Martha "Marti" McHugh is a proven leader, small business owner, and mother of two with nearly two decades of experience delivering results in New York state government. She understands the pressures facing families and entrepreneurs because she has lived them while running a business, raising children, and serving her community.
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This district deserves better leadership, sharper priorities, and a government that remembers who it exists to serve.
Safety
Restore public safety so families feel secure in every neighborhood.
Affordability
Confront taxes, utility costs, and everyday affordability head-on.
Accountability
Bring serious, accountable leadership back to the Capital Region.
Albany Native
Raised in Albany in a family of eight, Marti learned early that discipline, resilience, and service are not slogans. They are how you build a life.
Public Servant
Nearly two decades in state government taught her how to make hard decisions, balance priorities, and deliver results when the stakes are real.
Business Owner
As a small business owner and mother of two, she knows what rising costs, payroll pressure, and family responsibilities actually feel like.
In her own words.
I went through Albany schools through high school and earned my degree from SUNY Albany. This community gave me opportunity, and I have always believed opportunity creates an obligation to give back. No scripts, no teleprompters, just a direct conversation about what matters.
A candidacy built on service.
This campaign is not about political theater. It is about restoring confidence in Albany and proving New York can still lead with competence and purpose.
Marti grew up in Albany as one of eight children in a hardworking family. That background shaped her belief in discipline, resilience, and fighting for what matters.
She attended Albany schools through high school and later earned her degree from SUNY Albany. She sees public service as a responsibility tied to the opportunities this community gave her.
She spent nearly two decades serving New Yorkers in state government, including as Assistant Commissioner of Health under Governor George Pataki and as a senior leader at the Wadsworth Center.
She also owned and operated a small business for ten years while raising her two children. That experience gave her firsthand understanding of payroll pressure, rising costs, and the realities families face.
What pushed her to run was watching Albany and the surrounding district lose ground. Too many storefronts are dark, too many neighborhoods feel neglected, and too many families are asking: what happened to New York?
Marti is not running to become a career politician. She is running because this district deserves better leadership, sharper priorities, and a government that remembers who it exists to serve.
“What happened to New York?”
Safety
Restore public safety so families can feel secure in every neighborhood.
Affordability
Lower the pressure on household budgets by confronting taxes, utility costs, and everyday affordability.
Opportunity
Help young families and local businesses believe they can build their future here again.
Accountability
Bring serious, accountable leadership back to Albany and the Capital Region.
What Martha will fight for.
Pause state taxes, fees, and mandates that have driven up utility bills
Deliver a rebate check to every resident who pays a utility bill
Exempt seniors 65 and older from property taxes
Reform insurance laws to lower premiums
Fight for upstate families to receive their fair share of childcare funding
Stand with Martha.
Every dollar fuels a conversation, a door knocked, a neighborhood reached. Help bring urgency, backbone, and competence back to the Capital Region.
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Martha McHugh for State Senate
Less Politics, More Progress.
It is time to lead again with seriousness, discipline, and a clear sense of who government should serve.