{"id":5610,"date":"2012-03-01T16:32:24","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T21:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=5610"},"modified":"2012-03-02T10:23:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T15:23:59","slug":"breaking-sayward-wont-seek-re-election-to-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/03\/01\/breaking-sayward-wont-seek-re-election-to-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING:  Sayward won&#8217;t seek re-election to Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: black; font-size: x-small;\">North Country assemblywoman Teresa Sayward says she won&#8217;t see  re-election this year.\u00a0 In an announcement released a few minutes ago, Sayward said she had reached the decision after &#8220;a  great deal of careful thought and personal reflection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sayward, a Republican, has served as Willsboro town supervisor and a member of the state Assembly for the last two decades.<\/p>\n<p>In her statement, Sayward said the she leaves public service &#8220;more optimistic than when I entered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sayward was a strong advocate of same-sex marriage.\u00a0 She says she was  proud to &#8220;stand up, speak out and vote in support of marriage equality  for all New Yorkers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The decision will set off a scramble for her seat, in a district that has long been seen as a Republican stronghold.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the statement in full:<\/p>\n<div>\u201cToday, I am announcing my intention to not seek re-election to the 113<span><sup>th<\/sup><\/span> Assembly District.\u00a0 This was a family decision, one reached after a great deal of careful thought and personal reflection.\u00a0 My husband Kenneth and I recently celebrated our 50<span><sup>th<\/sup><\/span> wedding anniversary, and we agreed that after over 20 years of public  service it was time to write the next chapter of our life together.<\/div>\n<div>Having  the opportunity to serve my community as Willsboro Town Supervisor, a  member of the Essex County Board of Supervisors, and most recently as a  Member of the New York State Assembly, has been a privilege and honor\u00a0of the highest order.\u00a0 I want to thank my  family, County Chairs, colleagues and, most of all, the thousands of  constituents who continually placed their faith, trust and confidence in  me and have been so good to me.\u00a0 The support I received, and the friendships I made, mean far more than my words could  ever express.<\/div>\n<div>At a  time when so many are cynical about government, I will leave public  service more optimistic than when I entered.\u00a0 I have seen firsthand how  the power of an idea, and the belief in an ideal, can make our society a better, fairer place for everyone.\u00a0 I was proud  to stand up, speak out and vote in support of marriage equality for all  New Yorkers.\u00a0 Seeing marriage equality finally become law in New York  State affirmed my faith in the more perfect union our forefathers sought and the pursuit of happiness that all  Americans rightfully deserve.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Country assemblywoman Teresa Sayward says she won&#8217;t see re-election this year.\u00a0 In an announcement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[22,6550,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5611,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610\/revisions\/5611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}