1. Daniel Benjamin Maffei is an American politician and professor who was the United States representative for from 2013 to 2015.
15 Facts About Dan Maffei
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On November 6,2012, Dan Maffei defeated incumbent 25th district Republican Ann Marie Buerkle in the race for the redistricted 24th, avenging his 2010 loss.
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Dan Maffei lost his 2014 reelection campaign to Republican nominee John Katko.
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Dan Maffei served as Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission from 2016 to 2018 and was re-appointed in November 2018 to a term ending in 2022.
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Dan Maffei was the senior vice president for corporate development at consulting firm Pinnacle Capital Management.
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Dan Maffei was hired as a press secretary for US Senator Bill Bradley in 1996, then served in the same post for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1997 to 1998.
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In 2005, Dan Maffei returned to Syracuse to coordinate the successful 2005 re-election campaign of Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll.
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Dan Maffei earned the Democratic nomination and mounted the first serious challenge to Walsh in years, coming within two percentage points of defeating the incumbent.
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Dan 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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On January 24,2008, after Dan Maffei had already mounted a strong opposition campaign, Walsh announced that he would not be running for an 11th term.
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Dan Maffei ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 9,2008.
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Dan Maffei became the first Democrat to represent the area since 1981, and only the second Democrat to represent the Syracuse area in Congress since 1917.
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Dan Maffei conceded the race on November 23,2010, when it became clear that challenged votes would not change the outcome of the race.
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Dan Maffei was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and faced Republican candidate John Katko, a former federal prosecutor, in the general election.
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Dan Maffei is on the board of advisors of the Global Panel Foundation, a prominent non-partisan NGO which works behind the scenes in conflict areas around the world.