16 Facts About Mike Arcuri

Michael Angelo Arcuri was born on June 11,1959 and is an American politician who was the US representative for from 2007 to 2011.

Mike Arcuri lost re-election on November 2,2010, to Republican Richard L Hanna.

Mike Arcuri is a member and an administrative law judge of the New York Industrial Board of Appeals.

In 1981, Mike Arcuri graduated from the State University of New York at Albany where he majored in history and minored in economics.

Mike Arcuri returned to Utica to open a law office in 1986.

In 1993, Mike Arcuri was elected District Attorney of Oneida County, home to Utica.

Mike Arcuri was only the third Democrat ever to hold the post and the first in 40 years.

In 2002, Arcuri personally prosecuted Joseph A Smith of Oneida for the murder of Desiree Case of Yorkville.

Mike Arcuri's body was discovered in an abandoned house on February 26,2000.

In late June 2002 a judge set aside the conviction, when Mike Arcuri brought forward evidence he discovered that the defense was not provided with in the case, most notably the confession of another man, Earl Wright, who was eventually found guilty of the murder of Case.

Mike Arcuri dropped charges against Smith and he was released from jail on August 1,2002.

In November 2006, Mike Arcuri defeated State Senator Ray Meier for the 22nd District congressional seat left open by the retiring Sherwood Boehlert.

Mike Arcuri won by 54 percent of the vote to Meier's 45 percent, becoming only the second Democrat to represent this district and its predecessors in 106 years, and the first since 1951.

Mike Arcuri won 52 percent of the votes to Hanna's 48 percent.

Mike Arcuri ran for Oneida County Court judge but lost to Assistant District Attorney Robert Bauer.

Mike Arcuri has four children: Carmen Joseph, Dominique, Nicholas Deon, and Sophia Rose Mike Arcuri.