Jane Corwin

{{Short description|American politician and businesswoman (born 1964)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jane Corwin | image = JaneCorwinCongress.jpeg | office = Commissioner at International Joint Commission | status = United States Section Chair | appointer = Donald Trump | term_start = May 16, 2019 | term_end =  | alongside = Rob Sisson and Lance Yohe | state_assembly1 = New York | district1 = 144th | term_start1 = January 1, 2009 | term_end1 = December 31, 2016 | predecessor1 = Mike Cole | successor1 = Michael Norris | birth_name = Jane Lewis | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|2|29}} | birth_place = Tonawanda, New York<ref name="Vote Smart"/> | party = Republican | spouse = Philip M. Corwin (m. 1990)<ref name="married"/> | children = 3<ref name="launches"/> | alma_mater = SUNY Albany (B.A.) Pace University (M.B.A.)<ref name="Assembly bio"/> | profession = Businessperson, politician | blank1 = Assets | data1 = $58–$158 million<ref name="corwin tops"/> | website = {{URL|http://www.janecorwin.com|Official campaign website}} | footnotes = }}

'''Jane Lewis Corwin''' (born February 29, 1964)<ref name="Vote Smart"/> is an American politician and businesswoman who currently serves a Commissioner of the International Joint Commission for United States and Canada. She previously served as a Republican Party member of the New York State Assembly from 2009 to 2016. She represented the 144th Assembly District which covers parts of Erie and Niagara counties. Corwin was also the Republican Party nominee in the special election held on May 24, 2011, to fill Western New York's 26th district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives previously held by Republican Chris Lee. She faced three other candidates in the election, losing to Democrat Kathy Hochul 47 percent to 42 percent.<ref name="Hochul victory"/>

Before entering politics, Corwin was on the board of directors of the family business, and worked at a financial firm while earning her master's degree in business administration.

In 2019, she was confirmed by the Senate as a Commissioner of the International Joint Commission for United States and Canada.<ref>[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-designate-personnel-key-administration-posts-2/ www.whitehouse.gov]</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zremski |first1=Jerry |title=Senate confirms Jane Corwin as U.S. chair of International Joint Commission |date=16 May 2019 |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/senate-confirms-jane-corwin-as-u-s-chair-of-international-joint-commission/article_9cf31e0e-2620-59ef-91e5-8ed3af00623f.html |publisher=The Buffalo News |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>

==Early life and education and business career== Corwin has said she spent 36 years working in the private sector, beginning her business career at age eight by delivering phone books for The Talking Phone Book,<ref name="critics challenge"/> the family business that had been founded by her father, Wilbur Lewis, a former salesman.<ref name="corwin tops"/> During her teen years, she proof-read the company's publications, and while in college, she was vice president of marketing.<ref name="critics challenge"/> Corwin has stressed she did not grow up wealthy, noting that in the 1980s, her family almost lost their home.<ref name="corwin tops"/>

She began college at the private Ithaca College and had to transfer to the State University of New York at Albany because of cost concerns.<ref name="corwin tops"/> She earned a B.A. degree in psychology from SUNY in 1985, and then attended Pace University earning an M.B.A. in finance in 1990.<ref name="Vote Smart"/>

She worked on Wall Street from 1987 to 1990 as a research director for Henry Ansbacher, Inc.,<ref name="Vote Smart"/> a British financial firm that helped large media conglomerates acquire small, locally owned newspapers.<ref name="critics challenge"/> She also served on the board of directors of the Talking Phone Book as Secretary-Treasurer beginning in 1987,<ref name="Vote Smart"/> making strategic decisions for the company.<ref name="critics challenge"/> After completing her education in 1990, she returned to Western New York State to marry Philip M. Corwin II whom she had met in graduate school. The couple worked at The Talking Phone Book with Philip serving as chief financial officer.<ref name="married"/><ref name="critics challenge"/> She also began a family, and has said of this time, "I didn't go into the office every day ... We had more board discussions over the kitchen table than the board room."<ref name="critics challenge"/> The business was sold to Hearst Corporation in 2004 for $400 million, making Corwin and her siblings wealthy, according to the ''Buffalo News''.<ref name="corwin tops"/> Campaign disclosure forms have indicated Corwin's personal assets is between $58 and $158 million, mainly derived from her family's business.<ref name="corwin tops"/>

