Editing Chautauqua County, New York (section)

==Government and politics==
All of the county is in the 150th [[New York State Assembly]] district, represented by [[Andy Goodell]], and the [[New York State Senate]] 57th district represented by [[George Borrello]]. The entire county is within the bounds of [[New York's 23rd congressional district]] which is represented by [[Nick Langworthy]]. 

The 2012 redistricting process moved all of Chautauqua County into Goodell's assembly district, while the county also rejoined the former 31st (renumbered again as the 23rd) congressional district along with Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties. Prior to 2013, the county was part of [[New York's 27th congressional district]]. Prior to 2003, the county was part of [[New York's 31st congressional district]], but it was controversially redistricted out of that district and into what was the 27th, and was replaced in the 29th district (the old 31st) by Rochester suburbs that had never before been part of the district. Chautauqua County, at the same time, joined [[Southtowns|southern Erie County]] and portions of the City of Buffalo in the 27th, areas that had also never been in the same district with each other. In both cases, the suburban additions had significantly more Democratic populations than before, leading to Democrats winning both districts, which led to accusations of cracking-based [[gerrymandering]]. 

Though the Republican Party has historically been dominant in Chautauqua County politics, the county had been a perfect [[bellwether]] county from 1980 to 2008, correctly voting for the winner of each presidential election in all eight elections during that time. However, in 2012, it voted for Republican [[Mitt Romney]] even as Democrat [[Barack Obama]] won re-election, marking its first miss since 1976. In 2016 the county reverted back to being solidly Republican, as [[Donald Trump]] won the county by the largest margin since [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1984.

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Chautauqua County is one of nineteen “charter counties” in New York, which grants the county greater leeway in conducting its own affairs. A board of supervisors governed Chautauqua County until 1975, when a new county charter went into effect with provisions for a [[county executive]] and a 13-seat county legislature.<ref>{{Citation
| date  = November 25, 1973
| title             = 3 MORE COUNTIES ADOPT CHARTERS
| periodical        = [[The New York Times]]
| location = [[New York City|New York, New York]]
| pages             = 59
}}</ref> The county council currently consists of 19 members each elected from single-member districts. As of 2024, there are 14 Republicans and 5 Democrats.<ref>Post Journal</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ '''Chautauqua County Executives'''
! Name
! Party
! Term
|-
| Joseph Gerace
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| January 1, 1975 – May 10, 1983
|-
| David Dawson (acting)
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| May 10, 1983 – November 25, 1983
|-
| John A. Glenzer
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| November 25, 1983 – December 31, 1989
|-
| [[Andrew Goodell|Andrew W. Goodell]]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| January 1, 1990 – December 31, 1997
|-
| Mark W. Thomas
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| January 1, 1998 – December 31, 2005
|-
| Gregory J. Edwards
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| January 1, 2006 – November 15, 2013
|-
| Stephen M. Abdella (acting)
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[UKN (United States)|UKN]]
| November 15, 2013 – December 31, 2013
|-
| Vincent W. Horrigan
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican (United States)|Republican]]
| January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2017
|-
| [[George Borrello|George M. Borrello]]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican (United States)|Republican]]
| January 1, 2018 – November 26, 2019
|-
| Stephen M. Abdella (acting)
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[UKN (United States)|UKN]]
| November 26, 2019 – December 31, 2019
|-
| Paul J. Wendel
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican (United States)|Republican]]
| January 1, 2020 – present
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ '''Chautauqua County Legislature'''
|-
! District
! Legislator
! Party
|-
| 1
| Kevin Muldowney
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 2
| Robert Bankoski
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 3
| Bob Scudder
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 4
| Christine Starks
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 5
| Terry Niebel
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 6
| Thomas R. Harmon
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 7
| Mark Odell
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 8
| Pierre Chagnon ''[[Chairman]]''
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 9
| Chuck Nazzaro
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 10
| Ken Lawton
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 11
| Robert Whitney
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 12
| Elisabeth Rankin
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 13
| Paul Whitford
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 14
| Daniel Pavlock
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 15
| Lisa Vanstrom
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 16
| John Davis
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 17
| Frank<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://chautauqua.ny.us/396/Legislature |title=Legislature - Chautauqua County, NY - Official Website |website=chautauqua.ny.us}}</ref> Jay Gould
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 18
| Bill Ward
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| 19
| John Hemmer
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
|}

