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Devin R. Lander

Democratic · NY

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Devin Lander is New York's state historian at the State Museum and a former executive director of the Museum Association of New York. He focuses on lowering utility bills and fully funding schools.

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Track record

Track record — General

General · 3 records
  • Endorsed by the Communications Workers of America District 1, the union's regional body, on its list of candidates it backs in New York for 2026. The union names him as its pick in the 43rd state Senate district.

    September 20, 2026

    Source: cwad1.org · researched September 20, 2026

  • Served on the small group of commissioners that finished New York's plan for marking the 250th anniversary of American independence. The full commission approved the plan that day. The plan asks the state to fund local historians and to tell the stories of groups left out of earlier anniversaries.

    March 12, 2025

    Source: nysm.nysed.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Named New York State Historian by the state education commissioner, starting at the State Education Department on 19 May 2016. He came from running the Museum Association of New York, and before that spent six years as deputy legislative director for Assemblyman Steve Englebright and led the staff of a state-created partnership that protects the Hudson and Hoosic river corridors.

    May 5, 2016

    Source: nysm.nysed.gov · researched September 20, 2026

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Profile last researched September 19, 2026.