Dan Maffei

Maffei was born in Syracuse and currently resides there. He graduated from Nottingham Senior High School in 1986, and continued on to receive a B.A. in history from Brown University in 1990, an M.S. in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1991, and an M.P.P. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.maffeiforcongress.com/About_Dan/|title=Maffei For Congress - About Dan|publisher=Maffei for Congress|access-date=February 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141515/http://www.maffeiforcongress.com/About_Dan/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/bulletin-dan-maffei|title="Campaign as Classroom: Dan Maffei (MPP 1995) on lessons learned" |publisher=John F. Kennedy School of Government |access-date=February 6, 2019}}

Upon graduating from Columbia, Maffei went to work as a reporter and producer for Syracuse's ABC affiliate WSYR-TV from 1991 to 1993, and part-time reporter for WWNY-TV in Watertown from then until 1995.

Maffei was the senior vice president for corporate development at consulting firm Pinnacle Capital Management.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pcm-advisors.com/html/people.html|title=Pinnacle Capital Management People|accessdate=May 12, 2023}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Dan's career on Capitol Hill started with an unpaid internship in 1996 with New York Congressman Eliot Engel. He was hired as a press secretary for U.S. Senator Bill Bradley in 1996, then served in the same post for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1997 to 1998. After working on Senator Bradley's presidential campaign from 1998 to 1999, Maffei went to work for U.S. Representative Charlie Rangel from 1999 to 2005, serving as a senior staff member of the House Ways and Means Committee.

In 2005, Maffei returned to Syracuse to coordinate the successful 2005 re-election campaign of Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll. Following his successful return, Maffei decided to make his first bid for public office, challenging popular nine-term Republican Congressman Jim Walsh. He earned the Democratic nomination and mounted the first serious challenge to Walsh in years, coming within two percentage points of defeating the incumbent. Maffei won in the City of Syracuse and the rest of Onondaga County, Walsh's home turf, as well as Monroe County.

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;2008

{{see also|2008 New York's 25th congressional district election}}

On January 24, 2008, after Maffei had already mounted a strong opposition campaign, Walsh announced that he would not be running for an 11th term. In March 2008, Mayor Driscoll announced he would not be running for the seat, effectively handing the nomination to Maffei. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 9, 2008. After it appeared he might run unopposed in the general election, on April 3, 2008, Onondaga County legislator Dale Sweetland, coming off a narrowly unsuccessful 2007 bid for Onondaga County Executive, announced that he would oppose Maffei.

Maffei was solidly favored to win the seat. In addition to rating the district as 'Leans Democratic',

RealClearPolitics ranked this as the third most likely Congressional district to switch parties.{{cite web|url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/election_2008/battle_for_congress.html|publisher=RealClearPolitics |title=Election 2008: Senate, House & Governor Races |access-date=February 6, 2019}} Going into the election, other pundits from CQ Politics, The Cook Report, and the Rothenberg Report also ranked it as 'Lean Democrat' to 'Democrat Favored'.[http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=28 CQ Politics Projected Landscape, New York's Delegation to the U.S. House] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010041446/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=28 |date=October 10, 2008 }}

In May 2008, and again on June 20, 2008, The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, author of "The Fix", ranked the race in the 25th as a near-certainty to result in a Democratic takeover.Chris Cillizza. "[http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/friday_house_line_double_your.html Friday House Line: Dems Could Gain 20 Seats]", "The Fix", The Washington Post, June 6, 2008. Retrieved on June 28, 2008.Chris Cillizza. "[http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/06/the_friday_house_line_generic.html Generic Ballot Distress for House GOP]", "The Fix", The Washington Post, June 20, 2008. Retrieved on June 28, 2008

Although Walsh had held the seat without serious difficulty until his near-defeat in 2006, the 25th had swung heavily to the Democrats at most other levels since the 1990s. Even though Republicans have a small plurality of registered voters, it hadn't supported a Republican for president since George H. W. Bush carried it in 1988.

