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Joseph A. Errigo is the Assembly member for the 133rd District of the New York State Assembly. He is a Republican. The district includes Livingston County, as well as portions of Monroe County and Steuben County. He previously served in the Assembly from 2001 to 2010.
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Background
Errigo was born in Rochester, New York in 1938, and graduated from the Aquinas Institute in 1956. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. Errigo then worked as a draftsman for the New York Department of Transportation. From 1965 to 1995, Errigo worked as a court reporter. He started a business, the Tiro Reporter Service, in 1978, and started a second business, Errigo Sand & Gravel in 1995.
Political career
Errigo was elected as the representative for the 136th Assembly District in 2000, and after redistricting, represented the 130th Assembly District. He is a Republican. He did not seek reelection in 2010.
On September 14, 2016, Errigo was selected by a New York Republican State Committee to replace Bill Nojay on the general election ballot for the 133rd Assembly District. Nojay, the incumbent, had committed suicide several days before the primary election while under investigation for fraud, but was still on the ballot and won the primary. In the general election campaign, Errigo made few appearances, claimed on WXXI (AM) Connections that President Barack Obama encouraged black people to kill white people, and won the general election against Democratic candidate Barbara Baer on November 8.