John "Jack" McEneny
Party affiliation: Democratic.
Age: 65.
Residence: Albany.
Family: Widower with four children and a granddaughter.
Education: Bachelor's degree in history from Siena College; professional certificates in community
development and public administration from New Mexico State University and Harvard University.
Professional experience: Caseworker, Albany County Department of Social Services; counselor and
director of the Albany County Neighborhood Youth Corps; director of manpower planning, director of
public employment programs and commissioner of human resources for the city of Albany, 1971-84;
directed the 1980 U.S. Census for the four-county Capital District; director of the State Urban
Cultural Parks Program (now known as Heritage Areas) administered by the Office of Parks, Recreation
and Historic Preservation, 1985-89; assistant Albany County executive, 1989-91; chief of staff to
Assemblyman Richard Conners, 1992-93. Wrote and narrated WMHT Public Television's Tricentennial
Documentary on Albany and authored “Albany, Capital City on the Hudson.”
Political experience: Albany County Legislature, 1991-93; New York State Assembly (104th District),
1993-present.
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Terrence O'Neill
Party affiliation: Republican.
Age: 55.
Residence: Albany.
Family: Single.
Education: Bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Connecticut,; law degree from
Albany Law School.
Professional experience: Ship's navigator, U.S. Navy, 1974-78; counsel to Assemblyman Edward
Griffith, 1984-86 and 1997-2000; senior attorney with New York State Division of Criminal Justice
Services Bureau for Municipal Police, 1986-88; special assistant to state director of criminal justice,
1998-94.
Political experience: None.
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