Michael Ranzenhofer
Michael H. Ranzenhofer is an American politician from the State of New York. Since 2009, Ranzenhofer has been a Republican member of the New York State Senate from New York's 61st State Senate district.Biography
Ranzenhofer graduated from SUNY at Albany with a B.A. magna cum laude in 1976. He then earned his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the SUNY at Buffalo School of Law in 1979. He is a partner at the law firm of Friedman and Ranzenhofer. Ranzenhofer is a longtime resident of the town of Amherst, New York. He and his wife Sue have two children: Lisa and David.
Ranzenhofer served in the Erie County Legislature from 1989 through 2008. While a legislator, he has served as the Legislature's Majority Leader during the budget crisis with then County Executive Joel Giambra and Minority Leader. He served on the Community Enrichment Committee and the Human Services Committee. He reportedly considered a race for Justice of the New York State Supreme Court during his tenure in the County Legislature.
Ranzenhofer was first elected to the State Senate on November 4, 2008.
In 2014, Ranzenhofer appeared on The Daily Show to talk about yogurt legislation in New York State, which the host called "absurd".
In December 2019, Ranzenhofer announced that he would not seek re-election the following fall.