==Community activities== Since 2004, Corwin has been President of the Philip M. and Jane Lewis Corwin Foundation to provide direct funding to educational, medical and religious charities that benefit children.<ref name="Vote Smart"/><ref name="Assembly bio"/> A review of the foundation's financials by the ''Buffalo News'' indicated that more than half of its distributions have gone to Boston College, Philip Corwin's ''alma mater''; the second largest recipient has been a school the Corwin children attended.<ref name="critics challenge"/> In recent years, she has given $500 college scholarships to local public high school students, and has indicated she has not taken any tax benefits for her donations.<ref name="critics challenge"/> She has also been a community volunteer, serving as president of a committee of the Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, as confirmation leader at her church, and as a member of a committee of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.<ref name="Assembly bio"/> She served on the board of directors of Brookfield Country Club Women's Association<ref name="Vote Smart"/> and became a private sector ''protégé'' of Erie County Executive Christopher Collins serving as an assistant treasurer for his campaign from 2007 to 2008, according to the ''Buffalo News''.<ref name="launches"/><ref name="joins race"/>

==State Assembly== Corwin has said she entered politics in 2008 because she "could not stand idly by and watch state government spend away our children's future."<ref name="stalled by legalities"/> During her first campaign for the Assembly, she said the State needed to adopt a business-like approach, cut spending, cut taxes, end "unfunded mandates" and improve the business environment.<ref name="launches"/> She won the primary for the 142nd Assembly District seat<ref name="2008 primary"/> against three other Republican candidates including incumbent Assemblyman Mike Cole, who had the Republican party endorsement, but who had been censured for fraternizing with an intern one year earlier.<ref name="Lockport GOP"/><ref name="Cole's GOP line"/> Corwin went on to defeat Working Families Party candidate Jeffrey Bono in the November 2008 general election, receiving 89 percent of the vote.<ref name="2008 general"/><ref name="nyt election results NYS"/> She ran uncontested in the November 2010 general election, receiving endorsements from the Conservative and Independence parties of New York State.<ref name="2008 general"/>

While in the State Assembly, Corwin was appointed chair of the Assembly Minority Manufacturing Task Force and became ranking minority member of the Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee.<ref name="Assembly bio"/> She opposed a bill that would legalize gay marriage.<ref name="local legislators"/> She also opposed a loosening of state drug laws that would reduce long prison terms and give judges more leeway in sentencing,<ref name="plan to soften"/> and voted "no" on a bill that required the unshackling of prisoners while giving birth.<ref name="key votes"/> Based on her Assembly voting record on fiscal matters, the state Conservative Party placed her near the top in its 2009 and 2010 annual rankings of Assembly members.<ref name="about Jane"/>

==U.S. Congressional run== {{See also|2011 New York's 26th congressional district special election}} In February 2011, U.S. Representative Chris Lee resigned abruptly after reports surfaced that he had been flirting with a woman on Craigslist.<ref name="stalled by legalities"/><ref name="Cuomo sets"/> Later that month, Corwin was unanimously chosen by Republican Party leaders to be the Party's nominee in the special election to fill the seat.<ref name="GOP selects"/><ref name="GOP leaders pick"/> (State law does not provide for primary elections prior to special elections.)<ref name="gets nod"/> Corwin also received the endorsements of the New York Conservative Party and the Independence Party of New York.<ref name="Capitol Confidential 15 March 2011"/> She vied for the congressional seat against local businessman Jack Davis, an independent candidate running on the Tea Party ballot line;<ref name="republicans join"/> Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul, a Democrat; and writer Ian Murphy the Green Party candidate. The election was held on May 24.

