GOP incumbent Miller re-elected in 101st District
Republican incumbent Brian Miller easily defeated Democratic challenger Chad McEvoy on Tuesday to secure another term representing New York’s 101st Assembly District.
Miller drew 26,041 votes to McEvoy’s 18,239, with all 117 precincts reporting, according to the state Board of Elections.
A New Hartford resident, Miller won his second twoyear term in the Assembly.
The long, narrow 101st Assembly District stretches from Oneida to Orange counties and includes the towns of Andes in Delaware County and Hardenburgh, Denning, Wawarsing, and Shawangunk in Ulster County.
Miller served eight years as Bridgewater town supervisor and 16 years as an Oneida County legislator. He is married and has three children.
Prior to the election, Miller said his priorities include ethics reform, repealing the state SAFE Act, repairing and maintaining infrastructure, school safety, and providing alternate pathways to a high school diploma.
Miller said he sponsored the Public Officers Accountability Act, which would put a term limit on committee chairs and legislative leaders, as well as make failure to report corruption a crime, and prevent lawmakers from using campaign donations for legal defense. He said he also supports legislation enacting term limits for all lawmakers.
Miller said the SAFE Act only punishes law-abiding firearm owners and he supports a full repeal of the measure in upstate New York, allowing New York City to keep the law.
Miller also supports having metal detectors in all schools and school resource officers patrolling hallways.