Dan Stec

Daniel G. Stec (born February 21, 1969) is a Republican member of the New York State Assembly representing Assembly District 114, which comprises Essex, Warren counties, plus the northern parts of Saratoga and Washington counties.

Stec was born to George, a Vietnam veteran and New York State forest ranger, and Elsie, a school secretary, and raised in Queensbury, New York. He graduated from Queensbury High School in 1987 and attended Clarkson University, where he earned a degree in Chemical Engineering. He interned at the International Paper Company plant in Ticonderoga, New York. After graduating in 1990, he served the United States Navy as a nuclear engineer aboard the USS Truxtun. He was stationed in the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm.

Stec's first political office was as a zoning board member for the Town of Queensbury. He then served as a Town Councilman for two terms before being elected Town Supervisor. In 2011, he became the chairman of the Warren County Board of Supervisors. He was elected to the New York State Assembly in 2012.