Carrie Woerner announces bid for third term
ROUND LAKE, N.Y. » Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner, D-Round Lake, has announced her campaign for re-election to a third term.
She chairs the Subcommittee on Agricultural Production & Technology and is a member of the Assembly’s Agriculture, Local Governments, Racing and Wagering, Small Business and Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development committees, as well as a member of the Legislative Women’s Caucus.
During her campaign kick-off, Woerner touted her track record or legislative accomplishments, which she said includes passage of 22 bills chaptered in state law, plus six more bills passed so far during the 2018 legislative session. Woerner’s district includes parts of Saratoga and Washington counties.
Woerner’s Republican challenger is 21-yearold Morgan Zegers of Malta, a Ballston Spa High
School alum and recent graduate of American University in Washington, D.C.
Woerner said 13 of her bills were introduced at the request of specific communities within the 113th Assembly District. These include bills authorizing the Ballston Spa Central School District to establish a semiconductor manufacturing tax stabilization reserve fund; and others that make several city of Mechanicville residents eligible to serve as full-time police officers. Marie E. Abraham, for example, was recently sworn in as the first fulltime female police officer in the Mechanicville Police Department history.
Other legislation has had positive economic impacts on small businesses, farms, and communities across Saratoga and Washington counties, Woerner said. For example, one bill makes it easier for farms and agribusinesses to offer agritourism activities such as apple picking, and another provides a real property tax abatement to support farm breweries and hops growers.
Also, Woerner said she’s secured more than $7.5 million in state grants for communities within the 113th District. These include $750,000 for infrastructure improvements; $500,000 for police departments, fire companies, and EMS organizations; $225,000 for drug treatment and prevention programs; $100,000 for veteran service organizations; $725,000 for historic preservation, tourism, and the arts; and $500,000 for school agriculture education programs.
Previously, Woerner was vice president and general manager of MeetMax Conference Software, a division of The Wall Street Transcript. She established the software division in Saratoga Springs in 2008.
Woerner earned her undergraduate degree from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and her MBA from Santa Clara University in California.
She has had a 30-year career in software and technical writing for firms such as Dell/Perot Systems and IBM.