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Savage mulling run for a state position

First published in print: Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Schenectady County Legislature Chairwoman Susan Savage is considering a run for state office, eyeing both the long-held seats of Republicans state Sen. Hugh Farley and Assemblyman Jim Tedisco.
     
"I would like to be wherever I will make the biggest difference for my community. It could be in the Senate or the Assembly," said Savage, a Democrat who lives in Niskayuna, adding that she'll announce her intentions in about a month.
Savage is being courted by county Democrats as their strongest candidate for a state office this year. Tedisco's seat is likely the more enticing of the two because of his loss in the Republican-heavy 20th Congressional District race last year to political newcomer Scott Murphy. Farley, a Niskayuna resident, is expected to run again this fall in the 44th Senate District for his 18th two-year term.

Tedisco, who lives in Glenville and has held his 110th district seat since 1983, would not confirm if he'll run for re-election. "There's a time for campaigning and a time for elections and then there's a time for governing and being a public servant," Tedisco said before the Assembly went into session Monday afternoon.

If Savage enters the election, she'll likely have to quit her job as director of intergovernmental affairs at the state Office of Real Property Services. Savage, a mother of nine, first entered the political arena when she was elected to the County Legislature in 1997 and became chairwoman in 2004. With the recent switch of Republican Legislator Angelo Santabarbara to the Democratic side, the Democrats now have a 13-2 majority in the County Legislature.

"I have a good record of bringing change to Schenectady County and there certainly is a need for change in the state Legislature. I have to consider it," she said.



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