===Political positions=== Corwin said that if elected, she would work to cut federal government spending, reduce taxes and repeal the health care overhaul that was enacted by the Democratic majority Congress in 2010.<ref name="stalled by legalities"/> She signed a tax pledge, promising to oppose all efforts to increase marginal tax rates on individuals and businesses, and to oppose reductions of tax credits or deductions that are not matched by reductions in tax rates.<ref name="tax pledge"/>

She strongly supported U.S. Representative Paul Ryan's proposal to reform the Medicare program for senior citizens by turning it into a program that would give seniors vouchers to purchase private health insurance coverage.<ref name="GOP medicare"/> Corwin said the plan would protect Medicare for future generations by putting it on solid financial ground.<ref name="GOP medicare"/> On May 17, Corwin's campaign announced that Corwin would consider alternatives to the Ryan voucher plan, if they would help keep Medicare solvent.<ref name="truth test"/> Corwin called her Democratic opponent's proposals to raise taxes on the wealthy an attack on those "who help our jobs grow and who will keep Medicare from going into bankruptcy", and has said that the Democrats, including Hochul, have offered no alternative to the Republicans' voucher plan.<ref name="Boehner puts"/>

When answering Project Vote Smart's "Political Courage" survey in 2008, Corwin replied that she believes abortion should be legal in the first trimester of pregnancy and in cases of rape, incest and when the life of the mother is endangered.<ref name="key issues"/> When interviewed toward the end of her 2011 campaign for Congress, Corwin stated she would vote for any bill that restricted taxpayer funding of abortion, but indicated that abortion was "a woman's decision in the first trimester."<ref name="weigel"/>

===Campaign=== The special election was initially thought to be a "certain victory" for the Republican candidate, but became "fiercely competitive", according to ''The New York Times'', because of a U.S. House Republican plan to privatize Medicare.<ref name="hoping third"/> The Times has also cited the candidacy of third-party candidate Davis as a factor which is "siphoning support" from Corwin.<ref name="hoping third"/> ''The Hill'' said the Medicare issue seemed to be boosting Hochul's campaign, though it was difficult to handicap the race because of the presence of the third-party candidate.<ref name="big Medicare"/>

A late April poll by Siena College had Corwin in the lead with 36 percent, followed by Hochul with 31 percent and Davis with 23 percent of the vote.<ref name="real race"/> An early May poll by the Democratic-leaning Public Policy Institute showed Hochul at 35 percent, Corwin at 31 percent and Davis at 24 percent.<ref name="fresh aim"/> The non-partisan ''Rothenberg Political Report'' called the race a "toss-up" but tilting Democratic as of May 16.<ref name="Rothenberg"/> Additional polling by Siena and PPP in the days immediately preceding the election had Hochul leading by four and six point margins.<ref name="siena may 21"/><ref name="ppp may 22"/> Corwin ultimately lost to Hochul 47 to 43 percent in the special election. Independent candidate Jack Davis received 9 percent, and Green Party candidate Ian Murphy received 1 percent of the vote.<ref name="county by county"/>

National media attention was given to a 15-second video clip that appeared to show Corwin's Assembly chief of staff, Michael Mallia, repeatedly asking the 78-year-old Davis why he had skipped a campaign debate, followed by Mallia shrieking as Davis apparently shoved him or flapped at the camera.<ref name="republicans join"/><ref name="stirs up controversy"/> The video clip was circulated by local and national Republican organizations<ref name="tracker tape"/> and prompted bipartisan criticism of both Davis and Mallia.<ref name="republicans join"/> Requests to see a longer tape and a tape made by second camera were refused by Corwin and her campaign.<ref name="stirs up controversy"/><ref name="dodges"/> In an interview with the ''National Journal'', Corwin said she thought the video was self-explanatory, and indicated that Mallia had been acting on his own free time, and not as her employee while he was tracking and taping her opponent, Davis.<ref name="tracker tape"/> In response to Davis' complaints that he had been harassed, Corwin said, "I've had cameras on me for two months now, and I've never hit anybody ... and I think that's the difference is how you handle a situation like that."<ref name="tracker tape"/> One week after the election, Mallia resigned his position as Corwin's chief of staff as a result of the controversy.<ref>Wooten, Michael (2011-05-31). [http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/123174/37/Sources-Corwins-Chief-of-Staff-Resigning Sources: Corwin's Chief of Staff Resigning] {{Webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130326043639/http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/123174/37/Sources-Corwins-Chief-of-Staff-Resigning |date=2013-03-26 }}. ''WGRZ''. Retrieved 2011-05-31.</ref>

