- Party: Democratic, Independence, Working Families
- Paul D. Tonko is a lifelong resident of the city of Amsterdam.
- He has served in the New York State Assembly, representing the 105th district, since April 1983 and in 2004 he was re-elected overwhelmingly.
- Assemblyman Tonko is a graduate of Clarkson University with a degree in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.
- At age 26, he was the youngest person in the history of Montgomery County elected to serve on the County's Board of Supervisors.
- He served as chairman of that body in 1981.
- Prior to his election to the Assembly in 1983, Mr. Tonko was employed as an engineer by the New York State Department of Transportation
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