Mark C. Walczyk
Republican · NY · New York State Senator, District 49
Mark Walczyk is a former Watertown city councilman and State Assembly member who began his career on a state senator's staff. He opposes the costs of the state's climate law for taxpayers and backs economic growth in the North Country.
Where Mark C. Walczyk stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Election Integrity (2 records)
Opposes
AI Regulation (1 record), Environment and Public Health (4 records), Housing Affordability (1 record),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 1 oppose
Cast the only no vote on the bill requiring hidden labels on pictures, video and audio made by artificial intelligence, so people can tell what is synthetic. The Senate passed it 60-1.
June 3, 2026Opposes AI Regulation
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 oppose
Voted no on a one-year pause on building very large data centers, those drawing 20 megawatts or more of power. The Senate passed it 43-17.
June 4, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted no on the Climate Change Superfund Act, which charges large oil and gas companies for damage from climate change and uses the money for repairs. The Senate passed it 41-20.
June 7, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted no on the Birds and Bees Protection Act, which banned corn, soybean and wheat seeds coated with pesticides linked to bee deaths. The Senate passed it 45-16.
June 7, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted no in the Assembly on the state's main climate law, which set deadlines to cut greenhouse gas emissions and move the power grid to clean sources. The Assembly passed it 111-35.
June 20, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Sponsored the law letting the city of Little Falls borrow money by selling bonds to cover its budget deficits. The governor signed it as chapter 176 of 2025.
June 26, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the Assembly bill that cut Watertown from two full-time city court judges to one full-time and one part-time judge. The governor signed it as chapter 330 of 2020.
December 15, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Published a statement calling for repeal of the HALT Act after a corrections officer was stabbed at Auburn prison, arguing the law took safety tools away from officers.
March 11, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes in the Assembly on the Child Victims Act, which gave people abused as children more time to sue and to have their abuser prosecuted. The Assembly passed it 142-3.
January 28, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 oppose
Voted no in the Assembly on the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act, which tightened rent rules and made it harder for landlords to raise rents or evict tenants. The Assembly passed it 95-46.
June 14, 2019Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 oppose
Voted no in the Assembly on the gun licensing law passed in a special session after the Supreme Court struck down New York's concealed carry rules. It added license requirements and barred guns from many public places. The Assembly passed it 90-52.
July 1, 2022Opposes Gun Control
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 oppose
Voted no in the Assembly on the Reproductive Health Act, which wrote abortion rights into state health law and took abortion out of the criminal code. The Assembly passed it 95-49.
January 22, 2019Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 2 support
Voted no on the constitutional amendment that lets the Legislature redraw district lines in the middle of a decade. The Senate passed it 38-22.
June 3, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Publicly opposed the state Board of Elections decision to certify touch-screen voting machines for county use, and urged counties to stay with pen and paper ballots.
August 24, 2023Supports Election Integrity
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 oppose
Voted no on the One Fair Price Act, which bars stores from using a shopper's personal data to set a different price for that shopper. The Senate passed it 39-21.
June 4, 2026Opposes Data Privacy
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 3 oppose
Voted no on the Clean Slate Act, which automatically seals many old criminal convictions after a waiting period. The Senate passed it 37-25.
June 9, 2023Opposes Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted no in the Assembly on the HALT Act, which capped how long prisons can hold someone in solitary confinement and banned it for some groups. The Assembly passed it 101-49.
March 16, 2021Opposes Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted no in the Assembly on the Green Light Law, which let people apply for a New York driver's license without proof of immigration status. The Assembly passed it 87-61.
June 12, 2019Opposes Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 2 oppose
Voted no on the One Fair Price Act, which bars stores from using a shopper's personal data to set a different price for that shopper. The Senate passed it 39-21.
June 4, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted no on the Climate Change Superfund Act, which charges large oil and gas companies for damage from climate change and uses the money for repairs. The Senate passed it 41-20.
June 7, 2023Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Sponsored the law letting Jefferson County keep charging an extra local sales tax through November 2027. The governor signed it as chapter 283 of 2025. He carried the same kind of extension for Fulton, Herkimer, Lewis, Hamilton and Oswego counties.
August 7, 2025
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted no on the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which lets a terminally ill adult ask a doctor for medicine to end their own life. The Senate passed it 35-27.
June 9, 2025
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Became the ranking Republican on the Senate Elections Committee, the job he also held in 2023. The ranking member leads his party's side on election bills.
January 10, 2025
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Received the endorsement of New York State United Teachers, the state's teachers union, for his 2024 re-election in the 49th Senate District.
August 13, 2024
Source: nysut.org · researched September 20, 2026
Voted no on the bill moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years, so they share a ballot with state and federal races. The Senate passed it 39-23.
June 9, 2023
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted no in the Assembly on the law that legalized and taxed marijuana for adults and created a state cannabis agency. The Assembly passed it 94-56.
March 30, 2021
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Race Mark C. Walczyk is in:
- State Senator, District 49 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 49; New York · incumbent
Profile last researched September 19, 2026.