Corwin responded to attacks that she basically wants to eliminate Medicare, by airing an ad claiming her opponent Hochul wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare.<ref name="truth test"/> Corwin's ad was based on Hochul's debate statement that budget talks should put everything on the table.<ref name="truth test"/><ref name="bogus claims"/> A FactCheck.org representative called Corwin's ad, "bogus"; Corwin's campaign responded that Hochul also supports Obama's health care law which includes $500 billion in reductions in payments to Medicare Advantage private insurers.<ref name="bogus claims"/>

American Crossroads endorsed and provided support to Corwin's campaign, reflecting the national importance of the contest.<ref name="american crossroads"/> The Rochester Business alliance endorsed Corwin,<ref name="rochester"/> as did the FreedomWorks PAC.<ref name="business wire"/>{{primary source inline|date=March 2024}} The Tea Party Express and TEA New York also endorsed Corwin with their leaders visiting Buffalo and Rochester to make it clear that Corwin was favored by the Tea Party, and to criticize Davis' use of the moniker.<ref name="TEA"/><ref name="express backs"/>

''Roll Call'' reported that Corwin had invested nearly $2.5 million of her own funds in the campaign as of May 13; Davis had promised to spend as much as $3 million of his own funds; and outside funds coming from both liberal and conservative groups had already "turned the Buffalo and Rochester airwaves into a steady stream of campaign ads."<ref name="campaign loans"/>

On election day morning, Corwin obtained a court order from a Justice of the New York Supreme Court that took effect when the polls closed. The order would impound all voting equipment, temporarily enjoin the canvas of paper ballots and bar the certification of the winner pending further court proceedings.<ref name="court order"/> Corwin's campaign said such orders are usual in close elections.<ref name="court order"/> According to ''The Buffalo News'', however, the order was likely rendered moot by Corwin's concession, also on May 24, 2011.<ref name="Hochul victory"/>

==Electoral history==  {{Election box begin no change|title=Primary election September 9, 2008, N.Y. State Assembly, 142nd Assembly District<ref name="2008 primary"/><ref name="2008 enrollment primary"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate =Jane L. Corwin |votes =3,951 |percentage =46 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate =Michael W. Cole (incumbent) |votes =3,063 |percentage =36 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate =Leonard A. Roberto |votes = 1,481 |percentage =17 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate =Jeffrey A. Bono, III |votes = 255 |percentage =1 }} {{Election box total no change |votes=8,570 |percentage=100 }} {{Election box turnout no change |percentage =21 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=General election November 4, 2008, N.Y. State Assembly, 142nd Assembly District<ref name="2008 general"/><ref name="2008 enrollment general"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate =Jane L. Corwin |votes =25,929 |percentage =72 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party =Conservative Party of New York |candidate =Jane L. Corwin |votes =3,300 |percentage =9 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party=Independence Party of New York |candidate =Jane L. Corwin |votes =3,064 |percentage =8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party =Working Families Party |candidate =Jeffrey A. Bono, III |votes =4,084 |percentage =11 }} {{Election box total no change| |votes=36,377 |percentage=100 }} {{Election box turnout no change| |percentage =39 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=General election November 2, 2010, N.Y. State Assembly, 142nd Assembly District<ref name="2010 general"/><ref name="2010 enrollment"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate =Jane L. Corwin |votes =28,440 |percentage =76 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party =Conservative Party of New York |candidate =Jane L. Corwin |votes =5,004 |percentage =13 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party=Independence Party of New York |candidate =Jane L. Corwin |votes =4,225 |percentage =11 }} {{Election box total no change| |votes=37,669 |percentage=100 }} {{Election box turnout no change| |percentage =39 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=Special election May 24, 2011, U.S. House of Representatives, NY-26<ref name="Hochul victory"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2011/Special/26CDSpecialVoteResults.pdf |title=Official Election Results from the New York State Board of Elections |access-date=2012-07-24 |archive-date=2012-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823020923/http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2011/Special/26CDSpecialVoteResults.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Kathy Hochul |votes = 47,519 |percentage = 42.58 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change| |party = Working Families Party |candidate = Kathy Hochul |votes = 5,194 |percentage = 4.65 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Jane Corwin |votes = 35,721 |percentage = 32.01 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Conservative Party of New York |candidate = Jane Corwin |votes = 9,090 |percentage = 8.15 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Independence Party of New York |candidate = Jane Corwin |votes = 2,376 |percentage = 2.13 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Tea Party movement |candidate = Jack Davis |votes = 10,029 |percentage = 8.99 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Green Party (United States) |candidate = Ian Murphy |votes = 1,177 |percentage = 1.05 }} {{Election box total no change| |votes = 111,597 |percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box turnout no change| |percentage =25 }} {{Election box end}}