===New York State Assembly===
Prior to changes in representation of the [[New York State Assembly]], each county had a given number of representatives. The following were representatives of Chautauqua County.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Name
! Term Start
! Term End
! Legislatures
! Notes
|-
| [[Ebenezer Walden]]
| July 1, 1811
| June 30, 1812
| [[35th New York State Legislature|35th]]
| Represented Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Niagara Counties
|-
| [[Jonas Williams]]
| July 1, 1812
| June 30, 1814
| [[36th New York State Legislature|36th]], [[37th New York State Legislature|37th]]
| Represented Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Niagara Counties
|-
| [[Joseph McClure]]
| July 1, 1814
| June 30, 1815
| [[38th New York State Legislature|38th]]
| Represented Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Niagara Counties
|-
| [[Elias Osborn]]
| July 1, 1815
| June 30, 1816
| [[39th New York State Legislature|39th]]
| Represented Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Niagara Counties
|-
| [[Jediah Prendergast]]<br/>[[Richard Smith (assemblyman)|Richard Smith]]
| July 1, 1816
| June 30, 1817
| [[40th New York State Legislature|40th]]
| Represented Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Niagara Counties
|-
| [[Robert Fleming (New York politician)|Robert Fleming]]<br/>[[Isaac Phelps]]
| July 1, 1817
| June 30, 1818
| [[41st New York State Legislature|41st]]
| Represented Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Niagara Counties
|-
| [[Philo Orton (New York politician)|Philo Orton]]<br/>[[Isaac Phelps]]
| July 1, 1818
| June 30, 1819
| [[42nd New York State Legislature|42nd]]
| Represented Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Niagara Counties
|-
| [[Elial T. Foote]]<br/>[[Oliver Forward]]
| July 1, 1819
| June 30, 1820
| [[43rd New York State Legislature|43rd]]
| Represented Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Niagara Counties
|-
| [[Jediah Prendergast]]<br/>[[William Hotchkiss (assemblyman)|William Hotchkiss]]
| July 1, 1820
| June 30, 1821
| [[44th New York State Legislature|44th]]
| Represented Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Niagara Counties
|-
| [[Thomas B. Campbell]]
| July 1, 1821
| December 31, 1822
| [[45th New York State Legislature|45th]]
| Represented Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara Counties
|-
| [[David Eason]]
| July 1, 1821
| January 5, 1822
| [[45th New York State Legislature|45th]]
| Represented Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara Counties
|-
| [[Isaac Phelps]]
| January 5, 1822
| December 31, 1822
| [[45th New York State Legislature|45th]]
| Represented Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara Counties
|-
| [[James Mullett Jr.]]
| January 1, 1823
| December 31, 1824
| [[46th New York State Legislature|46th]], [[47th New York State Legislature|47th]]
| First to only represent Chautauqua County
|-
| [[Nathan Mixer]]
| January 1, 1825
| December 31, 1825
| [[48th New York State Legislature|48th]]
| 
|-
| [[Elial T. Foote]]
| January 1, 1826
| December 31, 1827
| [[49th New York State Legislature|49th]], [[50th New York State Legislature|50th]]
| 
|-
| [[Samuel A. Brown]]
| January 1, 1827
| December 31, 1827
| [[50th New York State Legislature|50th]]
| 
|-
| [[Nathaniel Fenton]]
| January 1, 1828
| December 31, 1828
| [[51st New York State Legislature|51st]]
| 
|-
| [[Nathan Mixer]]
| January 1, 1828
| December 31, 1829
| [[51st New York State Legislature|51st]], [[52nd New York State Legislature|52nd]]
| 
|-
| [[Abner Hazeltine]]
| January 1, 1829
| December 31, 1830
| [[52nd New York State Legislature|52nd]], [[53rd New York State Legislature|53rd]]
| 
|-
| [[Squire White]]
| January 1, 1830
| December 31, 1832
| [[53rd New York State Legislature|53rd]], [[54th New York State Legislature|54th]], [[55th New York State Legislature|55th]]
| 
|-
| [[John Birdsall (politician, born 1802)|John Birdsall]]
| January 1, 1831
| December 31, 1831
| [[54th New York State Legislature|54th]]
| 
|-
| [[Theron Bly]]
| January 1, 1832
| December 31, 1832
| [[55th New York State Legislature|55th]]
| 
|-
| [[Nathaniel Gray]]
| January 1, 1833
| December 31, 1833
| [[56th New York State Legislature|56th]]
| 
|-
| [[Alvin Plumb]]
| January 1, 1833
| December 31, 1833
| [[56th New York State Legislature|56th]]
| 
|}