Dennis Mehiel
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Dennis Mehiel is a New York businessman and political leader. Mehiel is from Westchester and runs a corrugated cardboard manufacturing company called Four M Corp.
Mehiel has long been involved in Democratic Party affairs in Westchester and New York State. In the 1990s, he unsuccessfully sought a congressional seat in Westchester. In 2002, he ran for lieutenant governor as the running mate of State Comptroller Carl McCall. Mehiel was the Democratic Party nominee, but in the general election the McCall/Mehiel ticket lost to Gov. George Pataki and Lt. Gov. Mary Donohue. In 2004, Mehiel was New York State Chairman for the Democratic Presidential ticket of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.
2002 NYS Democratic Ticket
- Governor: Carl McCall
- Lieutenant Governor: Dennis Mehiel
- Comptroller: Alan Hevesi
- Attorney General: Eliot Spitzer
Preceded by Sandra Frankel |
Democratic Party Nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New York 2002 |
Succeeded by David Paterson |