==Personal life== Corwin and her husband Philip have been married for 21 years.<ref name="about Jane"/> The couple have three children and reside in Clarence, New York.<ref name="launches"/> Philip was previously the chief financial officer of the Talking Phone Book and has been active in Erie County politics. He is vice chair of Erie County Industrial Development Agency, Erie County director of economic development, and a member of board of Buffalo Niagara Enterprise which gives economic development assistance to companies in Western New York State.<ref name="collins names"/>

==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em|refs= <ref name="2008 enrollment general">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/assembly/assembly_nov08.pdf |title=NYS Voter Enrollment by Assembly District, Voters Registered as of November 1, 2008 |date=November 10, 2008 |publisher=New York State Board of Elections |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823021030/http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/assembly/assembly_nov08.pdf |archive-date=August 23, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="2008 enrollment primary">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/assembly/assembly_mar08.pdf |title=NYS Voter Enrollment by Assembly District, Voters Registered as of March 1, 2008 |date=March 1, 2008 |publisher=New York State Board of Elections |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823021039/http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/assembly/assembly_mar08.pdf |archive-date=August 23, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="2008 general">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2008/General/NYSAssembly08.pdf |title=Assembly Election Returns: November 4, 2008 |publisher=New York State Board of Elections |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823001135/http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2008/General/NYSAssembly08.pdf |archive-date=August 23, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="2008 primary">{{cite web |url= http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/Elections/2008/Primary/2008PrimaryReturns.pdf |title= Primary Election: September 9, 2008 |publisher= New York State Board of Elections |year= 2008 |access-date= July 24, 2012 |archive-date= December 14, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181214203406/https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/Elections/2008/Primary/2008PrimaryReturns.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref>

<ref name="2010 enrollment">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/assembly/assembly_nov10.pdf |title=NYS Voter Enrollment by Assembly District, Voters Registered as of November 1, 2010 |date=November 10, 2010 |publisher=New York State Board of Elections |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823021219/http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/assembly/assembly_nov10.pdf |archive-date=August 23, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="2010 general">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2010/general/2010Assembly.pdf |title=Assembly Election Returns: November 2, 2010 |publisher=New York State Board of Elections |date=December 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218082901/http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2010/general/2010Assembly.pdf |archive-date=December 18, 2013 }}</ref>

<ref name="about Jane">{{cite web|url=http://www.janecorwin.com/about |title=Meet Jane |publisher=Jane Corwin for Congress |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411185317/http://www.janecorwin.com/about |archive-date=April 11, 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="american crossroads">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/nyregion/powerful-republican-group-enters-special-house-race.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=jane%20corwin&st=cse|title=American Crossroads Backs Republican Financially in Upstate House Race|author=Raymond Hernandez|work=The New York Times|date=May 10, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="Assembly bio">{{cite web |url= http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=142&sh=bio |title= Assembly District 142: Jane L. Corwin: Biography |publisher= New York State Assembly |access-date= March 27, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="big Medicare">{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/news/91333-gops-big-medicare-gamble/|title=GOP's big Medicare gamble|author=Julian Pecquet and Bob Cusack|date=May 15, 2011|work=The Hill}}</ref>

