1. Brian M Kolb was born on August 14,1952 and is an American politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 131st district from 2000 to 2021.
15 Facts About Brian Kolb
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Brian Kolb received his Associate of Arts degree from Saint Petersburg Junior College in 1980.
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Brian Kolb became an adjunct professor at Roberts Wesleyan in 2000.
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Brian Kolb was co-founder of North American Filter Corporation and is a former president and COO of the Refractron Technologies Corporation.
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From 1986 to 1987, Kolb was the town supervisor of Richmond, New York and served on the Ontario County Board of Supervisors.
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Brian Kolb was first elected to the New York State Assembly in a February 2000 special election.
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Brian Kolb represented the 129th Assembly District from 2000 to 2012, and has represented the 131st Assembly District since 2013.
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Brian Kolb became Assembly Minority Leader on April 6,2009.
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In 2017, Brian Kolb was the only one of New York's five state legislative leaders and six statewide elected officials to support New York Proposition 1, which called for a state constitutional convention.
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Brian Kolb is a member of the member of the advisory board for the Ontario ARC, a member of the Sons of the American Legion, the Knights of Columbus, the American Irish Legislators Society, Ontario Charities Classic Board of Directors, the Ontario ARC Advisory Board and the New York Farm Bureau.
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Brian Kolb stepped down from the position of Assembly Minority Leader on January 3,2020, after having been arrested for driving while intoxicated several days earlier.
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In February 2020, Brian Kolb announced that he would not seek re-election to the Assembly in the November 2020 election.
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Brian Kolb had been named as a leading Republican contender in New York's 29th congressional district in 2010; however, he declined to seek the seat after becoming minority leader.
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On December 12,2017, Brian Kolb announced his intent to run for Governor of New York in 2018.
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Brian Kolb withdrew from the gubernatorial race in February 2018.