Who is Joe Morelle?
- April 29, 1957 born (age 67) in Utica, New York, to Gilbert – Korean War veteran and a heating and cooling technician- and Juliette Morelle
- three siblings grew up in Irondequoit, a suburb of Rochester, N.Y. where he still lives
- 1975 graduated Eastridge High School, Irondequoit, NY
- 1975 sales manager for a drycleaning and laundry business
- 1979 constituent services representative and legislative aide to State Senator John D. Perry
- 1983 elected leader of the Democratic Party in Irondequoit, elected to the Monroe County legislature, re-elected 1987
- 1984 married Mary Beth Bauer, 3 children
- 1986 bachelor’s degree in political science from SUNY Geneseo
- 1990 elected to the New York State Assembly, served from 1991-2018, authored more than 200 laws
- 1990 found guilty of two counts of disorderly conduct related to violations of state election law, fraudulently gathering signatures on nominating petitions, receives 32 hours of community service
- 1994 – 2012 president/chief executive officer of MMI Technologies
- 2005-2010 managing member, Laurelton Properties, Limited Liability Company
- 2005-14 chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee
- 2013-2018 appointed majority leader of the New York State Assembly
- 2018 elected to U. S. House of Representatives from the NY 25th district (Monroe County and part of Orleans County) following the death of long time Representative Louise Slaughter
- 58.3% vs 41.7% against Republican/Conservative candidate Jim Maxwell in the special election
- 59% vs 41% vs Republican/Conservative candidate Jim Maxwell in the general election, both on the same day
- 2020 won re-election
- 59% vs 39.2% against Republican/Conservative candidate George Mitris and 1.5% vs Libertarian candidate Kevin Wilson
- 2022 won re-election
- 53.1% vs 45.9% Republican/Conservative candidate La’Ron Singletary vs 0.001% Silly Party candidate Chuck Baldo
- 2023, Ranking member of the House Administration Committee and member Committee on Appropriations
