Barbara Lifton

1950

Geneseo, New York, Livingston County, United States of America

In English in 1985. Lifton was an English teacher in the Geneseo Central School from 1976 to 1982, then in the Ithaca public school system from 1985 to 1988. She also served for two years on the Cornell/Community Waste Management Committee. Lifton was first elected to the State Assembly in November 2002. Fellow assemblyman Joseph Morelle, the chairman of the Monroe County Democratic Party, has been recruiting Lifton, among other candidates, in an effort to run against Republican Tom Reed for the vacant congressional seat formerly held by Eric Massa, who resigned in disgrace from the United States Congress, although Lifton lives outside the boundaries of that district. She has stated that she is considering the overture, as she has long wanted to have a say in global issues. Lifton resides in Ithaca, New New York

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She attended State University of New York College at Geneseo, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English a teacher certification in 1973, and an Master of Arts

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In English in 1985. Lifton was an English teacher in the Geneseo Central School from 1976 to 1982, then in the Ithaca public school system from 1985 to 1988. She also served for two years on the Cornell/Community Waste Management Committee. Lifton was first elected to the State Assembly in November 2002.

Fellow assemblyman Joseph Morelle, the chairman of the Monroe County Democratic Party, has been recruiting Lifton, among other candidates, in an effort to run against Republican Tom Reed for the vacant congressional seat formerly held by Eric Massa, who resigned in disgrace from the United States Congress, although Lifton lives outside the boundaries of that district.

She has stated that she is considering the overture, as she has long wanted to have a say in global issues. Lifton resides in Ithaca, New New York

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Foreign fourteen years before entering the Assembly she served as the Chief of Staff to former Assemblyman Marty Luster. She ran uncontested in the November 2008 general election and won the November 2010 general election with 62 percent of the vote.

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