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Terry W. Gipson served as a Democratic member of the New York State Senate, representing district 41, which includes all but two towns of Dutchess County and three towns in Putnam County. He was elected to the Senate in 2012 after edging out longtime Republican Senator Stephen Saland by 2,100 votes. Conservative Party candidate, Neil Di Carlo, received 17,000 votes on that line. Gipson was the first Democrat since Franklin Delano Roosevelt to hold this seat, 100 years previously. Gipson was born near and raised in Tyler, Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.terrygipsonny.com/about-terry-gipson )〕 He received a BFA from Texas Tech University in 1987, and an MFA from Penn State University in 1991. In the process, Gipson worked as a landscaper, dishwasher, cook, carpenter, painter, cafeteria manager, and scenic and lighting designer.〔 In 2006, Gipson opened Gipson Design Group Inc., which is located in Rhinebeck, New York. He was twice elected to the Rhinebeck Village Board and served as a Trustee. Prior to this, Gipson lived in White Plains, where he served as a volunteer firefighter and worked as a design director for MTV Networks and a designer for Rockwell Architecture.〔 Gipson is Pro-Choice and remains an advocate for ethics reform in Albany, public education, equal rights and for raising the minimum wage. While in office, Gipson received a 100% positive rating from Environmental Advocates of New York yearly. 〔 〔 Gipson lost to Republican Sue Serino in the November 2014 election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20141104/republican-sue-serino-unseats-democrat-terry-gipson-in-41st-ny-senate-district )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Terry Gipson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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