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About Nancy Larraine Hoffmann
- Nancy Larraine Hoffmann (born September 22, 1947, Needham, Massachusetts) is a Republican former New York State Senator from central New York. Hoffmann was a member of the Syracuse, New York City Council.
- She was first elected to the New York State Senate in 1984 as a Democrat.
- In 1998, she became a Republican.
- She served in the New York State Senate from 1985 to 2004.In 2004, Hoffmann was challenged in a Republican State Senate primary in District 49 by Tom Dadey.
- Hoffmann's support for abortion rights was controversial, and she had drawn conservative criticism for her support of budget legislation that raised income taxes and sales taxes.
- Republican committees in all four counties in Hoffmann's district withdrew their support from her.
- Hoffmann defeated Dadey in the Republican primary and then faced a general election battle with Oneida-based Democrat David J.
- Valesky and Dadey, who ran on the Conservative Party line and the Independence Party line.
- She lost to Valesky by 742 votes in the three-way race.
- Dadey, who received 13,234 votes, was blamed for Hoffmann's defeat by her supporters and by other Republicans.In 2006, Hoffmann indicated that she would run for Lieutenant Governor that year.
- On May 19, 2006, however, she announced that she was dropping out of the race.
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