<ref name="Boehner puts">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/city/politics/article418363.ece|title=Boehner puts local race in national spotlight|author=Robert J. McCarthy and Phil Fairbanks|work=The Buffalo News|date=May 10, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="bogus claims">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/city/politics/article424928.ece|title=Corwin TV ad accused of making bogus claims|author=Jerry Zremski |work=Buffalo News|date=May 18, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="business wire">{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110512006775/en/FreedomWorks-PAC-Endorses-Conservative-Candidate-Jane-Corwin|title=FreedomWorks PAC Endorses Conservative Candidate Jane Corwin in the NY-26 Congressional Race|work=Business Wire|date=May 12, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="campaign loans">{{cite news|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/corwins_campaign_loans_surpass_24_million_in_ny-205602-1.html?pos=htmbtxt|title=Corwin's Campaign Loans Surpass $2.4 Million in N.Y.|author=Steve Peoples|work=Roll Call|date=May 13, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="Capitol Confidential 15 March 2011">{{cite web |url= http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/60599/bellavia-moving-forward-conservatives-w-corwin/ |title= Bellavia moving forward, Conservatives w/ Corwin (Updated) |first= Jimmy |last= Vielkind |work= Albany Times Union |date= March 16, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="Cole's GOP line">{{cite news|url=http://lockportjournal.com/local/x212279390/ELECTION-2008-Cole-s-GOP-line-grab-stuns-party-pros|title=ELECTION 2008: Cole's GOP line grab stuns party pros|work=Lockport Union-Sun & Journal|author=Joyce Miles|date=May 23, 2008}}</ref>

<ref name="collins names">{{cite news|url= http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article16138.ece|title= Collins names friend to development director's post|author=Matthew Spina|date=August 21, 2011|work=The Buffalo News}}</ref>

<ref name="corwin tops">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/topics/chris-lee/article408367.ece|title=Republican Corwin tops Davis in amassing wealth, Hochul proud of support she has received|author=Jerry Zremski|work=The Buffalo News|date=April 30, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="county by county">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.buffalonews.com/politics_now/2011/05/county-by-county-results.html#navigation-main-skip|title=County by county results|work=The Buffalo News|access-date=May 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531230940/http://blogs.buffalonews.com/politics_now/2011/05/county-by-county-results.html#navigation-main-skip|archive-date=May 31, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="court order">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/incoming/article432430.ece|title=Corwin granted court order barring certification of winner|work=The Buffalo News|author=Matt Gryta|date=May 24, 2011|quote=A copy of the court order was filed in the Erie County Clerk's office at 11:01 a.m. today.}}</ref>

<ref name="critics challenge">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/topics/chris-lee/article417450.ece|title=Critics challenge Corwin's biography, Claim some details fail to add up|author=Susan Schulman|publisher=The Buffalo News|date=May 9, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="Cuomo sets">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/wire-feeds/election-wire/article362654.ece|title=Cuomo sets May 24 election for upstate NY district|author=Carolyn Thompson|agency=The Associated Press|date=March 10, 2011|publisher=The Buffalo News}}</ref>

<ref name="dodges">{{cite news|url=http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/new_york/Corwin-dodges-reporters-questions|title=Corwin dodges reporters' questions|date=May 17, 2011|author=Rich Newberg|work=WIVB.com|access-date=May 18, 2011|archive-date=May 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521094652/http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/new_york/Corwin-dodges-reporters-questions|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="fresh aim">{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/05/dems-take-fresh-aim-at-ny-26-054633|title=Dems take fresh aim at N.Y.-26|author=Alex Isenstadt|work=Politico|date=May 9, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="express backs">{{cite news|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110516/NEWS01/110516011|title=Express backs Jane Corwin in 26th District|author=Meaghan M. McDermott|work=Democrat and Chronicle|location=Rochester, NY|date=May 16, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="gets nod">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/topics/chris-lee/article348072.ece|title=Corwin gets GOP nod to run for Lee's seat|author=Robert J. McCarthy|date=February 22, 2011|work=The Buffalo News}}</ref>

