The Nott Memorial at Union College in Schenectady. The 44th Senate District includes parts of the city. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Democrat Sarah Rogerson has unseated Republican state Sen. Jim Tedisco in the 44th Senate District, ending a legislative career of more than 40 years, WAMC reported on Nov. 4. Tedisco conceded. Unofficial results from the state Board of Elections, the station said, showed Rogerson leading by 5,428 votes. WAMC noted that Rogerson is a former commentator for the station.
Rogerson declared victory overnight and, in a statement released about 1 a.m. Wednesday, said she would be a “fighter” working to “address the crushing affordability crisis and uncertainty coming out of Washington” as part of a Democratic supermajority in the Senate. WAMC, citing Times Union projections at the time, said Democrats were poised to regain a two-thirds Senate majority after losing it in 2024. Tedisco, in a statement Wednesday, congratulated Rogerson and thanked his constituents and supporters, the station reported.
Tedisco spent 17 terms in the Assembly, including two as minority leader from 2005 to 2009, before succeeding Hugh Farley in the Senate in 2017. He has represented the 44th District since 2023. The district includes parts of the city of Schenectady.
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