Donna Lupardo

Donna A. Lupardo (born August 17, 1954) In November 2006, Lupardo was re-elected, defeating challenger Jay J. Dinga by a margin of almost 2 to 1. She ran uncontested in the November 2008 general election and won the November 2010 general election with 56 percent of the vote.

After reapportionment, the boundaries to Lupardo's Assembly District remained unchanged, but the district number was changed from 126 to 123. She was elected to her fifth term in 2012, easily defeating Broome County Legislator Julie Lewis, 62% to 38%.

Lupardo ran unopposed in 2018, as well as in 2014. In 2016, she defeated challenger Dorollo Nixon with nearly 59% percent of the vote.

In 2019, Assemblywoman Lupardo was appointed as Chair of the Assembly Agriculture Committee. She previously served as Chair of the Committee on Aging, Chair of the Committee on Children and Families and Chair of the Legislative Commission on Science and Technology. She currently serves on the following committees: Higher Education, Economic Development, Rules, and Transportation. Her other leadership positions include Chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus,

Assemblywoman Lupardo's legislative accomplishments include authoring the State Green Building Construction Act and Contract Disclosure Act. In 2014, she authored legislation that was signed into law to allow research universities to partake in a pilot research program to grow industrial hemp. Until the passage of the Agricultural Act of 2014, which allowed states to grow the crop in pilot research programs, the federal government banned hemp production.