary published Thursday. The lifelong Democrat served one RIVERSIDE, Calif.
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