Ryan Taughrin

Ryan Taughrin is the Democratic and Working Families Party candidate for the New York State Assembly, District 143, in the November 3, 2026 general election, in which he faces incumbent Patrick Chludzinski (Republican and Conservative Party).[1][2] Taughrin works as an education administrator, according to Ballotpedia, and said in a survey that he is running to pass universal health care, fund universal child care and challenge utility monopolies and AI data centers.[2][3]

Ryan Taughrin earned a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Fredonia in 2010 and a graduate degree from the University at Buffalo in 2012, according to Ballotpedia, which lists his career experience as education administration.[2] In a Ballotpedia survey, he said he was raised by a single mother in South Cheektowaga, was the first in his family to attend college, and is finishing a PhD at the University at Buffalo.[3] He described himself in the survey as a father, husband and union member.[3]

Taughrin said in the survey that he is running to get universal health care passed in New York or to lower prescription and routine medical costs, to deliver universal child care funding to Western New York, and to push back against corporations, including utility monopolies and companies building large AI data centers.[3] He listed education, higher education, utilities, child care, health care and environmental protection among his policy interests.[3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.