From TimesUnion.com:

Seventeen new members of the Republican Assembly minority sworn in Tuesday include a veterinarian, high school social studies teacher, public health worker and the more-expected lawyers and public officials with local political experience moving up to Albany.

Assembly Republican Leader Brian M. Kolb of Canandaigua says 2010 marks the first time since 1994 that Republican challenger candidates defeated sitting Democrats in the general election. He says the elections marked the largest “flip” in Assembly members since the early 1970s.

Acting Supreme Court Justice Craig J. Doran presided in the ceremony held at the state Legislative Office Building.

“I am proud to welcome the 17 victors of the historic 2010 elections who will be strong new voices for reform and good government to Albany,” Kolb says.

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