<ref name="GOP leaders pick">{{cite web|url=http://www.capitaltonight.com/2011/02/ny-26-gop-leaders-pick-corwin/ |title=NY-26 GOP Leaders Pick Corwin (Updated) |publisher=Capital Tonight |date=February 21, 2011 |access-date=March 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708120618/http://www.capitaltonight.com/2011/02/ny-26-gop-leaders-pick-corwin/ |archive-date=July 8, 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="GOP medicare">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/nyregion/medicare-heats-up-house-race-in-upstate-new-york.html|title=G.O.P. Medicare Plan Shakes Up Race for House Seat|author=Raymond Hernandez|date=May 5, 2011|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

<ref name="GOP selects">{{cite web|url=http://www.thelamron.com/news/gop-selects-candidate-for-special-election-1.2047921 |title=GOP selects candidate for special election |work=The Lamron |publisher=SUNY Geneseo |first=Amelia |last=Stymacks |date=March 3, 2011 |access-date=March 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717005334/http://www.thelamron.com/news/gop-selects-candidate-for-special-election-1.2047921 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="Hochul victory">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/topics/chris-lee/special-election/article432808.ece|title=Hochul gains odds-defying victory: Democrat seizes House seat in 26th District with outcome carrying national impact|author=Robert J. McCarthy|work=The Buffalo News|date=May 26, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="hoping third">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/nyregion/jack-davis-makes-tea-party-bid-in-ny-congressional-race.html|title=Hoping Third Party Is Charm, Industrialist Jolts House Race|author=Raymond Hernandez|work=The New York Times|date=May 16, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="joins race">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1205F013EF94E880&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Corwin joins race to oust Cole|author=Robert J. McCarthy|work=The Buffalo News}}</ref>

<ref name="key issues">{{cite web|url= http://www.votesmart.org/npat.php?can_id=110467#18027|title= Key Issues: Abortion, Assembly Member Jane L. Corwin (NY)|work= Project Vote Smart|access-date= May 18, 2011|archive-date= February 16, 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110216014803/http://www.votesmart.org/npat.php?can_id=110467#18027|url-status= dead}}</ref>

<ref name="key votes">{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=25929&can_id=110467|title=Key Vote: Anti-Shackling Bill S 1290 (May 20, 2009)|work=Project Vote Smart|access-date=May 18, 2011|archive-date=May 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510001139/http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=25929&can_id=110467|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="launches">{{cite news|url=http://lockportjournal.com/local/x212278236/ASSEMBLY-142ND-Corwin-launches-candidacy|date=April 29, 2008|title=ASSEMBLY 142ND: Corwin launches candidacy|author=Joyce Miles|work=Lockport Union-Sun & Journal}}</ref>

<ref name="local legislators">{{cite news|url=http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wned/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1494875&sectionID=1|title=Local Legislators React to Same-Sex Marriage Proposal|author=Mike Desmond|date=April 17, 2009|publisher=WNED|location=Buffalo}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<ref name="Lockport GOP">{{cite news|url=http://lockportjournal.com/local/x212279466/ELECTION-2008-Lockport-GOP-favors-Corwin-over-Cole-in-142nd|title=ELECTION 2008: Lockport GOP favors Corwin over Cole in 142nd|author=Joyce Miles|date=May 24, 2008|work=Lockport Union-Sun & Journal}}</ref>

<ref name="nyt election results NYS">{{cite web|url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/states/legislature/new-york.html |title=Election Results 2008: New York State Legislature |work=The New York Times |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511013928/http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/states/legislature/new-york.html |archive-date=2012-05-11 }}</ref>

<ref name="married">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB195A4431737F7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Mrs. Corwin|date=September 9, 1990|work=Buffalo News}}</ref>

<ref name="plan to soften">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/incoming/article147094.ece|title=Plan to soften state drug laws ignites political storm|author=Gene Warner|date=August 20, 2010|work=Buffalo News}}</ref>