On November 4, 2008, Maffei defeated Sweetland, 55% to 42%.[http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapHNY/H/25 "US House - New York 25 Results"], CNN He became the first Democrat to represent the area since 1981 (when it was the 32nd District), and only the second Democrat to represent the Syracuse area in Congress since 1917.

;2010

{{See also|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New York#District 25}}

Republican Ann Marie Buerkle narrowly defeated Maffei on November 2, 2010 following weeks of absentee ballot counting and precinct recanvassing, in which Buerkle emerged with a 567-vote majority of over 200,000 ballots cast. Maffei conceded the race on November 23, 2010, when it became clear that challenged votes would not change the outcome of the race.{{cite news |first=Emily|last=Goodin|title=Rep. Maffei concedes, GOP gains 63rd seat|date=November 23, 2010 |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/75963-rep-maffei-concedes-gop-gains-63rd-seat/|work=The Hill|access-date=November 23, 2010 |quote=Rep. Dan Maffei (D-N.Y.) conceded to his GOP challenger Tuesday afternoon, giving Republicans their 63rd pickup in the House.}}

Maffei had been favored to hold the seat. RealClearPolitics rated the district as 'Leans Democratic,' and other pundits from CQ Politics, The Cook Report, and the Rothenberg Report ranked it as 'Lean Democrat' to 'Democrat Favored'.

;2012

{{See also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York#District 24}}

On August 24, 2011, Maffei announced his intentions to take back his old seat, now renumbered as {{ushr|New York|24}}.{{cite web|last=Harding|first=Robert|title=Green Party candidate challenging Buerkle, Maffei in 24th District|url=http://auburnpub.com/news/local/green-party-candidate-challenging-buerkle-maffei-in-th-district/article_b9eb8758-4035-52fa-9687-26f2848fbf62.html|work=The Auburn Citizen|date=May 27, 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/former_rep_dan_maffei_says_hes.html |title=Former Rep. Dan Maffei says he's ready for rematch with Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle |author=Weiner, Mark |date=August 24, 2011 |work= Syracuse Post Standard|access-date=August 24, 2011}} Maffei defeated Buerkle on November 6, 2012, 48% to 44% with 99% of precincts reporting. Despite the race being called in Maffei's favor before midnight on Election Day, Buerkle released a statement the following morning, November 7, saying she would not concede until all ballots were counted.{{cite web |url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/rep_buerkle_released_statement.html|title=Rep. Buerkle released statement, has not conceded 24th Congressional District to Maffei |author=Breidenbach, Michelle |date=November 7, 2012 |work=The Post-Standard |access-date=November 7, 2012}} Buerkle conceded the race on November 9, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/post_703.html|title=Buerkle concedes 24th Congressional race|last=syracuse.com|website=syracuse.com|date=November 9, 2012|access-date=February 6, 2019}}

;2014

{{See also|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New York#District 24}}

Maffei ran for a third, non-consecutive term in 2014. Republicans targeted his seat, along with several others in New York. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and faced Republican candidate John Katko, a former federal prosecutor, in the general election. Maffei lost to Katko by a margin of 19 percentage points, winning only 40% of the vote to Katko's 60%. This was the largest margin of defeat for an incumbent House member in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/by-the-numbers-how-john-katko-beat-rep-dan-maffei/article_20de96ea-65ed-11e4-a212-475e3b7235df.html|title = By the numbers: How John Katko beat Rep. Dan Maffei in central NY race for Congress| date=November 7, 2014 }}[https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2014/general/2014Congress.pdf NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns November 4, 2014] elections.ny.gov Retrieved May 12, 2023

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He has been a frequent guest lecturer at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. In fall 2011 and spring 2012, he was a visiting professor of environmental studies at SUNY-ESF, where he taught a graduate seminar on the "Politics of Science and Environmental Policy".[http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/former_rep_dan_maffei_accepts.html Weiner, Mark. 2011. "Former Rep. Dan Maffei accepts two new jobs," Syracuse Post-Standard, June 29.] Accessed: June 24, 2012. Maffei is on the board of advisors of the [http://globalpanel.org Global Panel Foundation], a prominent non-partisan NGO which works behind the scenes in conflict areas around the world.

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