Ann Rabbitt Explained

Office:Orange County Clerk
Termstart:January 1, 2014
Termend:December 29, 2021
Party:Republican
Birth Date:20 December 1960
Succeeded:Kelly Eskew
Preceded:Donna Benson
Residence:Greenwood Lake, New York, U.S.
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Office1:Member of the New York State Assembly
Constituency1:97th district
64th district
Preceded1:Howard Mills III
Succeeded1:Karl A. Brabenec
Termstart1:January 5, 2005
Termend1:December 31, 2013

Ann G. Rabbitt (born December 20, 1960) is a Republican politician from the State of New York. Rabbitt has served as Orange County Clerk from 2014[1] to 2021.[2]

Career

Rabbitt served as a trustee for the village of Greenwood Lake from 1999 to 2002.[3] From 2002 to 2005, she served on the Warwick town board. In 2005, she became a member of the New York State Assembly and served in that role until 2013.

In 2013, she was elected to the position of Orange County Clerk. In 2018, Rabbitt was the Republican candidate for New York State Senate in Senate District 42,[4] but was defeated by Democrat Jen Metzger.[5] Rabbitt retired from the county clerk role in December, 2021.

Personal life

Rabbitt's husband, former Greenwood Lake Chief of Police Robert "Bobby" Rabbitt Jr., died on February 26, 2017, at the age of 57.[6]

References

  1. Web site: McKenna. Chris. May 7, 2018. Rabbitt enters race to succeed Bonacic. May 7, 2018. Times Herald-Record.
  2. Web site: Eskew sworn in as Orange County Clerk . Mid-Hudson News . 3 October 2023 . 29 December 2021.
  3. Web site: Kirby. Paul. 7 November 2018. 42nd NY Senate District: Metzger defeats GOP rival Rabbitt. 2020-10-09. Daily Freeman. en.
  4. Web site: Rabbitt enters race to succeed Bonacic. McKenna. Chris. Times Herald-Record. May 7, 2018. May 7, 2018.
  5. Web site: New York State Unofficial Election Night Results. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20181120174014/https://nyenr.elections.ny.gov/. 2018-11-20. 2018-11-13.
  6. Web site: 28 February 2017. Robert "Bobby" Rabbitt. Times Herald-Record.