<ref name="ppp may 22">{{cite web|url=http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_NY_05221118.pdf|title=Hochul leads Corwin by 6|work=Public Policy Polling|date=May 22, 2011|access-date=May 28, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="real race">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/poll-a-real-race-in-new-york-special-election/2011/04/29/AFY2g9DF_blog.html|title=Poll: A real race in New York special election|author=Rachel Weiner|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 29, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="republicans join">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/topics/chris-lee/special-election/article423135.ece|title=Republicans join attack on Corwin aide, In dustup over unflattering video, Davis finds he has unlikely allies|author=Jerry Zremski|work=The Buffalo News|date=May 14, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="rochester">{{cite news|url=http://www.whec.com/news/stories/s2075857.shtml|title=Rochester Business Alliance Endorses Corwin|date=April 21, 2011|publisher=WHEC.com|access-date=May 16, 2011|archive-date=April 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424073748/http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S2075857.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Rothenberg">{{cite news|url=http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.com/news/article/new-york-26-move-to-toss-up-tilt-democratic|title=New York 26: Move to Toss-Up/Tilt Democratic|date=May 16, 2011|work=The Rothenberg Report}}</ref>

<ref name="siena may 21">{{cite web|url=http://www.siena.edu/pages/179.asp?item=252132 |title=Siena Poll: Hochul Leads Corwin, 42% to 38% Among Likely Voters |work=Siena Poll |date=May 21, 2011 |access-date=May 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323112323/http://www.siena.edu/pages/179.asp?item=252132 |archive-date=March 23, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="stalled by legalities">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/topics/chris-lee/special-election/article349503.ece|title=Election for Lee seat stalled by legalities, Recent federal law on military voting prompts Cuomo to submit bill for state compliance|author=Robert J. McCarthy|work=The Buffalo News|date=February 23, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="stirs up controversy">{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/91341-corwin-aide-stirs-up-controversy-in-ny-special-election/|title=Corwin aide stris up controversy in NY special election|author=Sean J. Miller|date=May 15, 2011|work=The Hill}}</ref>

<ref name="tax pledge">{{cite news|url=http://thebatavian.com/howard-owens/corwin-announces-signing-tax-pledge/25885|title=Corwin announces signing of 'tax pledge'|work=The Batavian|format=Press release|date=May 12, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="TEA">{{cite news|url=http://www.wben.com/TEA-Party-Express-Comes-to-Buffalo-to-Endorse-Corw/9835906|title=TEA Party Express Comes to Buffalo to Endorse Corwin, Clear Air on Davis|work=WBEN|location=Buffalo|date=May 17, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723091926/http://www.wben.com/TEA-Party-Express-Comes-to-Buffalo-to-Endorse-Corw/9835906|archive-date=July 23, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="tracker tape">{{cite news|url=http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2011/05/corwin-the-vide.php?mrefid=site_search|title=Tracker Tape Controversy Continues in NY-26|author=Jessica Taylor|work=National Journal|date=May 13, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228010720/http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2011/05/corwin-the-vide.php?mrefid=site_search|archive-date=December 28, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="truth test">{{cite news|url=http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/121813/13/Corwin-Ad-Fails-Truth-Test |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209180615/http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/121813/13/Corwin-Ad-Fails-Truth-Test |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |title=Corwin Ad Fails Truth Test |author=Michael Wooten |date=May 18, 2011 |work=WGRZ.com |location=Buffalo }}</ref>

<ref name="Vote Smart">{{cite web |url= http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=110467 |title= Assembly Member Jane L. Corwin (NY) |publisher= Project Vote Smart |access-date= March 27, 2011 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

<ref name="weigel">{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/05/20/ny-26-jane-corwin-in-a-moderate-mood.aspx|title=NY-26: Jane Corwin in a Moderate Mood|author=David Weigel|work=Slate|date=May 20, 2011|access-date=May 23, 2011|archive-date=May 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522090249/http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/05/20/ny-26-jane-corwin-in-a-moderate-mood.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://janecorwin.com/ Campaign website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109171251/http://janecorwin.com/ |date=2016-01-09 }} * {{C-SPAN|9277442}}

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