Nathan D. McMurray
Democratic · NY
Nate McMurray was Grand Island town supervisor from 2015 to 2019 and ran for Congress as a Democrat in 2018 and 2020. He focuses on rooting out local government corruption, restoring Niagara Falls and fixing health care.
Where Nathan D. McMurray stands, based on their records
Supports
Anti-Corruption (1 record), Public Infrastructure (2 records)
Opposes
Personal Income Tax Reduction (1 record)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Publicly faulted his own town board after it approved pay rises for deputy town clerks without knowing the cost. He said the item should have been listed in the meeting packet so residents could see it beforehand, and that nobody had checked the figures with the town attorney or accountant first.
January 6, 2018Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: wnypapers.com · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 oppose
Voted for town budgets that raised taxes on Grand Island homeowners in each of his four years as supervisor. A PolitiFact check rated that claim true and found the rises were small and stayed under the state's property tax cap.
October 28, 2020Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: politifact.com · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Voted against the Grand Island town board motion that told the state it rejected turning the West River Parkway into a car-free bike trail. He was one of two no votes as the motion passed 3 to 2, putting him on the side of the trail.
August 1, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: wnypapers.com · researched September 20, 2026
As Grand Island town supervisor he held a rally at Fisherman's Landing demanding the removal of the Grand Island bridge tolls, calling on Governor Cuomo to tear the toll booths down. He also asked a state assembly member to write a bill removing them.
May 20, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: wnypapers.com · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Working as a lawyer, he told a town attorney that a police chief had attended a party that mocked Juneteenth, and filed a claim for a Rochester firefighter over the same party. The chief sued him for defamation in January 2023, and he filed a counterclaim saying the suit was meant to silence a critic.
April 11, 2023
Source: wxxinews.org · researched September 20, 2026
Race Nathan D. McMurray is in:
- Member of the New York State Assembly, District 145 · November 3, 2026 · Assembly District 145; New York
Profile last researched September 19, 2026.