Liz Krueger

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Liz Krueger is a member of the Senate of the United States state of New York. She was first elected in February 2002 during a special election.

Contents 1 Education 2 Political Career 3 Personal life 4 External links

[edit] Education

She holds a B.A. from Northwestern University in Social Policy and Human Development and a masters degree from the University of Chicago's Harris Graduate School of Public Policy.

[edit] Political Career

A member of the Democratic Party, Krueger represents New York's 26th Senate district.

She also chairs the New York State Senate Democratic Campaign Committee.

Krueger is one of the leading advocates for reforming the state legislature, and has introduced many bills to do so. She is notable for joining with a Republican Assembly member and filing a lawsuit against George Pataki, Joseph Bruno and Sheldon Silver, for inequalities that elected officials must deal with when in minority parties, believing that it is her constituents who suffer when her website and other materials are censored by the GOP communications department, and she has far fewer staff members than GOP counterparts.

That lawsuit is pending and is expected to reach the Court of Appeals, New York's highest court.

Krueger has written in favor of same-sex marriage, and consistently receives very high marks from environmental and civil rights organizations. She is one of only five legislators to receive a perfect score from the Drum Major Institute.

[edit] Personal life

Krueger lives in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a borough of New York City. Her husband, Dr. John E. Seley, is a professor of Urban Planning and Geography at The City University of New York Graduate Center and Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs.

[edit] External links

• Liz Krueger's official site @[1]
• Her biography is at [2]
• [3] Krueger's response to the 2006 State Senate and Assembly screening questionnaire from the 504 Democratic Club of New York City